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Ruth Gledhill
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Southern Baptist Convention cutting up to 800 jobs
The Southern Baptist Convention is to cut between 600 and 800 jobs from its international mission board, representing 15 per cent of the total.
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Evangelicals feel threatened by anti-terror policies
Four out of five evangelicals believe their ability to share their faith is being harmed by government policies to tackle extremism
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Patient sings '10,000 Reasons' during brain surgery
A young man undergoing pioneering brain surgery was woken up during the operation and asked to sing and talk so surgeons could ensure this part of the brain was not harmed.
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Virginia shootings: Why we need to see what happened
In publishing those pictures today it is possible a line was crossed, but if so it will have been crossed by mistake.
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Former top Vatican official arrested for drunk driving in Hawaii
A former head of the influential Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome has been arrested in Hawaii on suspicion of drink driving.
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Bishop defends lavish mob boss funeral, says Church did not know it would be 'mafia propaganda'
A bishop has claimed he would not have permitted the funeral of an alleged mob boss if he had known it would turn into a spectacle of Mafia propaganda.
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'Underground railroad' transports Christian refugees fleeing ISIS into the US
A first generation American of Iraqi origin has set up an "underground railroad" to help Christians escape the terror in Iraq.
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Families to sue church deacon over murder during Northern Ireland troubles
The family of murdered Catholic teenager Eileen Duffy are to sue the Ministry of Defence, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and a Protestant church deacon in an action alleging "unlawful killing".
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US Baptists at war over gay marriage and ordination
A US evangelical church faces being kicked out of its Baptist convention next month if it fails to reverse its decision to admit gays to all aspects of church life including marriage and ordination.
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Christian pastor in Pakistan held on blasphemy charge
A Christian pastor and three others are the latest to be accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, where the offence can carry the death sentence.
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Diplomatic tension increases after Pope Francis holds sign calling for Falklands dialogue
Diplomatic tensions escalated after Argentina's ambassador to the UK claimed support from many different sectors of British society for talks to begin over the future of the Falkland Islands.
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Most US Catholics have never heard of the Pope's encyclical on climate change
Fewer than half of Catholics in the United States are aware of the Pope's encyclical on the environment, according to a new survey today.
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Cathedral attendance falls for first time in 7 years
The number of people attending cathedral services each week has fallen for the first time in seven years, new figures show.
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Senior lawyers launch devastating critique on church law reform plans
Senior church lawyers have issued a devastating critique of plans to reform established Church law by a radical process of deregulation.
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Billy Graham's grandson Tullian Tchividjian deposed from ministry
Billy Graham's grandson has been deposed from ministry by his Florida mega church after both he and his wife admitted to extra-marital affairs.
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