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'It Is Well With My Soul': Tennessee church holds emotional first service since shooting left one dead
The Tennessee church where one woman was killed and seven others were wounded during a shooting on Sunday held its first service since the incident last night, with an emotional rendition of the hymn It Is Well With My Soul.

22-year-old 'hero' who stopped gunman in Nashville church shooting just wants Christians to pray for the shooter
Robert Engle, who has attended the church since he was a child, asked Christians to pray for the shooter and his loved ones as 'they are hurting as well.'

Duggar family news: shots fired to Josh at Facebook
Josh and Anna Duggar welcomes baby Mason to the world, but fans are still enraged by scandals.

'Pokemon GO' tips and tricks revisited
Tips and tricks for returning players of the mobile app game.

Church youth group leader finds baby abandoned at side of the road with birth certificate and $5,500 in cash
Rodger Prater made the startling discovery while driving a bus load of church youth group members back from an amusement park.

Star Trek Discovery: Falling short of the stars in a godless space
This week saw the genesis of a historic rebirth: the return of Star Trek to TV screens.' Star Trek: Discovery' chronicles once again humanity's optimistic pursuit of the stars in a godless universe, but like previous Trek entries before it, can't help reaching for spiritual themes on its way.

Former Queen's chaplain Gavin Ashenden consecrated as 'missionary bishop'
Gavin Ashenden, the former chaplain to the Queen who earlier this year resigned from the Church of England over its 'liberalising' trend, has been consecrated a bishop.

Has the Pope gone soft on adultery? The Catholic Church's civil war
The more the Pope appeals to the secular world, the more he alienates traditionalists over sexuality in his Catholic Church, and vice versa.

Scottish Anglicans to face 'consequences' for allowing gay marriage
The Scottish Episcopal Church is likely to face 'consequences' from fellow Anglicans for its decision to allow gay marriage.

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is 'primed and ready to roll' for another election
In a wide-ranging address he hit out at the Conservative government's 'coalition of chaos', which he said was tearing its manifesto and itself apart. Labour, he said, was 'the party of unity'.

Prayer warrior and prophet for the poor: 5 things you didn't know about Christian missionary George Müller
Today is the birthday of 19th-century missionary George Müller, a passionate prophet against poverty, an advocate for orphans and an enduring emblem of radical trust in God. Here are five things you might not know about his remarkable life.

The Cross in fashion: Appropriation or opportunity?
The popularity of the Christian Cross in fashion is both perplexing and remarkable.

Outspoken evangelical Roy Moore trounces Trump candidate in Alabama primary
Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama supreme court and outspoken evangelical Christian, beat Donald Trump-backed candidate in the Alabama's Republican Primary election last night.

Desperate plea from the Catholic Patriarch in Iraq: 'We cannot endure another war'
Fears of a new military confrontation in Iraq are mounting among Christians, Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Patriarch, Luis Raphael Sako, has warned.
Otto Warmbier was 'systematically tortured' by North Korea, say parents
The parents of US student Otto Warmbier have described North Korea as 'terrorists' who had 'systematically tortured' their son while he was detained by the pariah state.

Why has Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women drivers at last?
Saudi Arabian women will be allowed to drive cars, the King Salman ordered on Tuesday, ending an infamous conservative tradition seen as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom's repression of women.