Mark Woods

• Alt-right popularity drives black Southern Baptist pastor to leave denomination: 'I've had enough'

  A black Southern Baptist has said he is leaving the denomination because be believes it is 'complicit' in the rise of the Trump-supporting 'alt-right' movement.

• Public trust 'undermined' by failure to monitor foreign aid, says Christian Aid

  Failure to monitor the effectiveness of how Britain's foreign aid is spent risks undermining public trust, according to Christian Aid.

• Armed police stand guard at Keswick Convention

  The annual Keswick Convention has begun in the Lake District town – with armed police drafted in to keep the 15,000 Convention-goers safe.

• Dr Who is female. Should the Church take note?

  I'll admit it – I'm a huge science fiction fan but not a Dr Who obsessive. I can take it or leave it and most of the time, to be honest, I leave it.

• Indian pastor murdered in drive-by shooting, Christians in street protest

  A pastor was murdered outside his church in Ludhiana, northern India on Saturday in a brutal attack captured on CCTV.

• New Bishop of Llandaff wants to put controversy over selection behind her

  Osborne told BBC Radio Wales she was 'sure we will go forward really confidently under my leadership'.

• Pope Francis allies lash out at Trump-supporting religious conservatives, condemn 'ecumenism of hate'

  Close allies of Pope Francis have attacked the role of religion in American politics, taking aim at both ultra-conservative Catholics and evangelical Protestants.

• 'No Whining': The warning sign on the Pope's door

  The sign is adorned with the international symbol for 'no' – a backslash in a circle.

• Do short sermons fail to do justice to the Bible?

  Some preachers can enthral you for an hour; others bore you rigid after five minutes.

• Tragic human remains found at ancient biblical city

  The remains of two adults and a child were discovered in a building that had been destroyed in an Egyptian attack in the 13th century BC.

• Dress-down Sundays for clergy: Is it the shape of things to come?

  The Church of England voted at its General Synod meeting to allow 'dress down Sundays'.

• Don't put Bibles in aid packs for Muslim refugees, says Philippines archbishop

  A Catholic archbishop in the Philippines has condemned attempts to proselytise Muslms fleeing the city of Marawi, where Islamist rebels fighting Maute terrorists linked with Islamic State.