More stories in church

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  Once an outcast, Patriarch Filaret is ready to lead Ukraine Church split from Russia

  Reuters | Mon 1 Oct 2018 10:17 BST

  Patriarch Filaret was defrocked and excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox church, and accused by his opponents of being a KGB agent, having a secret family and embezzling money.

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  Wycliffe Bible Translators reach 1,000th translation milestone

  Stoyan Zaimov | Sun 30 Sep 2018 16:45 BST

  Hundreds of Christians, with nothing to give, gave themselves to God as Wycliffe Bible Translators completed its 1,000th full translation of the New Testament in South Sudan.

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  TV presenter Richard Madeley says Christians should believe the whole Bible

  Staff writer | Fri 28 Sep 2018 16:56 BST

  He doesn't believe in God and doesn't go to church but TV presenter Richard Madeley has a message for the Church of England: either believe all of the Bible or don't believe it all.

• Theresa May brushes off Archbishop of Canterbury's welfare criticisms

  Staff writer | Thu 27 Sep 2018 22:29 BST

  Theresa May has dismissed comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury criticising the Government's welfare policy.

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  Church of Scotland Moderator remembers Lockerbie bombing victims

  Staff writer | Thu 27 Sep 2018 21:53 BST

  This year marks 30 years since Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988.

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  New Bishop of Crediton consecrated at Southwark Cathedral

  Staff writer | Thu 27 Sep 2018 16:37 BST

  The new Bishop of Crediton was consecrated as a bishop in a service at Southwark Cathedral on Thursday.

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  Mission activities that are 'distinctively Christian' have more success in engaging young people - Scripture Union

  Staff writer | Thu 27 Sep 2018 15:03 BST

  Mission activities that included 'distinctively Christian' elements like prayer, worship and Bible reading were more likely to engage children and young people in the faith than those that tried to introduce them at a later point.

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  Turkey's President Erdogan says court will decide Andrew Brunson's fate

  Reuters | Wed 26 Sep 2018 8:02 BST

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor.

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  What a 19th-century moral failure tells us about the future of missions

  Mark Woods | Tue 25 Sep 2018 15:18 BST

  The Bristol Baptist College building in the mid-80s, when I trained for ministry there, had a rather remarkable feature.

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  Has the Catholic Church given away too much to China?

  Christian Today staff writer | Tue 25 Sep 2018 13:25 BST

  Some observers believe it gives far too much away to Beijing, which has recently shown itself to be firmly in opposition to religion.

• Cherish and defend hard-won freedom, Pope Francis tells Latvians

  Reuters | Tue 25 Sep 2018 10:44 BST

  Pope Francis on Monday urged Latvians, who broke with the Soviet Union nearly 30 years ago, to cherish their hard-won freedom.

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  Former cinema to be growing Ipswich church's new home

  Christian Today staff writer | Mon 24 Sep 2018 15:26 BST

  An Ipswich church is responding to new opportunities with a big vision: it's bought a cinema to convert into its new home.