Ruth Gledhill

Church of Scotland votes in favour of ministers in gay marriages

The Church said in a statement immediately after the vote that the decision "does not compromise the Church's traditional view of marriage as a union between one man and one woman."
Christian school warns that pupils with LGBT siblings could be expelled

A Christian academy in the United States has been criticised for claiming the right to expel a pupil if a sibling or another relative in the home comes out as gay.
$Soulfulness: How to experience Christ\'s peace in a fast-paced world$
Soulfulness: How to experience Christ's peace in a fast-paced world

Put Christianity together with "mindfulness" and the result, perhaps, is "soulfulness", hence the title of Dr Brian Draper's new book.
South Carolina pastor dies in hospital after motorcycle crash

A US church community is in mourning after a pastor who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in which his wife died, has himself now passed away in hospital.
$German churches nail wi-fi \'God spots\' in time for Luther Reformation Jubilee$
German churches nail wi-fi 'God spots' in time for Luther Reformation Jubilee

Thousands of Protestant churches in Germany are to be kitted out with free wi-fi "godspots" just in time for the Reformation Jubilee celebrations in Germany next year.
Turkey to get first new Syriac Orthodox Christian church in nearly a century

St Mary's will be the first new church for Turkey's growing Syriac Orthodox Christian community since the republic was founded in 1922.
In defence of online baptisms...

Worried about church decline? 'Click' them to come in.
Most people who stop going to Church retain their Christian faith, researchers say

The story told is one of continual Church decline, with secularisation and other faiths on the rise against the retreating tide of Christianity. But latest research in Britain shows the future might be brighter than many fear or imagine.
$Evangelical Christian leaders attack Extremism Bill in Queen\'s Speech$
Evangelical Christian leaders attack Extremism Bill in Queen's Speech

Leaders of Britain's evangelical Christian community have criticised plans for an Extremism Bill, expected to be announced in today's Queen's Speech.
$Church pledges to \'engage\' with Google after investments controversy$
Church pledges to 'engage' with Google after investments controversy

The Church of England has admitted it needs to do more to engage with Google after controversy over its holding in Google parent company Alphabet.
$British trust called in to clear mines from site of Jesus\' baptism$
British trust called in to clear mines from site of Jesus' baptism

A British charity is appealing for nearly Â£3 million to help remove more 1000 mines surrounding churches at Qasr Al-Yahud near Jericho on the West Bank, one of the most sacred sites in the Christian world.
A second historic Christian cathedral hosts Buddhist ceremonies

The Dean and Chapter of York Minster today defended the practice of Buddhism in Minster buildings while details of Buddhist ceremonies in yet another of England's most beautiful and historic cathedrals emerged today.