Church
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Beth Moore: Male evangelical leaders 'smack of misogyny, objectification and astonishing disesteem of women'
Beth Moore, the prominent US evangelical teacher, has criticised the 'colossal disregard and disrespect of women' shown by male Christian leaders.
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CAR in national mourning as Christian-Muslim violence sees 24 killed, 170 injured
Three days of national mourning have been announced by the president of the Central African Republic (CAR) after an attack on a church in Bangui that killed 16 Christian worshippers, and subsequent violence that has seen eight more killed and 170 injured. The Archbishop of Bangui condemned and lamented the ongoing sectarian violence in the country.
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Church of England launches French service for London's 300,000 Francophones
The Church of England has launched a French-speaking service to appeal to at least 300,000 Francophone Londoners.
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Christian academy shut down after controversy over bible references in student handbook
A school board in Alberta, Canada has voted to close a Christian academy last week, following controversy over censorship of certain biblical references in the student handbook.
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Ruins of ancient 1st century Christian site found in former ISIS-held region in Syria
The ruins of a Christian church that is believed to be built as far back as the first century A.D. was found at a site in northern Syria where the Islamic State dumped their trash.
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Ministry cancels conference fearing California bill will gag Christian views on homosexuality, sexual identity & purity
A ministry based in Colorado has decided to cancel student conferences that were supposed to take place in California due to a pending legislation aimed at restricting attempts to change a person's sexual identity.
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Ethiopian court considers appeal of evangelical Christian convicted of offending members of Orthodox church
An Ethiopian court has announced that it will hear the appeal of an evangelical Christian who was convicted of "causing outrage to religious peace and feeling," after a lower court turned down his plea in March.
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These probably aren't the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world â and anyway, so what?
Now we know: these are the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world.
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A done debate? Most US religious groups now back gay marriage
Most US-based religious groups now back the legalisation of same-sex marriage, according to a study released on Tuesday. Supporters of gay marriage in America now outnumber its detractors by two to one. Wwhat might this remarkable shift mean, particularly for the US church?
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Heather Cook, bishop jailed for drunk driving, applies for home detention
Heather Cook, the former Episcopal Church bishop jailed for drink driving after a hit-and-run crash killed a cyclist in 2014, has applied to serve the rest of her sentence in home detention.
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Revelation for today: How to read Scripture well
CJ Sansom says in a note to one of his Tudor crime novels that it would have been better if Revelation had never been included in the canon of scripture at all, given the damage it's done.
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Bavaria's mandate to display crosses in public buildings draws opposition from Protestants and Catholic bishops
The Bavarian government's mandate to require public buildings to display crosses at their entrances has been criticized by some Catholic bishops and Protestants.
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Thousands of Christians stranded in Myanmar jungle amid clashes between government forces and Kachin rebels
About 2,000 Christian civilians have reportedly been left stranded in a jungle in Myanmar after they tried to flee from fighting between the government forces and Kachin guerrillas in Kachin state's Tanai region.
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Indian state passes anti-conversion legislation Christians fear will be used against them
India's Uttarakhand state has become the latest state in the country to enact legislation tightening restrictions around religious conversions.
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Bone of 'Apostolic Father' Pope St Clement found in London bin
A relic of one of the earliest popes, St Clement I, has been found in a bin in London by a waste disposal company during a routine collection, the Catholic Herald reported.