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Teen Christian boy 'murdered' and hung from a tree in Pakistan
A 14-year-old Christian boy has been murdered and his dead body hung in a tree in Faisalabad, according to a charity helping Christians persecuted in Pakistan.
'No, not that one': 8 church ministers with famous namesakes
Here is a group of church leaders from around the world, who were â unwittingly or otherwise â Christened with the same name as someone else who turned out to become rather well known.
Why are young evangelicals seeking out traditional worship?
Across the US and the UK there is a movement of younger people from an evangelical background who are reconnecting with the heritage and tradition of the Church.
Foodbank harvest appeal: 'Parents are going without food so their children don't starve.'
In its Combined Harvest appeal, the Trussell Trust Foodbank Network is calling for both cash and food donations so adults and children don't have to go hungry this winter.
Churches burned and members threatened with violence: The reality of being a Christian in Cuba
Amid an escalating crackdown on churches in Cuba, a prominent pastor and religious freedom activist has warned that "the threat of physical violence... comes with the territory of being a Christian" in the Caribbean island.
Australia: Anglican bishop backs same-sex marriage ahead of possible referendum
An Anglican bishop in Australia has come out in favour of same-sex marriage ahead of a possible referendum on the issue next February.
Trump and Clinton the most 'deeply flawed' candidates in 50 years, says US Archbishop
The Archbishop of Philadelphia has said that in his 50 years of voting America has never offered up "two such deeply flawed presidential candidates" as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Christian groups slam Israel over Gaza 'prison', call on US to cut military aid
Two leading Christian groups have strongly criticised Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory, demanded the Jewish state end the "prison-like conditions" in Gaza and called on the US to cancel its military aid budget to its Middle Eastern ally.
Nigel Farage calls on the Archbishop of Canterbury to step down
Outgoing UKIP leader accuses Justin Welby of failing to stand up for Britain's Christian culture.
Cardinal denies attacking Muslims after warning of 'Islamic conquest of Europe'
The office of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, said in a statement that his homily on September 11 had been "misinterpreted on social media as an attack against Muslims and even as directed against the refugees".
City Harvest's Kong Hee appeals guilty verdict but may face extra jail time
City Harvest Church's pastor Kong Hee's eight-year prison sentence should be overturned, his lawyers claimed at an appeal court hearing yesterday.
Anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson banned from UK
Steven Anderson was due to be travelling through London en route to South Africa and Botswana. Now it has emerged he has also been banned from the UK.
Evangelicals in Egypt head to US in support of President Sisi's UN visit
A delegation from the Evangelical Church in Egypt left Cairo yesterday to head to the US in support of President Abdel-Fattah Sisi during his visit to the United Nations (UN) headquarters to attend next week's UN General Assembly.
A baby that doctors said couldn't possibly survive because of defects beats all the odds with miraculous birth
"No way will your baby be born alive." Ashley Shirley, a mother from Cincinnati, Ohio, received this brutal pronouncement from her doctors who saw all sorts of birth defects on the two-month-old baby she was carrying, CBN News reports.
Future shocker? 2 men, or even just one man, can make baby; no need for women's egg, U.K. study shows
In the future, two men can make a baby. Even more shocking, just one man can make his own offspring. Yes, no need for a woman to supply the eggs.
Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid plan stalls
Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce.