Mark Woods

Christians at work: How conflicts between law and religion might be solved

A report for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has suggested that employees might benefit from the principle of "reasonable accommodation" for their beliefs.
Bishop tells Tory fringe meeting benefits regime punishes the innocent

Rt Rev David Walker said that too many innocent people were being trapped in the drive to catch fraudsters.
$Why the evangelical message doesn\'t always play well in Israel$
Why the evangelical message doesn't always play well in Israel

While Sukkoth is popular with many Israel-supporting evangelicals, many Jews regarding their support for it as disguised missionary activity.
$Gospel for Asia: \'Regret\' at termination by financial watchdog, but no explanation yet$
Gospel for Asia: 'Regret' at termination by financial watchdog, but no explanation yet

GFA expressed "regret and sadness" at the decision and pledged to improve its reporting of financial matters.
Huckabee hits out at gay-friendly Doritos

Huckabee's objection to food giant Frito-Lay is targeted at its choice of partner rather than at its colourful Doritos.
$World Bank: Poverty really can be over â and there\'s not far to go$
World Bank: Poverty really can be over â and there's not far to go

By the end of this year, for the first time in history, less than 10 per cent of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty.
Three Indian evangelists arrested for trying to show Jesus film

Complaints by members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a right-wing nationalist organisation, led to their arrest under anti-conversion laws.
Why an obscure Eritrean priest might beat Pope Francis and Angela Merkel to the Nobel Peace Prize

Father Mussie Zerai has been nominated for helping to save the lives of thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
Crematorium crosses: Why I believe they should all go

Accrington council took down a five-foot high cross from the crematorium wall when the building was being refurbished and replaced it with a smaller portable one.
Underwater worship: Divers start work on Orthodox church, 20 metres deep

Construction of the world's first underwater Orthodox church has begun off the coast of Crimea.
$Lord Shaftesbury: Remembering Britain\'s great Christian reformer$
Lord Shaftesbury: Remembering Britain's great Christian reformer

Shaftesbury was an evangelical Christian and social reformer, an aristocrat who spent his life working on behalf of those who had nothing.
Why the Palestinian flag will fly at the UN today, and why Israel is against it

The Palestinian flag is to be hoisted for the first time today on United Nations buildings.