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Christian Institute launches election briefing

The Christian Institute has launched an online election briefing to help Christians understand the policy positions of the main parties and cast an informed vote in the upcoming general election.

Breakaway Anglican flock plants over 100 new churches

More than 100 new churches have been added to a breakaway Anglican group less than a year since its formation.

Long-running Christian radio show gets the axe

Presenters still optimistic after long-running Christian show axed by West Yorkshire radio station Pulse 2.

Memorial service for Polish plane crash victims

Warsaw’s Pilsudski Square was filled with thousands of mourners on Saturday as Poland remembered victims of last Saturday’s plane crash, which killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 dignitaries.

Gospel for Asia rushes aid to India cyclone victims

About 120 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured as a deadly cyclone struck in the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar on Tuesday.

Investing Talents

According to the Bible, we are expected to invest all our gifts in serving God. After 25 years as an OAC Ministries evangelist, John Howarth and his wife Jean were looking for new ways to invest their talents when they moved to Preston in 2006. Since then, two unexpected ways have emerged.

Haiti drops kidnapping charges against nine US Christians

Haiti has dropped all charges against nine of ten American Christians who were arrested in January.

New single from Dweeb is more than ok

You’ve got to love Dweeb. You’ve got to love their twitch and their day-glo joy, their amped-up energy levels and their sky-high optimism.

China quake toll reaches 1,144

The death toll from Wednesday’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake in western China shot up to 1,144 late on Friday after being reported as 791 just ten hours earlier, according to the government’s official press agency.

German court fines British bishop for denying Holocaust

A dissident Catholic bishop has been fined 10,000 euros by a German court for denying the Holocaust.

Muir leaves Evangelical Alliance to start Family Foundation

The Evangelical Alliance UK is honouring a ‘trailblazer’ as he moves on from his position as Executive Director for Public Policy to take a leap of faith and establish the Family Foundation.

Oxfam tells party leaders not to forget world's poor in election race

Party leaders are expected to make Sunday April 18 this election campaign’s ‘World Poverty Day’ by setting out their parties’ plans to help the world’s poorest people.

Call to Ireland's Christians to stand with persecuted church

Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Release International and Open Doors will make a united call next month to Christians in Ireland to stand shoulder to shoulder with the persecuted church.

Church leaders say UK must take lead on ‘Robin Hood’ tax

Church leaders and Christian NGOs are calling on the Government to support the introduction of a unilateral financial transaction tax in the UK.

G P Taylor: Pullman is a ‘dangerous theologian’

Christian author G P Taylor has hit out at Philip Pullman’s new fictional biography of Jesus Christ and branded the atheist writer a “dangerous theologian”.

Mikeschair releases acoustic EP to accompany 'Let the waters rise'

Curb Records' band Mikeschair has announced the digital release of Let The Waters Rise EP.