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New network to foster unity between European and migrant churches
"Contested migration is a big barrier," says founder Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana.
Budget must go further to support families, says CARE
Christian charity CARE has called for fundamental tax reform to support families, warning that the Budget’s measures offer too little help to parents facing financial pressures.
Isle of Man medics raise concerns about assisted suicide following Royal Assent
Although the bill has passed, assisted suicide is still at least 18 months away.
Abraham, Elisha and the faith that makes room for others
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on hospitality and compassion through the lens of Abraham’s welcome to strangers and Elisha’s care for a grieving mother.
Number of children waiting for adoption surges as couples pursue IVF and surrogacy
Christians are divided on the ethical questions raised by IVF.
'Such a blessing' - church that closed down 15 years ago opens its doors again
A shuttered church in a low-income housing community in northern England has reopened for Christian worship nearly 15 years after its doors closed on Christmas Day.
Halloween: behind the masks
The tragedy of Halloween is not that it asks the wrong questions, but that it gives us the wrong answers. Our children deserve better.
Violence and persecution driving global Christian exodus, report warns
Aid to the Church in Need, which produced the report, called the oppression of Christians "a human rights catastrophe the world refuses to acknowledge".
More than 60 killed in attacks on Ethiopian Christians, Orthodox Church says
Children were reportedly among the dead as families fled violence in Oromia.
Church mentioned in St Jerome's letters may have been discovered
Archaeologists in northern Italy have identified the likely site of an early Christian church that St. Jerome described in a letter in A.D. 396, along with a nearby building believed to have been the bishop’s palace in the ancient city of Altino.
Jordan carries out retaliatory strikes in Syria after deadly church attack
Patriarch Theophilos III has visited survivors of the attack in hospital.
59 years of abortion and over 11 million lives lost
The number of abortions, already at record highs, is expected to rise further still.
Petition against anti-Christian violence in Africa aims for a million signatures
Five of the world's hardest 10 countries to be a Christian are in Africa.
Arrest of Christians in Egypt over TikTok comedy video condemned
The arrest of six young Christians in Egypt over a TikTok video recreating a scene from a comedy film has been condemned by religious freedom and human rights organisations.
Churches urged to tackle loneliness by making friendship a priority
Churches are being encouraged to put friendship at the heart of their ministry as concerns grow over rising loneliness in society and within congregations themselves.
Micah 6:8: Walking humbly with God in the ordinary everyday life
God is already present. The question is: will we live conscious of His presence?
