After lead is ripped from 600-year-old church, vicar just wants prayers for the thieves
Despite causing thousands of pounds in damage, vicar Paul Harford says the thieves need more prayers than 'our poor roof'.
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British identity does not boil down to 'leaver' or 'remainer', say British Baptists
Reconciliation is urgently needed to heal the 'complex divisions' in British society exposed by the debate over Brexit, the Baptist Union of Great Britain has said.
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Wales' struggling rural churches look to tourism for survival
A new tourism scheme is to offer a financial lifeline to rural churches fighting for their survival across Wales.
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'Sad day' for Isle of Man as abortion is decriminalised
The Isle of Man has become the first place in the British Isles to decriminalise abortion
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Gillette's opinion-splitting 'We Believe' advert is 'hypocritical', says church minister
Gillette's new advert on toxic masculinity is 'hypocritical', even if it does raise some important issues, says the former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Level of Christian persecution in the world is 'extraordinary', says Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised to use the Commonwealth and Britain's ties with Europe and the US to tackle the persecution of Christians around the world.
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Theresa May says Asia Bibi's safety is British Government's 'primary concern'
Theresa May has said she will not be drawn into sharing specific details of the UK Government's involvement in Asia Bibi's bid for asylum.
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Nation's leaders must serve all people, says Methodist Church
As MPs debated Brexit, Christians were praying in the chapel below the Houses of Parliament
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Church of Scotland says UK must not leave EU 'without a comprehensive agreement in place'
The Church of Scotland has urged the UK Government and Westminster to work to ensure a comprehensive agreement is in place before pulling out of the EU.
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Open Doors 2019 report: Persecution is on the rise globally
'People need to wake up to the fact that the persecution of religious minorities is increasing.'
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Congo polling data backs up Catholic Church claims of fraud
The data backed up allegations by the country's powerful Catholic Church, which deployed thousands of monitors at polling stations and said Martin Fayulu was the clear winner.
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Methodists go for growth with new outreach appointments
According to the Church, the new team is part of its 'response to God and to the cultural and demographic shifts within society'.
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The art of the ordinary: How to let God help us make the best of the life we have
The risk is that people constantly chase the next thing, never settling to invest, never learning to be content with what they've been given.
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