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Joseph Hartropp is Junior Staff Writer for Christian Today.
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How a megachurch tragedy nearly destroyed 'Prince of Preachers' Charles Spurgeon
The famed, fiery Baptist pastor Charles Spurgeon was a celebrity pastor of his era – and continues to inspire today – but one tragic megachurch event nearly ended his ministry completely.
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Handwashing Day: Sesame Street team and World Vision unite for life-saving children's program
Today – October 15 – is Global Handwashing Day. It will this year see the team behind the children's programme Sesame Street unite with humanitarian agency World Vision for a major expansion of a program that empowers young people with life-saving education about hygiene and healthy sanitation.
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Hell House: The evangelism strategy that aims to scare people into heaven
One US church has for decades been promoting salvation through a fiercer, more fiery means: an 'experience' known as a 'Hell House'.
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Hungary's Prime Minister vows to combat Middle East persecution, return displaced Christians home
Hungary's Prime Minister has pledged to support Middle Eastern Christians suffering persecution, highlighting the plight of those belonging to 'the most persecuted religion in the world today'. The Prime Minister implicitly rejected immigration as a solution for refugees, and plans to serve the afflicted by helping them return to their 'ancestral homes'.
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Coptic Orthodox priest stabbed to death in Cairo, Bishop Angaelos laments 'negligence and injustice'
A Coptic Orthodox priest has been stabbed to death in Cairo, Egypt. The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK has decried the injustice surrounding the crime.
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True leaders bleed: Why Justin Welby's honesty on depression is a gift to the Church
The Archbishop of Canterbury has once again shown humble, inspired leadership for the Church, describing his mental health struggle with the 'black dog' of depression.
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Justin Welby: I've felt 'hopeless' with the 'black dog' of depression
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has opened up about his own mental health struggles, describing bouts of depression and feeling 'hopeless'.
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Woman falls to her death in London's St Paul's Cathedral
A woman has died after falling from a balcony in London's St Paul's Cathedral. Police are treating the incident as 'non-suspicious'.
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Clergy Appreciation Day: 5 ways to bless your pastor this Sunday
This Sunday will see Clergy Appreciation Day – so how can you let your minister know that they're loved?
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John Piper's 'thankfulness' at Lecrae's 'divorce' from white evangelicalism is good news for the Church
John Piper has expressed 'thankfulness and hope' after popular black Christian musician Lecrae said he was 'loosening ties' with 'white evangelicalism' after recieving a backlash for publicly condemning systemic racism in the US.
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Coptic Christian girl returns home after kidnapping and 'conversion' to Islam
A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl has been released and returned to her family following 92 days in Islamist captivity outside Cairo, Egypt. She had been kidnapped to be 'converted to Islam, then married off or sold' before police found her.
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Martyr, scholar, Reformation rebel: Was William Tyndale England's Martin Luther?
Today is the church feast day of William Tyndale, the scholar, rebel and martyr who was executed on this day in 1536. Tyndale's legacy endures to this day – was he England's Martin Luther?
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Pakistani boys arrested for burning Qur'anic texts in latest blasphemy controversy
Two Pakistani non-Muslim boys have been arrested for alleged blasphemy, in the latest case involving the country's strict and controversial blasphemy laws.
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Cash for godliness: Will the world's first 'Christian Bitcoin' catch on?
'Christ Coin' - the world's first Christian 'cryptocurrency' is breaking new ground, and offers financial reward for godly deeds. But what's a 'cryptocurrency' anyway, and should the church get on board?
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'Christ Coin': new Christian digital currency launches - with rewards for the faithful
A 'groundbreaking' new initiative has seen the launch of the world's first Christian cryptocurrency. 'Christ Coin', from the mission company Life Change, seeks to unite the church with its own currency, akin to Bitcoin, that offers financial rewards for the faithful.
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