Florence Taylor

Christian baker slams new 'religious freedom' bill for allowing discrimination against gay people
A Christian baker from Mississippi has criticised the religious freedom bill for "decriminilising discrimination" against LGBT people.

Feeling unmotivated? Here are 10 Bible verses about God's purpose for your life
Here are 10 Bible verses to encourage you about God's purpose for your life

ISIS militants 'abduct 300 factory workers in Syria'
Three hundred cement workers have been kidnapped by militants fighters in an area northeast of Damascus, Syrian state television said today.

Burma: Europeans unite to call for end to Rohingya persecution
The European Burma Network have called the new government to address the Rohingya crisis that has left 150,000 people displaced.

Fallujah: Besieged city is starving to death under ISIS control
The residents of the ISIS-controlled city Fallujah, Iraq, have been forced to eat soup made from grass, as the besieged city starves without aid.

Southern Baptist leaders urge Christians to respond to refugees with love, not fear
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have urged Christians to love refugees, admonishing the American Church for responding to the refugee crisis from a place of fear, rather than faith.

Christians threaten to protest after Nepal 'cancels Christmas'
Nepal has decided to remove Christmas from its calender in an effort to control the rising number of public holidays. Christians in Nepal are protesting the decision, however, calling for its immediate reinstatement.

Bangladeshi blogger who criticised Islamism hacked to death
A Bangladeshi law student who criticised Islamism on his Facebook account has been attacked with machetes and killed, police said, the latest in a series of murders of secular activists and bloggers by suspected Islamist militants.

Parody video: 7 reasons men should not be pastors
"Some men are handsome, they could be too distracting for us on Sunday," was one reason given in the satirical video released yesterday entitled 7 Reasons Men Should Not be Pastors.

Archbishop of Wales apologises for 'gay prejudice' in the Church
The Archbishop of Wales has written a letter apologising "unreservedly" to gay couples for the "prejudice within the church".

Meet the pastor who set up a church for the homeless: 'It's dirty and painful, but worth it'
Jerry Vineyard is a bi-vocational pastor leading a church for the homeless and addicted in a park in Conroe, Texas.

Pope Francis blesses the eyes of 5-year-old girl losing her sight
Pope Francis has blessed the eyes of five-year-old Lizzy Myers, who is gradually losing her eyesight from a rare genetic disease.

ISIS sex-slave survivors reveal 'new and terrifying crisis' for women
New interviews with Yazidi and Sunni Muslim women who have escaped ISIS captivity reveal the extent of abuse women suffer living under the jihadist regime.

Pakistan: Christian teenager kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to Islam shares her testimony
Komal, 15, was abducted from her home in Pakistan, raped and forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam. She suffered unrelenting abuse and was forced to marry one of her rapists, who acted as her pimp and she fell pregnant.

Egyptian Coptic Christian proven innocent of 'Facebook blasphemy' after 3 years in prison
An Egpytian Coptic Christian has been proven innocent after having served more than half his six year sentence for defamation of Islam, according to World Watch Monitor.

Egalitarian prayer space at Western Wall challenged by Israeli Archaeological Council
The Archaeological Council of Israel has warned that a planned egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall would cause major damage to the world heritage site.