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Seaside donkeys and puppets ditched for spas
Say farewell to Punch and Judy. Forget donkey rides and saucy postcards.
Baptists focus on the future at forthcoming Assembly
Baptists from across the country will be travelling to Blackpool this Friday for the Baptist Assembly, the biggest Baptist event of the year.
Theologian Packer quits Anglican Church of Canada
JI Packer, one of the world's most renowned evangelical theologians, left the Anglican Church of Canada, citing "poisonous liberalism" in the church body.
Christian Aid's swing dance with a difference
God's heart for the poor is revealed throughout scripture. And so is the mandate to care for the vulnerable and to speak up for the silenced.
Ecuador airport extends radio ministry's broadcasts
Broadcasts from HCJB Global Voice's shortwave station in Ecuador will continue at least through October 2008 as the Quito airport authority has granted the mission's request to postpone the dismantling of its shortwave radio towers.
Franklin Graham to Preach at China Megachurch
Popular U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham will visit mainland China next month at the invitation of the Chinese Protestant Church.
Art for God's sake at Scottish festival
A number of Scottish artists, professional and amateur, will take up residence in the Royal Highland Centre in a special ArtZone on the weekend of 3-4 May 2008 as part of Scotland's Church Without Walls 2008: The National Gathering.
Olympics - Tutu urges leaders to miss Beijing opening
Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged world leaders on Sunday to stay away from the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in August.
Syria sets example for good relations between Christians and Muslims
"Islam cannot be studied like grammar," Patriarch Ignatius IV of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria, told a delegation led by Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
Growing threats to religious property in Kazakhstan
Ten years after acquiring a disused kindergarten, in the small town of Alga near the north-western city of Aktobe, a New Life Protestant congregation is about to lose its building.
World prays for Zimbabwe
Churches across the UK joined with Christians around the world on Sunday in a day of Global Prayer for Zimbabwe.
Obama's ex-pastor says black church misunderstood
Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright, said on Sunday critics portraying him as "divisive" and "bombastic" misunderstood the black church and represented a discredited tradition of intolerance in American public life.
Strike closes major UK oil pipeline
A pipeline carrying nearly half of Britain's oil was closed on Sunday as a strike over pensions began at the neighbouring Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, operator BP said.
Amnesty condemns Morocco expulsion of French human rights campaigners
Morocco on Friday expelled four French human rights campaigners who it accused of trying to help independence activists in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, drawing condemnation from Amnesty International.
Gene therapy improves sight in near-blind patients
Gene therapy for a rare type of inherited blindness has improved the vision of four patients who tried it, boosting hopes for the troubled field of gene repair technology, scientists said on Sunday.
House prices drop 0.9 percent in April
House prices in England and Wales fell in April to stand slightly lower on a year ago, a survey showed on Monday, in a further sign that the housing market is cooling fast.