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Ravi Zacharias cancer update: Beautiful tributes for apologist after grim prognosis
Ravi Zacharias cancer update: Beautiful tributes for apologist after grim prognosis

Tributes have poured in for Ravi Zacharias after the grave announcement that doctors can medically do no more for his cancer.

Criminal charges against pastor who held services during lockdown are dropped
Criminal charges against pastor who held services during lockdown are dropped

Charges have been dropped against a pastor who was arrested for holding large church services despite lockdown rules.

YouTube censors John Piper's audiobook, 'Coronavirus and Christ'
YouTube censors John Piper's audiobook, 'Coronavirus and Christ'

YouTube has censored the audiobook version of Reformed theologian John Piper's new book, Coronavirus and Christ, claiming it violated "community standards."

The church and the digital divide
The church and the digital divide

Children are being brought up on a diet of online learning and playing, whilst older generations may struggle to even open a browser. The church is a microcosm of this gap.

Fears for Rohingya refugees as Covid-19 reaches camps
Fears for Rohingya refugees as Covid-19 reaches camps

There are fears for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported in the camps this week.

Going to church lowers risk of death 'from despair'
Going to church lowers risk of death 'from despair'

A study of the well-being of healthcare workers in the United States found that those who regularly attend worship services are at a lower risk of deaths related to alcohol, drugs, or suicide, known collectively as "deaths from despair."

Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity
Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity

Leah was one of over a hundred schoolgirls abducted by a faction of Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state on 19 February 2018.

Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy
Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy

Samaritan's Purse has discharged the last of its patients from an emergency field hospital set up in Italy to treat people with coronavirus.

Ravi Zacharias' daughter pays touching tribute to her father
Ravi Zacharias' daughter pays touching tribute to her father

Ravi Zacharias has been battling a rare form of bone cancer since March and was recently informed by doctors that there's nothing more they can do.

Justin and Hailey Bieber say faith in Jesus has kept them anchored during pandemic
Justin and Hailey Bieber say faith in Jesus has kept them anchored during pandemic

Pop star Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Bieber have spoken about their faith in Jesus in a recently launched Facebook Watch web series titled "The Biebers." The series follows the lives of the couple as they remain under lockdown amid the coranivirus pandemic.

Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19
Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19

Two churches serving the Latino community in New York are mourning the deaths of over 100 congregants combined to COVID-19.

Church pastor and his son both die of coronavirus just days apart
Church pastor and his son both die of coronavirus just days apart

A church pastor and his son have both died of coronavirus just days apart from one another.

Christian families receive death threats in India
Christian families receive death threats in India

Animists in central India last week told five Christian families they would lose their harvest lands unless they returned to their tribal religion and beat them when they refused, sources said.

Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians
Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians

Donald Trump was "anointed by God" to his position as the United States president. This is the belief of a growing number of American churchgoers, according to a new report.

GOD TV says it will obey regulations in Israel amid fears of being shut down
GOD TV says it will obey regulations in Israel amid fears of being shut down

The head of the international Christian television network GOD TV has said that Israeli authorities are looking to "shut down" its new Hebrew-language Christian channel after concerns were raised about whether the channel will proselytize to Jews.

'Thank you' prayers for parliamentarians
'Thank you' prayers for parliamentarians

Christians have been sending handwritten prayers to their MPs to support them during the coronavirus lockdown.