Ruth Gledhill
Why Are Black Majority Churches Growing So Fast In The UK?
Black churches are growing as fast as ever while white churches continue to decline, according to an academic who is expert in the subject.
Campaigners Against Antisemitism Call For An End To 'Israel Apartheid Week'
Campaigners against antisemitism have called on other British universities to cancel 'Israel Apartheid Week' after an unprecedented decision by one university to do so.
When Is Ash Wednesday 2017?
Ash Wednesday always falls the day after Shrove Tuesday. This year it is on St David's Day, Wednesday March 1.
She Was Looking For Matches To Get High On Heroin â And Instead She Found A Bible And Met Jesus
High on heroin, Debs began to read. 'I had never read the Bible before.' Nine years later, she has her friends, family and job back and most important of all, a living faith in God
Broadcaster Defends Use Of 'Haunted Bread' To Describe Body Of Christ In Eucharist
A broadcaster has rejected a complaint from a Catholic parish priest that it was sacrilegious to describe the consecrated 'host' used in Holy Communion as 'haunted bread'.
Congregation In Tears As Popular Catholic Priest Confesses He Has Fallen In Love And Wants To Marry
Father David Gréa, who with his youthful good lo0ks and approachable demeanour has become something of a poster boy for the French Catholic Church, is leaving his post as priest of Saint Blandine in Lyon in order to marry. He had been at the church for six years.
Christians Sentenced To 80 Lashes Of The Whip â For Taking Holy Communion
All three men, along with their pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, were charged with acting against national security but the three lay Christians were also charged with consuming alcoholic communion wine.
Could This Be The End For Britain's Ugliest Cathedral?
Simon Jenkins: 'Disappointment still hangs about this place, lonely on its hill outside the town... Even the approach road has been likened to the entrance to a crematorium.'
Justin Welby: Having An Alcoholic Parent Is One Of The Most Disruptive Experiences A Child Can Have
Justin Welby has added his voice to MPs, peers and other groups calling for more to be done to help children of alcoholics.
Talk About Jesus As Much As You Talk About The Weather, Urges The Archbishop Of York
The Archbishop of York adds his voice to a debate at the General Synod on empowering the laity.
Evangelicals Most Likely To Back Trump's Johnson Amendment Repeal
But even among evangelicals, fewer than half believe religious institutions should be allowed to engage in political activity, a new poll reports.
Why The Church Of England Is Facing Schism Over Sexuality
Baffled by the Church of England battle over homosexuality? Our Q & A might help
Americans Feel More Warmly Towards Jews, Muslims And Catholics â But Not Evangelicals
The feelings of the American public have grown warmer towards nearly all religious groups in the past 12 months â except for one. There has no warming up in the feelings that Americans have for evangelicals.
Turkey Nightclub Shooter Insists He Was Out To Murder Christians
In fact most of the victims were Muslim and it is not known if any Christians at all lost their lives in the Reina nightclub attack in the early hours of New Year's Day.
Prisons Guilty Of 'Institutional Secularism': Christian Convert Jonathan Aitken, Ex-Cabinet Minister And Convict
At its worst, there is a political correctness in the system, said Jonathan Aitken, who himself has served time for perjury. 'Christians are seen as a nuisance who deserve no special treatment. Indeed, they often seem to get slightly worse treatment.'
Christian Man Dies After Being Forced To Spend Night In Cold Pond For Refusing To Deny Christ
A Christian man in India has died after he and his wife were forced to spend the night in a cold pond for refusing to deny Christ.