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More than 9 in 10 British kids don't go to church: Here's how Scripture Union is helping change that
Christian charity Scripture Union England & Wales laid down a call to churches to increase their outreach work with children and young people, as part of The 95 Campaign.

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
Middle East is 'going backwards' and Syria will get worse, warns head of SAT-7
The Middle East is 'going backwards in development terms,' according to the founder and head of the Christian satellite TV broadcaster SAT-7, Dr Terence Ascott.

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.

Two Catholic priests kidnapped in troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Two Catholic priests have been kidnapped in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Archaeologists find clues in search for the Ark of the Covenant
Archaeologists searching for the Ark of the Covenant at Shiloh in the West Bank say they have discovered ancient clues that suggest they're getting closer to determining whether the site really held the stone tablets bearing the 10 Commandments.

Israeli Christian charged with killing daughter over relationship with Muslim
An Israeli Christian has been charged with the murdering his daughter after she refused to end her relationship with a Muslim and said she was converting to Islam.

Prince William and Kate make sombre visit to former Nazi death camp
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today visited the site of a former Nazi concentration and death camp at Stutthof in a trip organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET).

Trump's relationship with Putin 'will help save human lives,' says leading Russian Orthodox bishop
Donald Trump's recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin 'will help save human lives,' according to the head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.

Muslims in Quebec denied cemetery despite Mosque shooting victims being sent abroad for burial
Muslims in Quebec City are protesting after being left without their own cemetery following a local referendum, despite an atrocity in January in which a gunman killed six members of a mosque, with five victims being sent abroad for their burial.

Muslims worshipping in Jerusalem streets after call for boycott of Temple Mount over metal detectors
Islamic leaders have called on Muslims to boycott the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in protest after Israel installedmetal detectors at the site's entrance gates following a deadly attack there by Arabs last week.

Netanyahu tells Christian evangelicals they are Israel's best friends in the world
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday told the annual conference of Christians United for Israel(CUFI) that Christian evangelicals were Israel's best friends in the world.

Man shot dead on son's first birthday in India 'over inter-faith marriage'
A man in India was shot dead on his way home with a cake for his son's first birthday yesterday, allegedly targeted over his inter-faith marriage.
Mike Pence says God had a hand in creating State of Israel, pledges to move embassy to Jerusalem
Mike Pence said that God had a hand in creating the state of Israel, as he heaped praise on the Jewish state whileaddressing the evangelical group Christians United for Israel last night.

Survivor of ISIS massacre says Christians were told to renounce their faith but women refused
Brave Christian women refused ISIS orders to renounce their faith even thought it cost them their lives.
ISIS brides say 'disgusting' jihadi husbands only care about 'women and sex'
"They say they want to jihad for the sake of Allah, but what they want is only about women and sex. It's disgusting," an Indonesian woman named Rahma said