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More Bill Hybels allegations: Nancy Ortberg describes unwanted encounter
Nancy Ortberg, who with her husband John Ortberg and another couple, Leanne and Jim Mellado, brought into the open accusations of sexual misconduct against its founding pastor Bill Hybels, has said she too had experienced unwanted attentions from him.
Stop badging us by our religion, Chaldean patriarch tells Iraqi government
The Iraqi government should end the practice of including citizens' religion on their identity cards, according to the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq, Louis Raphael Sako.
BBC's Songs of Praise to feature Tearfund on Sunday
Tearfund's 50th anniversary will be celebrated by Songs of Praise in an episode due to be aired this Sunday on BBC One.
Commonwealth heads of government must tackle freedom of religion, says persecution charity
Open Doors, which serves persecuted Christians around the world, has called on the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting to put freedom of religion and belief at the heart of their discussions.
Aid agencies warn of Congo humanitarian disaster
Millions of people caught up in a humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo risk rising levels of hunger, death and disease due to a lack of aid funding, a coalition of humanitarian organisations warned ahead of a conference in Geneva today.
Why on earth are we eating our friends?
If creatures can show this much intelligence how on earth can we eat them?
Will someone tell when I'm being awful? Why we all need challenging friends
Again and again in the last few years we have seen situations come to light where influential people, in politics, the arts and the church, have behaved badly.
In a world at war, 8 Bible verses about peace
In a world of conflict, here are eight verses about peace from the Old Testament.
'Oaks of righteousness': The hidden lesson in a Bible prophecy
There's a beautiful line in Isaiah 61:3 where the prophet says that the broken-hearted, the prisoners, the mourners will be vindicated, crowned and comforted.
Less than a fortnight to go: The Rapture is due on April 23
If ever there were a good time to max out the credit cards on a really comprehensive bucket list, it's got to be now: if you're really determined, you can cram a lot of living into a fortnight.
Shane Claiborne on Jerry Falwell Jr, Donald Trump and a 'brood of vipers'
The Christian social activist Shane Claiborne has hit out at Jerry Falwell Jr's failure to challenge the 'un-Christian' policies and 'lifestyle' of Donald Trump, and invoked Jesus's words about the religious elite being like a 'brood of vipers'.
Alex Malarkey, the boy who didn't come back from heaven, sues publishers Tyndale House
Alex Malarkey, who became famous as 'The boy who came back from heaven' after he nearly died in a car accident, is suing the publishers of the book that made him famous because he was paid nothing for the story.
New poll shows decline in church attendance among American Catholics
The number of American Catholics attending weekly services has dropped significantly in the past decade, a recent poll has found.
John Oliver ridicules religious groups running crisis pregnancy centers
British comedian John Oliver says he has created his own crisis pregnancy center in an apparent attempt to ridicule religious groups running similar facilities that he says are mostly aimed at convincing women not to get an abortion.
Chibok 4 years on: Why there's still no celebration for the rescued schoolgirls
Half of the girls abducted from the school in Chibok, Nigeria on April 14, 2014 remain in captivity â but parents whose children have returned won't be celebrating until they are all free.
South African archbishop reveals how he escaped death in apartheid era
The archbishop of Cape Town has spoken of the time he narrowly escaped death at the hands of South Africa's police during the country's apartheid years in a video interview with the archbishop of Canterbury.