Mark Woods

• Kurdistan opens huge church for Iraqi, Syrian refugees

  One of the largest churches in the Middle East has been consecrated in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

• Luther 1517: How you can see the Reformation through Martin Luther's eyes

  Among the most extraordinary sights is one that's thoroughly modern, though it brings the past to life in an extraordinary way.

• What Donald Trump can learn from King Salman of Saudi Arabia

  The songs Christians sing are really important. They don't just express our faith, they form it too.

• 'Doubting' Thomas?: Why the label isn't fair to a great apostle

  The Apostle Thomas, whose life the Church celebrates today, has had the label 'doubting' around his neck for the last 2,000 years.

• Can the Methodist Church pull out of its nose dive? 'We need God to do something,' Conference told

  This week's Methodist Conference was faced with figures showing a staggering decline in the numerical strength of the denomination.

• Rage for Grenfell Tower?: It's very Christian

  A Day of Rage for Grenfell Tower? How unChristian. We should be about prayer and positivity, not anger.

• 'Catastrophe' threatens East Africa as rains fail again

  East Africa is on the brink of a 'monumental catastrophe' because the global community has failed to provide the funds needed to help starving people, according to Christian Aid.

• What does the choice of Wheaton College for a consecration say about GAFCON's new 'missionary bishop'?

  The conservative Anglican GAFCON grouping will consecrate its new 'Missionary Bishop for Europe' at Wheaton College at the end of this month.

• Vatican draws up plans to excommunicate mafia

  The Pope has told a Vatican commission to work on a new process for excommunicating Catholics convicted of corruption or mafia-related crimes.

• Finsbury Park: Terror strikes again. And we shouldn't call it anything else

  The attack on worshippers outside Finsbury Park Mosque is just as appalling as the attack on passers-by on Westminster Bridge, concert-goers at the Manchester Arena and evening drinkers in Borough Market.

• SBC's alt-right vote is 'strongest statement yet' condemning racism, say African American pastors

  African American pastors have welcomed the resolution passed by the Southern Baptist Convention condemned the racism associated with the so-called alt-right movement.

• 'To love thee more dearly': The 13th-century prayer that inspired a hit song

  What links a 1970s hit musical and a 13th-century English saint? The answer is, a prayer.