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The amazing growth of the Christmas tree
A few hundred years ago, who would have dreamed that the humble Christmas tree would one day be an immense global success? Certainly not Martin Luther, who is said to have decorated a tree with candles to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Nor Prince Albert, who several centuries later set up the first Christmas tree in Windsor Castle.
We stand for Christians everywhere, says Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has used his Christmas message to speak up for persecuted Christians.
Alleviating the financial hardship of Christian mission workers this Christmas
Caroline Burns, Christian Worker Lead at Stewardship, and Cally Magalhães, a full-time Christian worker, speak to Christian Today about the struggle to make ends meet and how every little bit really does help.
Government stance on child refugees is 'really disappointing', says Christian leader
The founder of a Christian charity promoting adoption in the Church has said it is "really disappointing" that the government has changed its position on child refugees.
Disillusioned former Queen's chaplain Gavin Ashenden received into the Catholic Church
Former Queen's chaplain Dr Gavin Ashenden is today being formally received into the Catholic Church.
Hardline animists attack church and threaten to kill Christians in eastern India
Tribal animists in eastern India earlier this month surrounded a church building with axes, threatened to kill Christians within and later burned down the thatched-roof structure, sources said.
'Woke' BBC is 'digging its own grave', says former equality tsar
Liberal bias and overt 'Toryscepticism' are putting the broadcaster's future at risk, the former head of the equality commission Trevor Phillips has warned.
Rebels in Burma who closed more than 100 churches allow 51 to re-open
Ethnic Wa rebels of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) this week announced they had permitted 51 Baptist churches to reopen in northern Shan state after investigating the congregations and their activities for 14 months.
Bethel's Bill Johnson defends worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal in praying for daughter's resurrection
Bill Johnson, senior pastor of Bethel Church, has responded to criticism over prayers for worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal's daughter to come back to life.
How not to overeat this Christmas â according to science
Research suggests that not only do people put on weight more quickly during the festive season but that those pounds can be tricky to shift.
Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, other leading evangelicals react to Christianity Today's call to remove president
President Donald Trump and Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, have slammed evangelical magazine Christianity Today after Mark Galli, the publication's editor-in-chief, called for the president's removal from office.
God will end Trump impeachment, give him another term, Bethel's Kris Vallotton prophesies
Kris Vallotton, senior associate leader of Bethel Church and co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California says God wants President Donald Trump to have another term in office and is going to end the impeachment process in a way that's "not gonna be pretty."
Sri Lankan church and hotel bombings were 'utterly barbaric', says Prince Charles
The Prince of Wales has spoken of his horror at the terrorist attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka over Easter this year, calling them "utterly barbaric".
Oxfordshire County Council threatened with legal action over transgender school guidance
Oxfordshire County Council is being threatened with legal action by parents and students over a school policy that says children can use the toilets of the gender they identify with.
JK Rowling defends charity worker sacked after tweeting opposition to gender law reforms
JK Rowling has come out in defence of a woman who lost her job after expressing the view that there are only two biological sexes.
Carey Mulligan opens up about grandmother's dementia at Southwark Cathedral carol service
Actress Carey Mulligan told supporters of the Alzheimer's Society about her grandmother's "heartbreaking" dementia during the charity's Christmas carol service at Southwark Cathedral on Wednesday night.