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Christian life worth more than 10 seconds of glory - bishop

Over 200 young people gathered near the Olympic Park were encouraged to live for a higher glory.

Hockey player eyes seminary after Olympic Games

A player in the Spanish Olympic hockey team is set to enter a seminary in Belgium after the Games.

Teenagers pull off great Olympic-themed fun day

Thanks to Swindon youngsters being allocate a £2,000 budget by their church, more than 500 people have enjoyed the area’s first community Fun Day.

Churches question Dawkins invite to book festival

Atheist Richard Dawkins has been invited to speak at the faith-themed Faclan Hebridean Book Festival in Scotland but some local church groups have questioned how his presence could benefit attendees.

Olympic Games come to Salvation Army farm

The Games are coming to The Salvation Army's Hadleigh Farm for the mountain biking events

Scottish bishop opposes gay marriage

As Scotland prepares to become the first country in the United Kingdom to legalise same-sex marriage by 2015, a Catholic bishop has suggested that changing the traditional definition of marriage could open up the gates to bigamy and incest.

Mary Mary's Tina Campbell gives birth

Tina Campbell of Mary Mary has given birth to her second son.

Gloucester Council apologises to Christian group

Gloucester City Council has apologised after it stopped a Christian group from handing out Christian literature in the city centre.

Mission volunteers sign code of conduct at Olympics

Over two thousand volunteers have paid their own way to help churches serve their communities and international visitors during the 2012 Games.

Churches get into sporting spirit

Churches have been making the most of the Olympic Games to engage with their local communities.

When luggage goes missing at the Olympics

When Madagascan Olympic athletes, team officials and families landed at Luton with no luggage, it was the churches that sprang to their aid.

Aleppo bishop: Syrians are 'terrified'

Christians in Syria are becoming more and more afraid of the situation in the civil war-hit country and are finding themselves in greater need of humanitarian aid, a bishop from the embattled city of Aleppo has said.

Egypt: Coptic leader criticises 'unfair' government

Interim Coptic head says Christians are not fairly represented in the newly formed Cabinet and are facing a rise in attacks

Judge allows girl's conversion to Christianity

A young girl in England has been granted permission to change her religion from Judaism to Christianity after a court ruled against her mother's allegations that she had been brainwashed by her father into embracing his faith.

Restoring trust in Africa

There has been a call to restore trust in leadership and public service in Africa, by rebuilding the institutions of government with the help of the church.

Exposing corruption

"There is enough for all of us on the earth to live well. So why are we poor?"