Ruth Gledhill
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Churches must take measures against possible terror attacks, warns security expert
Thousands of churches throughout the country are being urged to take security measures against the possibility of a terror attack or other anti-Christian hate crime.
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New US group to lobby for Christian values in politics
Christian leaders in the US have joined forces to form a new group to lobby for a "better vision" in political life.
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How one youth pastor is bringing hope to persecuted Christians in Iraq
The charity Open Doors is mobilising thousands of Christians worldwide to bring new hope to the desperate crisis in the Middle East.
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Anglicans consider new synod to oppose gay marriage
Nearly a dozen evangelical churches in the Church of England that oppose gay marriage are to align themselves with the world's leading conservative Anglican coalition.
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Egypt's Coptic Christians protest exclusion from Olympic and other sports
A charity that campaigns for equal rights in Egypt has filed a formal complaint of discrimination against Coptic Christians in the selection of Egypt's Olympic team.
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China: Farmer mowed down and killed after protesting land seizure
A farmer in China who resisted the seizure of his land has been killed, the Christian human rights organisation China Aid is reporting.
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Yazidi girl captured by ISIS set herself on fire to avoid sex slavery
A teenage girl has described how she burned herself alive to escape rape and torture by the Islamic State terror group.
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Why are Americans leaving the church? Loss of faith, says new study
The number of Americans with no religion has increased from 16 per cent of the population to nearly a quarter in under a decade.
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Colombia: Christian aid agencies welcome groundbreaking new peace deal
Christian aid agencies have welcomed the ground-breaking peace deal reached in Colombia which brings to an end more than half a century of deadly conflict.
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Christian 'Bake Off' contestant is first one out â but his faith is undimmed
A Baptist pastor last night became the first person to leave the Great British Bake Off, the hit BBC cookery show.
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Catholic Church in Ireland to review how trainee priests use social media after Grindr rumours
The Catholic Church in Ireland is to review the way its trainee priests use social media after reports that seminarians had been using the gay dating app Grindr.
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Mark Driscoll hits out at polygamy and warns it could be legal within two decades
Driscoll says polygamy is not part of God's intent, and blames it for the Jewish-Arab conflict.