Ruth Gledhill

Massive increase in persecution against Christians in India

The harrowing story of a woman and her sister beaten so hard that bones were broken â just for following Jesus
$Pakistan: Christian students face \'victimisation and religious persecution\'$
Pakistan: Christian students face 'victimisation and religious persecution'

The Punjab government in Pakistan has launched an inquiry into allegations that Christian students are coming under pressure to convert to Islam.
Muslim attacks on Christians in Egypt spiralling out of control

A senior bishop has issued a warning of an exponential spiralling of attacks on Christians in Egypt, home to three-quarters of all Christians in the Middle East.
Bangladesh: Islamists step up persecution of Christians after rapid rise in conversions

Islamist terrorists are stepping up their persecution of Christians in Bangladesh after a rapid rise in converts.
Sir Cliff Richard could see BBC in court after corporation rejects his damages claim

Sir Cliff Richard could take the BBC to court after the broadcaster rejected his demand for Â£1 million damanges from them and the police.
Church signs promise: catch PokÃ©mon outside, get saved by Jesus inside

The churches have responded to the PokÃ©mon Go craze by reaching out to the sought after teen generation, finding fun and imaginative ways to "compel them to come in".
New exhibition at Durham shows spread of early Christianity in Britain

Durham Cathedral tomorrow opens its doors to a new Â£3.9 million exhibition telling the history of the 923-year-old building and its 14th century monastic life, with treasures from the past and present.
$Rabbis oppose Britain\'s Chief Rabbi in faith schools controversy$
Rabbis oppose Britain's Chief Rabbi in faith schools controversy

Nearly 70 British rabbis have written to the new Education Secretary Justine Greening objecting to the Chief Rabbi's plea for new faith schools to be able to select all pupils on a faith basis.
Women bishops protestors claim they stand for Christian tradition and the Bible

The two Christian ministers who have objected at services to consecrate women bishops in the Church of Engand have sought to justify their actions to Christian Today.
$Millions of pounds given to England\'s flourishing Christian cathedrals$
Millions of pounds given to England's flourishing Christian cathedrals

Canterbury is among more than 30 cathedrals to receive grants from a fund marking the centenary of the First World War.
Vietnam: More than 100 Christian pastors jailed, face being poisoned for trying to preach gospel

More than 100 Vietnamese Christian pastors have been locked up and are at risk of being poisoned for refusing to sign up to a central, official church, according to Christian Aid Mission.
$Church leaders provide sanctuary for victims of South Sudan\'s latest descent into violence$
Church leaders provide sanctuary for victims of South Sudan's latest descent into violence

Up to 1,000 families sought sanctuary in the Anglican cathedral in the South Sudan capital of Juba as the country continues its descent into violence and bloodshed.