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Meet the pastors who are arming their churches after Charleston shooting
Pastors in the US are introducing armed security following the June 17 shooting at a church in South Carolina.
Syrian Christian leader tells West: 'Stop arming terror groups who are massacring our people'
The world leader of Syria's besieged Christians has issued a heartfelt plea to the West to stop arming and supporting terrorist groups.
Joel Osteen's hecklers: 'his religion is a worship of self, and not of Christ'
Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has "glorified himself and not God", one of the men arrested for heckling at his Lakewood Church has claimed.
Catholic priest wins reprieve - chapel will not be converted into Muslim prayer room
A Catholic priest has won a reprieve for a Catholic hospital chapel after he successfully fought a proposal to convert it into a Muslim prayer room.
Pope Francis: Islamic State atrocities are like Early Church persecution
Christians who suffer torture and murder by ISIS are like the first century Christians who were "besieged by persecution", according to the Pope.
US Christian ministry to bring aid, audio Bibles to thousands of Mideast refugees
An American Christian ministry has launched a project that would provide audio Bibles for those displaced by the conflict caused by the terror campaign of the Islamic State, in a bid to not only attend to their physical needs but their spiritual needs as well.
Mark Driscoll interviewed at Hillsong Conference despite promises he'd been dropped
Despite Mark Driscoll being dropped from the speaker's bill at Hillsong's summer conferences this year, a taped interview with the former Mars Hill pastor was shown at Hillsong 2015 in Sydney yesterday.
Church of England appoints women's ministry pioneer as fifth female bishop
A woman priest who has been a pioneer in women's ministry is to be the fifth woman bishop in the Church of England.
Justin Welby expresses 'deep concern' after Episcopal Church bishops vote for same sex marriage
Bishops of The Episcopal Church in the US have voted to change its marriage law to allow clergy to conduct ceremonies for same-sex couples.
Tullian Tchividjian 'seeking God' in wake of affair scandal
Billy Graham's grandson, Tullian Tchividjian, is "seeking God" and receiving biblical counsel in the wake of admitting to having an affair.
Justin Bieber heads Down Under for Hillsong Church worship
Justin Bieber arrived in Sydney on Monday to attend a week-long gathering at a Hillsong pentecostal church, after the pop star this year vowed to discard his hard-partying image.
Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux set to be declared as first couple saints
Blessed Louis Martin and his spouse, Blessed Zelie, are set to become saints coinciding with the upcoming Synod of the Family, after Pope Francis gave his thumbs-up for their canonization.
Christians in Mideast undergoing systematic persecution, says author
Christians have been suffering "systemic persecution" even before the Islamic State made their entrance, said an author of a book on Christian persecutions in the Middle East.
Historic meeting of pope and Russian Orthodox head 'getting closer'
An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is "getting closer every day,"
Pope Francis to canonise St Thérèse's parents
The parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux are to be the first husband-and-wife couple to be made saints together.
Christian hospital chapel to be turned into Muslim prayer room - 5000 protest
Nearly 5,000 people have signed a petition protesting against plans to turn a Christian hospital chapel into a Muslim prayer room.