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Professional body for doctors to consult members on assisted dying

The professional body for family doctors in the UK is to consult members on what its stance should be on assisted dying.

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Paul: Jewish and Christian?

How Jewish was Paul really and where do Jews and Christians diverge when it comes to this complex man? …

160 deacons from across Africa and Europe gather in Scotland

It is the 25th annual conference for the group and this year is bringing together 160 deacons from across Europe and Africa for a time of fellowship, worship and learning. …

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• A grotesque abortion ruling defeated – but why was an abortion activist the judge?

  

  One young life has been saved. But, on current reckoning, another 200,000 this year will be lost. They have no voices but ours.

• Court's decision to allow abortion of mentally ill woman's baby is overturned

  

  Pro-life groups are demanding answers after three appeal judges overturned a hugely controversial judgement passed down just days ago permitting doctors to terminate the baby of a woman with a learning disability.

• Church of England bishop jailed for sexual abuse dies

  

  Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Lewes who was jailed in 2015 for sexual offences, has died at the age of 87.

• Christian doctor investigated again for speaking to patients about God

  

  A doctor faces being struck off by the medical regulator after speaking to patients about God and his Christian faith.

• Call to action asks global Church to promote the contribution of women and girls

  

  A call has gone out to the worldwide Church to do more to promote the contribution of women and girls and recognise their unique value.

• Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion parts ways with Gen Sec Richard Crocker and wife

  

  Richard and Caroline Crocker are to cease in their roles as General Secretary and Director of Communications in the Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion (EFAC).

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• Windrush scandal must not be repeated, says bishop

  

  The call came as Britain marked Windrush Day on June 22, commemorating the day in 1948 when 1,027 passengers, including 492 from the Caribbean, arrived at Tilbury docks in Essex on the HMT Empire Windrush.

• 'No justification at all' for Mark Field's behaviour towards Greenpeace activist, says Christian campaigner

  

  The way in which Mark Field MP forcibly removed a female climate change protester from a black-tie dinner in the City of London is "massively concerning", a Christian campaigner against domestic abuse has said.

• Three London churches set on fire and graffitied with '666' symbols

  

  Police have asked locals to be vigilant after three churches in East London were the victims of arson attacks and satanic graffiti this week.

• The Government's promises on refugee resettlement are simply not good enough

  

  Four years on from the horrific picture of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi face down in the sand, former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says Britain should be taking in far more refugees for resettlement than it currently is.

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  Hong Kong's extradition bill would be bad news for Christians

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  It is staggering that in Britain today, a judge cannot say children do best with a mother and father

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  Edinburgh church's peace project praised by MPs

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  What does a Christian response to refugees look like?

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  Red Letter Christians UK launches with united stand against knife crime

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• Scottish Government postpones transgender law reforms

  

  The Scottish Government has paused controversial plans to change the law so that people can more easily receive legal recognition for the gender they identify as.

• New scheme to stop under-18s accessing pornography suffers another setback

  

  A new age verification scheme designed to stop young people accessing online pornography has been hit by another delay.

• Whole Church is 'called to repentance' over sexual abuse failures, says Bishop of Blackburn

  

  The Church of England's failure to adequately deal with past sexual abuse cases is "a form of re-abuse", senior clergy in the Diocese of Blackburn have said.

• Christian magistrate who said children do best with a mother and father loses appeal

  

  A Christian magistrate who was removed from the judiciary after saying that it was in the best interests of children to have a mother and father has lost his appeal at an employment tribunal.