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Parents urged to reassure their children on GCSE results today
The Spurgeons charity is urging parents to help their children deal with anxiety and pressure on GCSE results day today.
An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health
Academics and religious leaders address the role of faith and community in managing mental health issues in young people and society as a whole.
UN General Assembly moves closer to adopting resolution declaring abortion a 'human right'
Delegates at the United Nations General Assembly are finalizing negotiations on a resolution that would require all U.N. agencies to declare abortion a human right, reportedly due to pressure from the European Union and the Biden administration.
Terrorists kill Christian lawyer, kidnap nuns in Nigeria
Islamic terrorists in southern Nigeria kidnapped four nuns on August 21, three days after suspected Fulani herdsmen shot a Christian attorney to death in the country's northwest, sources said.
Extending 'DIY' home abortions 'puts women in greater danger'
The government has come under fire from Christians for making the pills by post abortion service permanent.
Hillsong must do things 'differently', says interim leader
Hillsong is making changes, Interim Global Senior Pastor, Phil Dooley, has told members of the scandal-hit church.
Afghan house churches 'continue to grow'
Despite intense persecution, the tiny Christian community in Afghanistan is growing, according to Voice of the Martyrs.
17 Christians killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
Open Doors is asking for prayer after at least 17 Christians were killed in a string of targeted attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bukhara: An ancient city experiences revival
One extraordinary development in Bukhara is the role of women in evangelizing in the area. In fact, the vast majority of evangelists and small group leaders among the new believers are women.
TobyMac says God helped him deal with pain of son's death
Christian trailblazer TobyMac thought he'd laid down his iconic up-tempo songs for good following his son's death. But in creating songs for his new album Life After Death God revealed that even in the darkest depths of despair, he still had it in him and music would bring healing to him and his family.
Pakistani Christian couple who escaped death row find refuge in Europe
Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel describe 8 years of an unspeakable ordeal
Evangelicals issue call to pray for end to war in Ukraine
Evangelicals are being asked to set aside 24 August - Independence Day in Ukraine - for the day of prayer.
Nicola Sturgeon to convene second abortion summit
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to hold a second summit on abortion access and buffer zones around abortion clinics.
Hope - it's everywhere
You might say that now is a better time than any to pursue hope, to find hope, to desperately reach your hand out and grab hold of hope. But once we overcome this current season, you might be disappointed to find that life in all its ordinariness also needs hope.
Hundreds of Baptist churches have been 'lost' in Ukraine war
Yaroslav Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, told the Baptist Press in an interview published Monday that "about 400 Baptist churches" had been "lost."
Afghan Christians struggle to access humanitarian aid
Christians have become internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Afghanistan but because they are in hiding, they are "isolated from the humanitarian aid normally provided to IDPs", the ICC warns.