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Nigel Benn: How the Dark Destroyer found faith
Former drug addict and one of the most successful British boxers ever, Nigel Benn, is now a volunteer with Hillsong Church and says his "new drug is serving people".

Gospel for Asia fights accusations of financial impropriety, cult-like behaviour
GFA is fighting accusations of a lack of financial transparency and that it practises an authoritarian form of church discipline.

Traditionalist bishop announces support for female ordination
A leading traditionalist bishop has changed his mind on the ordination of women in a volte face that will astonish clergy and laity on both sides of the debate.

Archbishop of Canterbury and Grand Imam: We must work together to defeat ISIS
Justin Welby and Dr Ahmed Al-Tayyeb today discussed their joint agenda which includes, "a determination to build bridges of peace".

Former Mars Hill pastor: A helpful guide to cultural unity
Former executive pastor at Mars Hill Church Sutton Turner on the importance of understanding the culture of your church leadership.

McKinney video: The Church is not living up to its radical past on race
In this highly sensitised time, we the Church must work harder to demonstrate the reconciling love of God, writes Krish Kandiah.

Pope Francis set to prove he holds Christian, not communist, views on environment
Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on the environment will confirm his orientation as Christian, as nervous conservatives accuse the pontiff of being a communist because of his advocacy against inequality and his statements about the failures of trickle-down economics, New Republic wrote.

Al Mohler: Campolo's support of same-sex relationships is 'dangerous'
Conservative heavyweight Al Mohler has weighed in to the controversy generated by Tony Campolo's announcement of his support for same-sex relationships.

The UK's best flower festivals
With the fine weather of the last few weeks bringing Britain into full summer bloom, the traditional flower festivals in some of the country's most beautiful churches are underway. Here we bring you some of the best we know about.

Next Bishop of Crediton announced as Sarah Mullally
A former nurse and midwife who likes to fashion things out of clay has been chosen as the next Bishop of Crediton.
'It is time to confront Islamic State' - Middle East church leaders
It is time for the world to step in and confront the extremist ideology of Islamic State, the region's Christian leaders said this week.

Lost CH Spurgeon sermon published for the first time
The notes for an early sermon preached by CH Spurgeon have been published more than 150 years after they were written.

An Open Letter to Tony Campolo
David Robertson responds to Tony Campolo's change of mind on homosexuality.

After Tony Campolo's announcement, can evangelicals finally believe gay marriage is OK?
'I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church,' he wrote yesterday.

China: Authorities demolish huge multi-million dollar church
A huge multi-million dollar cathedral-style church is being demolished in China.

Christianity's bastions moving to Africa and Asia as West falls into secularism
Christianity's stronghold has been shifting to Africa and Asia from Europe and the United States as the West continues to embrace secular values at their own risk, The Gospel Herald reported on Saturday.