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Christians Who Make a Difference: New Tearfund report shows how believers respond to poverty
Four out of five Christians (87 per cent) have taken action on poverty in the past year â a far higher proportion than the general population

£10,000 prize for Tonbridge church in Ecclesiastical volunteering competition
Ecclesiastical, the UK's leading church insurer, ran the competition to celebrate the role of church volunteers who devote their time and energy to support their local communities and church.

Traitors or Russian agents? Clergy caught in Ukraine church row
Priests like Metropolitan Oleksandr face a choice: join Ukraine's new independent church and be labeled a renegade by supporters of his own church, or stay away, and risk being branded a Russian agent.

American evangelicals in rare meeting with Saudi Arabian leaders
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a rare meeting with American evangelical Christians on Thursday, as the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom seeks to open up more to the world and repair an image of religious intolerance.

Pakistan's blasphemy law and Asia Bibi: Why does religion go bad?
All the world â at least all the right-thinking part of it â rejoices at the acquittal of Asia Bibi by Pakistan's Supreme Court.

Seafarers in crisis: How a Christian ministry is dealing with the fallout from piracy and abandonment
Sailors' Society's Crisis Response Network (CRN) provided support to its 100th case this week, with piracy, death at sea and abandonment accounting for almost two-thirds (59 per cent) of those supported.

Oxford diocese issues clergy guide for 'welcoming and honouring' LGBTI+ people
The letter from the Diocese of Oxford to 1,500 ministers is signed by the Bishops of Oxford, Dorchester, Buckingham and Reading.

Chile March for Jesus stoned by 'anarchists'
A March for Jesus in Chile has been broken up by protesters throwing stones, according to Evangelical Focus.

US missionary shot dead in Cameroon
A Christian missionary from Indiana was killed in Cameroon on Tuesday when he was shot while traveling in a region where the military and separatists have been fighting.

Pakistan Supreme Court acquits Asia Bibi: Islamists call for judges' death
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and ordered her freed.

World evangelicals urge prayer for kidnapped Leah Sharibu
Leah was one of 112 female students abducted from a high school in Dapchi, Yobe State, on February 19.

After Jair Bolsonaro's outrageous statements, why was he so popular with evangelicals?
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro swept to power in part because of the support of Brazil's powerful evangelical movement.

JS Bach: Was the composer of the world's greatest Christian music a believer?
Like so many other questions about Bach, a definitive answer remains tantalisingly out of reach.

Churches and Christians urged to pray for the media
The initiative is being promoted by Christians in Media, a UK network and community that supports, encourages and inspires Christians who work in, and with, media.

'Practise hospitality': The gospel witness of a home where people can be real
I've found myself caring a little bit less about the state of my house and a little bit more about the state of my heart.

Bring on the ghouls and zombies: Why I'm embracing Halloween this year
As Maya Angelou said: 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.'