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One Direction star teams up with Christian food bank charity to help people struggling in pandemic

One Direction star Liam Payne is supporting the work of the Trussell Trust as more people turn to food banks to get through the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pastor issues apology for holding normal Sunday Service gathering despite coronavirus concerns

A Pennsylvania pastor has issued a humble apology for keeping his church doors open for a regular Sunday Service last week despite coronavirus concerns. …

Bethel worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal says quarantine began for her after daughter's death

With large parts of the world in lockdown at home, Kalley made the heartbreaking admission that she had chosen to isolate herself after the tragic passing of her young daughter Olive last December as a way of finding healing. …

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• Despite hostility and rising nationalism, the Church in India continues to grow

  

  There is an increased, accelerated, escalating violence against the Christian community in India, but it is failing to halt the growth of the church, says Kumar Swamy, National General Secretary of the All-India Christian Council.

• Record number of Christian Easter eggs donated to people in hardship despite coronavirus pandemic

  

  A record-breaking number of Christian Easter eggs have been donated to food banks despite the coronavirus pandemic.

• Doing digital church: Can we really meet without meeting?

  

  For me, as for many people, digitised church services were something on the periphery of church life, a comforting plan B if we couldn't physically make it to church. Coronavirus has changed all that.

• How to look after your mental health in the midst of coronavirus

  

  Don't let Covid-10 isolation destroy your mental health. Thankfully, there are lots of simple things you can do to protect it.

• Churches in Northern Ireland receive extra support for repairs

  

  The 'Treasure Island' project will also train pastors in how to look after their places of worship and attract tourists.

• Virginia pastor who said coronavirus was 'mass hysteria' dies of Covid-19

  

  A Virginia pastor who claimed the coronavirus was "mass hysteria" created by the media, has died after contracting Covid-19.

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• A call to Ireland to pray for healing

  

  A call from the leaders of the Presbyterian, Catholic, Anglican and Methodist Churches in Ireland to pray on Palm Sunday, 5 April, for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Christians must not be barred from hiring public venues, says campaign group

  

  A campaign group is warning that Christians are at increasing risk of marginalisation in the UK if they continue to be barred from public venues.

• The Church must repent of its silence in the face of evil

  

  During the coronavirus outbreak, let's be a better Church than ever – yes, by serving those around us sacrificially, but also by unashamedly calling our culture to repent of its sins and turn to Christ.

• Jonathan Fletcher lessons learnt review continues despite coronavirus outbreak

  

  A lessons learnt review into allegations of spiritual abuse against retired Church of England priest Jonathan Fletcher is continuing in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Donald Trump stops to pray for 'the sick' with 700 pastors amid coronavirus crisis

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  Lift economic sanctions against Syrian regime, priests pleads

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  Justin Bieber broadcasts Sunday service to his 130 million Instagram followers

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  Samaritan's Purse opens emergency field hospital in northern Italy

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  Persecution against Christians in India is growing

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• Pro-life groups lament 'extremely sad' abortion regulations in Northern Ireland

  

  Under the proposed framework, abortion will be permitted up to birth in cases where "if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental impairment as to be seriously disabled".

• Christians of all denominations respond to Pope's call to prayer for coronavirus

  

  The Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury and major Church denominations are joining in saying the Lord's Prayer at 11am on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Keswick Convention cancelled due to coronavirus

  

  The Keswick Convention is the latest Christian conference to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Ministers can go to church to livestream services, Government clarifies

  

  The Government clarified its guidance on closures to state that ministers are exempt from restrictions if they are going to church to broadcast a service for worshippers self-isolating at home.