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Justin Welby: We need a cross-party Brexit forum to take 'poison' from debate
The Archbishop of Canterbury is calling for a cross-party Brexit to draw the 'poison' from the debate'.

Digital giving: CofE to test contactless card payments for church collection
The Church of England has announced trails for a digital, contactless payment system for church donations, testing a new 'tap and go' scheme this summer.

'God is good': Olympic champion hurdler Omar Mcleod warms up for World Athletics Championships
Reigning Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion Omar McLeod ran a sizzling 12.90 seconds in Kingston on Saturday to lay down a marker ahead of the world championships.

Trump, Putin and Erdogan behave like autocratic rulers - Germany's Schulz
Martin Schulz said that U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan behaved like "autocratic rulers".

Sudanese churches in defiant open letter: We are victims of 'systematic violation of Christian religious freedoms'
Sudanese churches have written a defiant open letter to the government, criticising a spate of church demolitions and accusing it of 'systematic violation of Christian religious freedoms'.

Sun, snow and storms: What role does weather play in the Bible?
There is quite a lot of weather in the Bible. Here are six times the weather was the key part of a biblical text.

First-time preacher wins 'Sermon of the Year' award
Last night saw the final of the 'Sermon of the Year' preaching contest in London, with its winner a retired woman preaching for the first time in her life.

Sermon of the Year winner: 'God in the dark'
The winning entry from the London School of Theology and Preach Magazine's Sermon of the Year competition.

Nigerian Christian leader pleads for help to stop death and destruction by Islamist Fulani militia
A Christian church leader from Nigeria has described the horrors of the growing persecution of Christians by Fulani herdsmen, describing it as 'ethnic cleansing'. And so far, he said, the authorities have done little or nothing to help.

It's easy to talk about banning gay conversion therapy. But how to do it â and where's the evidence?
Jayne Ozanne's call for Group Led Spiritual Abuse to be banned is commendable and yet laden with issues.

'Trump wants you to be in his reality show': US theologian Stanley Hauerwas challenges the Church
American theologian and ethicist Professor Stanley Hauerwas has hit out at Donald Trump and offered a stark challenge to the contemporary Church. 'Donald Trump is an idiot who wants you to be in his reality show', Hauerwas said. 'The challenge is not to let him dominate your life.'

We have them for schools and universities. Why not a league table for churches?
They've become the measure by which we assess the performance of public institutions. What about a league table for churches?
Egypt's Coptic Christians lament jihadist persecution, forgive killers, but ask: 'Where is our government'?
Egypt's Coptic Christians protesting following the latest jihadist attack on their community, and are questioning the lack of government action to protect them.

Mayor of Rio who is also an evangelical bishop cuts funding for Brazil's Rio Carnival
The future of the famous Rio Carnival is in doubt after the public subsidy to the 13 samba schools that organise it was halved

'God revealed himself, even through the valley of the shadow of death': Steven Curtis Chapman talks to Christian Today
Christian Today talks with one of the world's most well-known Christian music stars about his life, music and the story behind it all.

Judge blocks US attempt to send Iraqi Christians back to face perils of ISIS
A Federal District judge has intervened to block the deportation of more than 100 Iraqi Christians who were arrested earlier this month.