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£750,000 grant to help Anglican bishops from developing countries take part in Lambeth Conference
A £750,000 grant has been made available to help Anglican bishops from developing countries meet the costs of taking part in the Lambeth Conference.
Christians in Politics launches prayer network to support Christians serving in local government
A new prayer network is being launched to support Christian councillors as well as those working in other roles within local government.
Canadian Supreme Court upholds right of law societies to deny accreditation to Christian law school over homosexuality beliefs
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that law societies in Ontario and British Columbia can deny accreditation to an evangelical Christian law school due to its stance on homosexuality.
Mob attacks homes of Christians who complained about naked men swimming outside
A mob has reportedly attacked the houses owned by Coptic Christians after they complained about a group of young men swimming naked in a canal outside their homes in Upper Egypt's Beni Suef governorate.
Asia Argento shares Bible verse and prayer following suicide of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain
Italian actress Asia Argento has shared a prayer and a passage from the Book of John as she mourns the death of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in his hotel room in France earlier this month.
Christian beauty blogger says God commanded abstinence before marriage because sex creates permanent bond
Courtney Raine said she believes that God prescribed abstinence before marriage to protect people emotionally and physically because people become attached to the first person they have sex with by forming a "chemical bond" during intercourse.
Canadian court rules two men and one woman in polyamorous relationship can be legal parents of child
Two men and a woman involved in a polyamorous relationship can all be considered as the legal parents of a child born within the unconventional family, a Canadian court has ruled.
Mike Pilavachi's 'day I'll never forget': Huge response to Soul Survivor rebuilding appeal
The church in Watford has a thriving ministry and is looking to expand its facilities with a total rebuild of one of the two adjacent warehouses where it meets.
Opposition mounts to Trump administration's 'cruel', 'un-American' border policy
Democrats and Republicans rallied against the US government's policy of separating parents and children at the Mexican border yesterday.
Who is my neighbour? Lessons from the edges in community
He wears a black woollen cap pulled down over his hair. I once saw him take it off and glimpsed the plaits beneath; but perhaps he feels his hair is too matted or knotted by the rain.
The face of God: What a university study reveals about some Christian misconceptions
What if God was one of us? Just a soft-featured, Caucasian male like one of us?
Boat caught in Europe's migration spat brings hundreds to Spain
The plight of the Aquarius highlighted the European Union's struggle to manage an influx of people fleeing poverty and conflict.
Prime Minister Theresa May voices disappointment after 'upskirting' bill is blocked by Conservative MP
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she was disappointed an MP from her Conservative party had blocked a bill to make "upskirting" - surreptitiously taking photographs up women's skirts - a criminal offence.
Angelina Jolie says ISIS-ravaged Mosul is the 'worst devastation' she has ever seen
U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited a camp for Syrian refugees in northern Iraq to drum up support for those displaced by years of civil war.
Churches that are vulnerable to hate attacks to benefit from extra £1m in government funding
The British government has announced an additional £1m in funding to support places of worship that have suffered or could be vulnerable to hate attacks.
Alice Johnson says she did a 'full-fledged Pentecostal holy dance' after being freed from prison with the help of Kim Kardashian West
The great-grandmother said Kardashian West was 'anointed' and that she prays for her every day after her appeal to Donald Trump on Johnson's behalf led to a pardon after 22 years in prison