Christians around the world are remembering the many believers persecuted for their faith on the first ever UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.
As he gets ready for the fall launch of his unaffiliated The Sanctuary church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Billy Graham's grandson, Tullian Tchividjian, who was stripped of his preaching credentials in 2015 due to extramarital relationships with former congregants, says they were all "consensual" and not an abuse of power. …
Over 200 families are being helped through some of the worst flooding to hit Bangladesh in years through the support of BMS World Mission. …
Religious studies is at risk of becoming an "endangered" subject, academics have warned, after research found that it has disappeared off the curriculum in hundreds of non-faith schools.
A Christian advocacy group is calling for urgent action after 445 incidents of criminal damage were recorded against religious buildings, churchyards and cemeteries across Northern Ireland in the last three years.
The work of defenders of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Cuba is a long road which includes disappointments, such as when victims refuse to report their experiences, and government repression, as political police persecute, attack, harass, and imprison those who try to uphold human rights.
The historic Baptist college said it was considering legal action after the Office for Students rejected its registration application over concerns around its financial sustainability.
Ancient arrowheads and layers of ash are among the finds by archaeologists pointing to more evidence of the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem recorded in the Bible.
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"There are going to be fewer worshipping communities in the countryside in the next 10 years and so I think the challenge to all of us who work with historic churches is: how do we support the communities out there to ensure that these buildings don't become irrelevant?" says Peter Aiers of the Churches Conservation Trust …
Over £1.8m has been raised towards helping recover the sight of people living in impoverished communities around the world who are unnecessarily living with blindness.
Southwark Cathedral in London has held special services to mark the 30th anniversary of the Marchioness disaster.
The warden of a historic church repeatedly targeted by lead thieves has expressed frustration with planning regulators who want stolen roofs to be replaced with the same material, despite the risk of another theft.
"Someone must call for change. If not us, who?" says Nigerian Archbishop Ben Kwashi,
Helter skelters in the nave might be a purely 2019 phenomenon but the controversy they provoke is symptomatic of the millenia-old tension Christians face on a daily basis: being in the world but not of it, being part of modern culture yet also very distinct and different from it.
Not surprisingly, the helter skelter and other 'gimmicks' have raised some debates around the sacredness of church buildings
It may not seem a cause for concern. But with an increasingly ageing population, and Brexit due to impact on the number of non-British workers in the employment market, the UK is facing a population crisis.
As the controversy over Norwich Cathedral installing a helter-skelter and Rochester Cathedral hosting a crazy golf course rumbles on, I've been wondering whether only religious buildings can be sacred.
