Mark Woods

'Satanic Islam' pastor James McConnell forgives BBC presenter for 'hijack' interview
Pastor James McConnell was tried after a sermon in which he said: "Islam is heathen, Islam is Satanic, Islam is a doctrine spawned in hell" was broadcast online.

Unchurched will talk about faith but aren't drawn to worship
The survey of 2,000 unchurched Americans was conducted with the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism.

Charles Darwin's deathbed recreated in major restoration project
The room where the famous naturalist and pioneer of evolutionary theory Charles Darwin died has been restored by English Heritage.

Complementarianism and the Trinity: Is Wayne Grudem a dangerous heretic?
Some scholars ground the view that women should be subordinate to men in an account of the doctrine of the Trinity that many orthodox Christians regard as simply heretical.

South Sudan is ruled by 'devils and criminals' says furious priest
Apostolic Administrator Rocco Taban unleashed a furious broadside in a sermon on Sunday.

Warning to EU from Christian charities: Don't let migrants become political pawns
According to a coalition of NGOs, the EU and its member states risk undermining their credibility in the defence of human rights.

How the Orthodox Church is struggling for post-council unity
The council, years in the planning, was hit before it began by the withdrawal of four Churches, most prominent among them the giant Russian Orthodox Church.
US evangelicals hail British vote to leave EU
Franklin Graham said "this is at least a temporary setback for the politicians in this country and around the world who want a one-world government and a one-world currency".

Israel's 'objectionable' settlement policy creating sympathy to Palestinians among US Jews
The report found that "younger and more progressive Jews, especially in the Democratic Party, are being influenced by what they define as objectionable Israeli policies".

3 lessons in life from the book of Ecclesiastes
The Preacher says: money won't bring you happiness. I read philosophy and didn't learn anything worth knowing.

EU referendum: Welsh bishops are all voting Remain, warn against demonising migrants
The bishops say that immigrants are being "demonised" in the debate over the referendum.

Pan-Orthodox Council: It will go ahead with or without you, theologian tells Churches
So can the Pan-Orthodox Council still happen at all? And if it does, is it still a Pan-Orthodox Council, even if all the Churches aren't there?

Racketeering suit against former Mars Hill pastor could collapse
Turner highlights portions of his response to the court, saying that the "sole purpose of filing the lawsuit was to disparage my character".

Project Religious Fear: Why we should stand up for Muslim freedoms
In the UK, generally speaking, it tends to be the lunatic fringe, like Britain First or UKIP's Christian Soldiers, that links resistance to immigration to fear of Islam.

New SBC president takes strong line on marriage, gender
Steve Gaines has been pastor of the 16,000-member Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tennessee since 2005.

Should Christians fast during Ramadan?
Muslims are the enemy, the thinking goes. Why on earth would Christians want to join them?