Ruth Gledhill

Persecution of Christians stepped up in China with increased raids on house churches

Charities are receiving reports of growing numbers of raids in the northwestern Xinjiang province in particular, where house churches have been targeted and numerous Christians detained.
$\'Hold onto Jesus\' says priest and recovering alcoholic in video published after his death$
'Hold onto Jesus' says priest and recovering alcoholic in video published after his death

These are some of the final words of a 92-year-old priest which have emerged in a remarkable video recording made of him shortly before his death earlier this year.
$Calls for an end to \'continuous massacre of Christians\' in Nigeria$
Calls for an end to 'continuous massacre of Christians' in Nigeria

Nearly as many Christians have been murdered by Islamists in Nigeria this year as throughout the whole of 2015, latest figures show.
$Billy Graham: 5 ways Christians can cope with the \'violence and destruction\' all around$
Billy Graham: 5 ways Christians can cope with the 'violence and destruction' all around

Such is the sense of terror and helplessness gripping the world that Graham's crisis teams have stepped up to advise Christians - and anyone else of course - on how to cope.
$Sky News \'I could have killed them all\' church report goes viral$
Sky News 'I could have killed them all' church report goes viral

Spoofs of a report by Sky News on the risks to English country churches in the wake of the murder of Father Jacques Hamel in France has gone viral after the reporter stated: "I could have killed them all."
$Anglicans to build new centre in Spain for pilgrims on \'The Way\' to Santiago de Compostela$
Anglicans to build new centre in Spain for pilgrims on 'The Way' to Santiago de Compostela

A new $5 million "Anglican Centre" is to be built in Spain in Santiago de Compostela, the end of the world-famous Catholic pilgrimage route the Way of St James.
Church leaders appeal for calm as elections approach in South Africa

Church leaders in South Africa have appealed for calm as violence, intimidation and even assassinations marr the run-up to local elections next week
Animals have no souls, says Pastor Robert Jeffress

An influential Baptist pastor has declared that animals have no souls and that most people are destined to go to hell when they die.
More Coptic Christians suffer persecution over rumours of church building

Persecution against Christians in Egypt continues to escalate with the latest violence being attacks on eight Christian homes after a Muslim mob went on a "rampage" with gas canisters, rocks and birdshot guns.
US rabbi appeals to Pope Francis to shut down Catholic church at Auschwitz

A rabbi from the United States has called on Pope Francis to close down a Catholic church at the Nazi death camp.
Church defends decision to let travellers camp on its land

A Christian community has defended its decision to allow a group of travellers to camp on land in one of the most beautiful parts of Britain.
$Twitter chorus of approval greets Archbishop of Canterbury\'s new peace advisor$
Twitter chorus of approval greets Archbishop of Canterbury's new peace advisor

Women bishops, homosexuality, divisions between the West and the developing world - these are just some of the issues the Archbishop of Canterbury's new reconciliation chief Sarah Snyder must master.