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Going to church lowers risk of death 'from despair'
A study of the well-being of healthcare workers in the United States found that those who regularly attend worship services are at a lower risk of deaths related to alcohol, drugs, or suicide, known collectively as "deaths from despair."

Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity
Leah was one of over a hundred schoolgirls abducted by a faction of Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state on 19 February 2018.

Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy
Samaritan's Purse has discharged the last of its patients from an emergency field hospital set up in Italy to treat people with coronavirus.

Ravi Zacharias' daughter pays touching tribute to her father
Ravi Zacharias has been battling a rare form of bone cancer since March and was recently informed by doctors that there's nothing more they can do.

Justin and Hailey Bieber say faith in Jesus has kept them anchored during pandemic
Pop star Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Bieber have spoken about their faith in Jesus in a recently launched Facebook Watch web series titled "The Biebers." The series follows the lives of the couple as they remain under lockdown amid the coranivirus pandemic.

Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19
Two churches serving the Latino community in New York are mourning the deaths of over 100 congregants combined to COVID-19.

Church pastor and his son both die of coronavirus just days apart
A church pastor and his son have both died of coronavirus just days apart from one another.

Christian families receive death threats in India
Animists in central India last week told five Christian families they would lose their harvest lands unless they returned to their tribal religion and beat them when they refused, sources said.

Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians
Donald Trump was "anointed by God" to his position as the United States president. This is the belief of a growing number of American churchgoers, according to a new report.

GOD TV says it will obey regulations in Israel amid fears of being shut down
The head of the international Christian television network GOD TV has said that Israeli authorities are looking to "shut down" its new Hebrew-language Christian channel after concerns were raised about whether the channel will proselytize to Jews.

'Thank you' prayers for parliamentarians
Christians have been sending handwritten prayers to their MPs to support them during the coronavirus lockdown.

Three secrets of the Psalms
It is often hard to put our thoughts and emotions into words. However, the Psalms do this for us.

NI abortion changes are 'very wrong', says peer
A leading pro-life campaigner and member of the House of Lords has called on Northern Ireland residents to "make their voices heard" and demand the new extreme abortion regime regulations are not approved.

Controversial TV evangelist Jim Bakker suffers stroke amid lawsuit over coronavirus 'cure'
Jim Bakker, the controversial TV evangelist being sued after supposedly endorsing a fake coronavirus 'cure', has suffered a stroke.

People are googling prayer because they are looking for a 'sacred experience', says Russell Brand
The comedian said he was praying "to have faith that even though I don't know how things are going to be alright, that they will be alright".

'The Bible' producer Roma Downey launches faith-based YouTube channel
Downey, who co-produced "The Bible" TV series and "Son of God" movie with husband Mark Burnett, said the new channel was inspired by the connection she feels to God through nature.