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US 'hopeful' on release of Pastor Andrew Brunson today
US 'hopeful' on release of Pastor Andrew Brunson today

The Trump administration is hopeful that American pastor Andrew Brunson who is on trial in Turkey could be freed at a Friday court hearing.

Church leaders plead with Home Secretary to save Christian family from deportation
Church leaders plead with Home Secretary to save Christian family from deportation

Church leaders have signed a letter to the Home Secretary pleading with him to save two teenage boys and their parents from being deported back to Pakistan.

Ukrainian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Russia
Ukrainian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Russia

Ukraine secured approval on Thursday to establish an independent church in what Kiev says is a vital step against Russian meddling in its affairs, but the Russian clergy fiercely opposes the biggest split in Christianity for a thousand years.

Fears for fate of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu after execution threat
Fears for fate of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu after execution threat

The parents of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu are making a last-minute appeal to save their daughter from execution at the hands of terrorists.

North Korea should open up its notorious prison camps for inspection, not only nuclear sites
North Korea should open up its notorious prison camps for inspection, not only nuclear sites

Open Doors USA said the camps, whose inmates include persecuted Christians, were 'as bad - or even worse - than Auschwitz'.

17 sentenced to death over church bombings in Egypt

A military court has sentenced 17 people to death for their part in deadly bomb attacks on churches in Egypt.

US repeats call to Turkey to release pastor Andrew Brunson

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the release of U.S. evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson by a Turkish court at his next hearing on Friday would be an important step and the right thing for Turkey to do.

'From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry': How Black History Month has challenged a white woman
'From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry': How Black History Month has challenged a white woman

'A nation which has no room for difference, has no room for humanity.'

Caught up in war: The future of children in Congo is bleak
Caught up in war: The future of children in Congo is bleak

Eleven-year-old Rebecca still believes she was once able to talk to skeletons, turn sticks into guns and teleport herself across long distances.

I Will Not Fear: The moving testimony of one of the Little Rock Nine
I Will Not Fear: The moving testimony of one of the Little Rock Nine

Melba Pattillo Beals has written 'I Will Not Fear' to tell of how her faith in God sustained her during her darkest days.

School of Pioneers aims to boost church planting in London
School of Pioneers aims to boost church planting in London

The project is a partnership between Church Mission Society and the Centre for Church Planting and Growth, and is backed by the Bishop of London, Rt Rev Sarah Mullally.

Ashers Bakery: The £500k cost of this Supreme Court case isn't the only price to pay
Ashers Bakery: The £500k cost of this Supreme Court case isn't the only price to pay

Sadly for many, myself included, the case has been labelled a battle between two communities that neither side fully represents or speaks for, and that can have no real winners.

Pope compares having an abortion to 'hiring a hit man'

Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a 'hit man' to eliminate a problematic person.

Record-breaking Hurricane Michael batters Florida Panhandle
Record-breaking Hurricane Michael batters Florida Panhandle

Hurricane Michael battered the Florida's Gulf coast with roof-shredding winds, raging surf and torrential rains before it was downgraded to a tropical storm

Church minister reports Scotland's hate crime posters for being a hate crime
Church minister reports Scotland's hate crime posters for being a hate crime

A church minister has reported the Scottish Government's hate crime posters to the campaign's own website over concerns that they are doing more to encourage hate than prevent it.

Asia Bibi's daughter says she is 'confident in God' as family await verdict on death sentence appeal
Asia Bibi's daughter says she is 'confident in God' as family await verdict on death sentence appeal

The daughter of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan is putting her faith in God as the family await the final verdict on her appeal.