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Christians asked to pray for areas affected by mpox

Christians are being asked to pray for areas affected by the outbreak of mpox and advocate for the distribution of vaccines to limit the spread of the deadly virus.
Christians in Pakistan 'terrified' of more violence

Christians in Pakistan are living in fear of more violent attacks a year after a wave of severe anti-Christian persecution.
Christian charity reaches milestone in combating blindness in Rwanda

CBM UK has announced the successful end to their three-year See the Way project, saying that they had been able to raise Â£845,000 in donations from supporters, pushing the final total over Â£1.8 million after it was matched by the UK government, as part of the UK Aid Match scheme.
The Victorian Christian who fought for the rights of prostitutes

Josephine Butler seems in many ways to be a woman before her time, a model for today's feminists, anachronistically living in the Victorian era. Yet in many ways she was very unlike modern feminists.
Calls for international action on mpox to protect children and families

Christian aid agency World Vision is calling for urgent international action after a new deadly strain of mpox was declared a global health emergency.
Attack on army chaplain 'deeply shocking and upsetting', say bishops

Prayers are being said for an army chaplain stabbed in a knife attack in County Galway on Friday.
The significance of Moriah in the Bible

Moriah is a mysterious biblical place name, which has great significance in theology. This is the story ...
Nigeria continues to tolerate terrorism, USCIRF States

Nigeria's government at federal and state levels continues to tolerate attacks by non-state assailants who justify violence on religious grounds, according to a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Religion, prayer most important in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, least important in Western countries

Europeans are least likely to say that religion is very important in their lives, compared to other parts of the world, and only 42 percent of Americans claim that religion is personally crucial to them.
Evangelicals make up smaller share of US population than commonly thought: report

Only a third of Evangelicals attend Evangelical churches
From the depths of despair to the Promised Land

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on the comfort that comes after affliction.
Christian school closures are 'heartbreaking'

The closure of two Christian private schools in Scotland has been branded "sad" and "heartbreaking".