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  Mike Bickle, founder of international prayer movement, confesses to some past misconduct

  Bob Smietana | Wed 13 Dec 2023 11:13 GMT

  Bickle, founder of the International House of Prayer movement in Kansas City, said he'd had moral failings more than two decades ago but said many of the allegations against him are false.

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  Calls for end to India's anti-conversion laws after hundreds of Christians arrested

  Jane Benson | Tue 12 Dec 2023 11:49 GMT

  There have been calls for India to do more to protect the religious freedom of minority faiths after reports that hundreds of Christians have been arrested under controversial anti-conversion laws.

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  Gaza church damaged in airstrike

  Jane Benson | Tue 12 Dec 2023 11:03 GMT

  Gaza's only Catholic church has been damaged in an Israeli air strike, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has said.

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  1,000-year-old coin depicting Jesus found in Norway

  Jennifer Lee | Tue 12 Dec 2023 6:49 GMT

  The 1,000-year-old coin was found in Norway's Vestre Slidre mountains by a metal detectorist and is believed to be Byzantine.

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  Notre-Dame to reopen in a year's time, says Macron

  Jane Benson | Mon 11 Dec 2023 11:19 GMT

  Notre-Dame, the Paris cathedral devastated by fire on 15 April 2019, will reopen a year from now, says the French President.

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  Four Christian missionaries targeted and brutally assaulted in India

  Shireen Bhatia | Mon 11 Dec 2023 7:55 GMT

  Four missionaries including a pastor and his wife from Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS) were brutally assaulted in a village near Garhwa district of Jharkhand.

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  Brian Houston announces plans for online ministry and new church in 2024

  Jennifer Lee | Sat 9 Dec 2023 9:50 GMT

  The 69 year old shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that he and wife Bobbie are getting ready to launch a new ministry.

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  Almost half of Australians would attend church this Christmas - if invited

  David Goodwin | Thu 7 Dec 2023 11:23 GMT

  With Christmas approaching, many Christians may be weighing up whether they should invite friends and family who are non-believers to come along to church with them so they can share the reason the season is so special for them.

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  Faith leaders call for urgent climate action

  Staff writer | Tue 5 Dec 2023 15:34 GMT

  Faith leaders are calling on the world's governments and heads of state to take urgent action on the climate.

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  Church leaders and aid agencies call for end to fighting in Gaza

  Staff writer | Tue 5 Dec 2023 12:07 GMT

  Dozens of Church leaders and aid agencies have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging an end to fighting in Gaza.

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  Blasphemy charge devastates Christian family in Pakistan

  Morning Star News | Mon 4 Dec 2023 17:03 GMT

  A court in Pakistan granted bail to a Christian falsely charged with blasphemy, but he and his family have separated and gone into hiding amid threats to their lives, sources said.

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  ISIS claims responsibility for Philippines church bombing

  Jennifer Lee | Mon 4 Dec 2023 16:29 GMT

  ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a church in the Philippines on Sunday in which four people were killed.