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Christians in north-east putting God at heart of communities

A church charity shop is providing a place for locals to find a listening ear as well as a bargain.

Website encourages youth action to support persecuted church

New Year and new website to help more young people engage with the message of the persecuted church

Groundbreaking course to train pioneer ordinands

Church Mission Society has developed a groundbreaking course to train pioneer ordinands for the urgent missionary task in the UK.

Israeli clampdown on migrants may put Eritrea refugees at risk

Refugees fleeing brutal regimes in sub-Saharan Africa face imprisonment if they try and cross into Israel

Marriage is ‘not for governments to define’

Christians should speak up for the uniqueness of marriage, says the head of the Christian Medical Fellowship.

Christianity magazine defends Driscoll interview

Christianity magazine editor Ruth Dickinson has defended an interview with US pastor Mark Driscoll as “robust and fair”.

Israel and Palestine called to show forgiveness and tolerance

A meeting of Catholic bishops and archbishops has concluded with a call to Israel and Palestine to sustain talks towards a lasting peace in the region.

Shaping the Heart

Get your heart in shape this year with Pamela Evans' new book out from BRF

Burma prisoner release a ‘sign of progress’

The release of 651 prisoners has been hailed by Christians as a “positive and significant sign of progress” in Burma.

Catholic group condemns killing of Amazon tribe girl

Brazilian loggers have reportedly burned to death an eight-year-old girl belonging to one of the last remaining tribes in the Amazon to have no contact with the outside world.

More Christians killed in Nigeria

Gunmen have shot dead four Christian men in the northern Nigerian state of Yobe.

Report says half a million children in Britain are unhappy

There are half a million children in the UK who are unhappy with their lives, according to a report out today.

Bishops attack supermarket ‘agenda’ against Christian products

The Bishops of Oxford and Middleton have hit out at the big supermarket chains for sidelining the country’s only Christian Easter egg.

MPs debate religious freedom violations in Iran

MPs highlighted the dire human rights situation for minority faiths in Iran in a debate in the House of Commons yesterday.

Situation 'desperate' in Sudanese border region

A church elder has warned of the deteroriating humanitarian situation in Abyei, a contested region lying between Sudan and South Sudan.

Mark Driscoll takes aim at the ‘cowards’ in the British church

The fiery pastor sees a problem in the British church, that there might not be enough Bible teachers who are willing to tell the truth