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Gaming for God: New card game asks the Church \'what is mission?\'
Gaming for God: New card game asks the Church 'what is mission?'

The UK's first ever mission themed card game, designed to provide a fun way for people to examine their personal view of what mission is, has been launched by Church Mission Society (CMS).

Christians clash with LGBT protesters in violent brawl in Calgary
Christians clash with LGBT protesters in violent brawl in Calgary

Footage has emerged of a violent brawl that broke out between Christian demonstrators and LGBT activists in Calgary, Canada on Sunday.

Alabama Christian university rejects $3m funding from denomination that sought closure of LGBT student group
Alabama Christian university rejects $3m funding from denomination that sought closure of LGBT student group

A Christian American university has rejected $3m (£2.3m) funding from state churches that demanded it shut down an LGBT students' group.

Woman becomes Christian during screening of The Shack
Woman becomes Christian during screening of The Shack

A British evangelist has told of how he led a woman to faith during a recent screening of Christian-themed movie The Shack.

\'This room is filled with God\': Jester Jim Carrey turns preacher – and Christians should listen up
'This room is filled with God': Jester Jim Carrey turns preacher – and Christians should listen up

The inimitable jester Jim Carrey has made surprising and profound statements about suffering, grace and how Jesus shows us the path to salvation. The comedian's comments weren't wholly orthodox, but Christians should listen and learn - his words offered more weight and wisdom than many Sunday sermons.

How this passionate Christian from Samaritan\'s Purse is helping to save lives in war-torn northern Iraq
How this passionate Christian from Samaritan's Purse is helping to save lives in war-torn northern Iraq

For seven tumultuous years, Matthew Nowery has been sustained by his infectiously strong faith as he worked for Samaritan's Purse (SP) in northern Iraq.

Ark Encounter is lit up to \'take back the rainbow\' from LGBT people
Ark Encounter is lit up to 'take back the rainbow' from LGBT people

The founder of the controversial Ark Encounter attraction in Kentucky has called on Christians to 'take back the rainbow' from LGBT people as a Christian symbol – and the massive structure is to be lit up every night in rainbow colours.

Scottish Anglican cathedral is UK\'s first to host same-sex weddings
Scottish Anglican cathedral is UK's first to host same-sex weddings

A cathedral in Scotland has become the UK's first Anglican cathedral to host same-sex weddings.

You aren\'t coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline
You aren't coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline

A group of Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania is resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by building a makeshift chapel along the proposed route and, citing religious freedom, launching a legal challenge.

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says ignoring all the criticism that comes with her job would be harder if it weren\'t for her Christian faith
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway says ignoring all the criticism that comes with her job would be harder if it weren't for her Christian faith

Conway, who was a prominent conservative pollster before becoming Trump's campaign manager in August 2016, said a lot of the criticism of her was 'gender-based'.

Fuller Theological Seminary closes some campuses
Fuller Theological Seminary closes some campuses

The influential US evangelical institution Fuller Theological Seminary is closing several of its locations because of the growing for online education and the increase in online enrollment. The seminary said it was 'retooling for a different world'.

16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan\'s blasphemy law
16-year-old Christian boy is the latest victim of Pakistan's blasphemy law

A Pakistani boy has been charged with blasphemy for speaking with a colleague about Jesus, according to World Watch Monitor.

Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?
Top musicians are to sing all 150 Psalms in one weekend. What can this teach our world today?

An astonishing choral performance of all 150 Psalms in one weekend is coming soon. Tido Vasser, managing director of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, on what inspired him to embark on this ambitious project

Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?
Was this Catholic cardinal a saint or a pro-Nazi war criminal?

Representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches have agreed to disagree on the legacy of controversial wartime cardinal – seen as a criminal by Orthodox Serbs, and a saint by Catholic Croats.

Diagnosed with cancer, this Christian got through it by praying and painting Jesus\' last day on earth
Diagnosed with cancer, this Christian got through it by praying and painting Jesus' last day on earth

From witnessing and experiencing the energy of the power of prayer and being part of painting'Golgotha', his version of the Stations of the Cross, Derek Culley came through two heart attacks and cancer with an inner calm and serenity that he has to this day when engaged in art and art making

Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless
Would-be bride turns cancelled $30,000 wedding reception into banquet for the homeless

A would-be bride turned her $30,000 non-refundable wedding reception into a banquet for the homeless after her fiancé cancelled their marriage.