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Pistol-packing US bishop: 'We're not going to turn the other cheek while you shoot us'
A church in Jackson, Michigan has chosen to guard their congregation through a secret armed security team embedded among the parishioners following the June 17 shootings in a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina that killed NUMBER people.
Church of England leadership shake up continues: Evangelical given traditionally Anglo-Catholic post
A sixth woman bishop has been appointed in the Church of England, along with a male evangelical into a post once associated traditional Anglo-Catholicism.
Church of England divests from oil firm over 'allegations of corruption'
The Church of England has decided to sell all its shares in the British oil company SOCO International following a series of allegations of bribery, corruption and human rights abuses.
Fires at black churches in America's southern states fan racial fears
Some were deliberately lit. Others were caused by an electrical fault or lightning. But regardless of the origins, a spike in fires at black churches is fraying nerves at a time of heightened racial tensions across the United States.
ISIS executes 160 children and women for refusing to fast during Ramadan, sorcery
The jihadist group Islamic State has executed more than three thousand people in their bid to spread terror not only in the Middle East but around the world, exempting no one as victims include 160 children and women.
Episcopal Church confirms change in law to allow same-sex marriages
The US Episcopal Church changed its law to allow clergy to perform same-sex marriages last night, not pulling back from the move despite the "deep concern" expressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Israel vows to improve protection of its Christian community following attacks
The Israeli government has vowed to step up its efforts in protecting its very own Christian community following attacks by fringe groups in some Christian areas in the past few years, according to a report.
Are US Churches shifting their allegiance on Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
The United Church of Christ voted yesterday to divest from companies deemed to have profited from the occupation of Palestinian territories.
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.