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Women pastors 'are a disgrace', says John MacArthur

John MacArthur is standing by controversial comments he recently made about women preachers.

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Breaking the silence around HIV

In South Africa, a young mother lives behind the veil of stigma as a result of living with HIV. …

To vote or not to vote?

I have reluctantly reached the conclusion that I cannot entertain voting Conservative while Boris Johnson is party leader. But I find that I am unable to support any of the other parties either. …

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• LGBT schools and abortion protest bans betray the bias of our elites

  

  I have to say I'm not filled with confidence that this is going to go the way of the parents.

• Australia is burning: here are some possible explanations

  

  Just as we should not dismiss the extremist Green view that this is Mother Earth getting her revenge, so we should not dismiss the judgement of God as a factor.

• Ellie Goulding going ahead with Dallas Cowboys show after Salvation Army criticism

  

  Ellie Goulding has agreed to go ahead with a performance at the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving half time show after threatening to pull out because the proceeds were going towards The Salvation Army's Red Kettle appeal.

• Only a quarter of evangelicals support blanket ban on abortion

  

  Only a quarter of US evangelicals believe that abortion should be illegal in all cases, a new study has found.

• Turkish president says Christian churches in Syria will be reconstructed

  

  Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan has said that churches in Syria will be restored so that Christians "can go back and start praying there again".

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• Church of Scotland minister who heckled Jeremy Corbyn is suspended

  

  The Church of Scotland has suspended a minister over his social media use and an incident in Glasgow earlier this week which he heckled Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

• Islamic State claims responsibility for killing of priest and his father in Syria

  

  Islamic State (IS) militants claimed responsibility for killing an Armenian Catholic priest and his father on Monday in eastern Syria, where they had traveled from their home in a northeastern town hit by Turkish air strikes and terrorist bombs.

• Marriage is more about commitment and less about romantic attraction, says John Piper

  

  Theologian John Piper has encouraged asexual individuals to "accept your present indifference to sexual desires" and remain open to relationships, as marriage is fundamentally based on commitment — not romantic attraction.

• World Evangelical Alliance's General Assembly closes with call to recognise the urgency of the Great Commission

  

  The World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly closed on Tuesday night with a call to "sense the urgency" of the need for the Gospel today.

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  'Long journey' ahead for evangelical women seeking greater equality in the Church

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  After 12-year struggle, Palestinian Authority officially recognises evangelical group

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  Many young Christians feel like the Church can't answer their questions

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  Making disciples of all nations: The challenges and opportunities for global evangelicalism in the next 10 years

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  Priest gunned down outside of church

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• Keith Getty says modern worship songs are so 'dangerous' they're 'de-Christianizing' Christians

  

  "In Christ Alone" writer Keith Getty is warning church leaders about the modern worship movement, which he describes as one of "cultural relevance" that is "utterly dangerous" and is contributing to the "de-Christianizing of God's people."

• Loss of religion is society's loss

  

  It does not bode well for society that Christianity is losing it influence.

• Is the church ready for an urban future?

  

  With more and more of the global population living in cities, the Church needs to be ready to respond to the many challenges being thrown up by our increasingly urbanised world, the World Evangelical Alliance has heard.

• Urgent call for de-escalation of violence in Hong Kong after young man is shot

  

  Hong Kong Watch has condemned the "absurdly excessive use of force" by police in the city following an escalation in violence in recent days.