Michael Trimmer

Street evangelist arrested after preaching about sexual sin
Police in Dundee yesterday arrested American street evangelist Tony Miano after a woman complained about his talk on sexual sin.
California teacher says 'Jesus is not allowed in school'
Religious freedom campaigners are pressuring a school in California to apologise for apparently telling a 6-year-old child that "Jesus is not allowed in school".

Cyberbullying on the rise, says ChildLine
ChildLine has reported a significant rise in the number of calls relating to cyberbullying.

Tributes paid to Paul Goggins
Tributes have been paid to Paul Goggins, the Labour Party MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East since 1997, who died on Monday after complications from a brain haemorrhage. He was 60.

North Korea tops Open Doors World Watch List again
The hermit communist country has retained its title as the worst country for the persecution of Christians

In search of a great Christian game
California-based game developers Phoenix Interactive Studios are trying to raise $100,000 through Kickstarter for a new PC game, "Call of Abraham".

Russia outlaws abortion advertisements
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new amendment to the country's healthcare laws on Monday that made abortion clinic advertising a crime carrying potentially hefty fines.

Most Christians not sharing the Gospel
A new survey suggests that Christians are not sharing their faith despite many feeling the responsibility to do so.

Fears for most vulnerable as austerity continues
George Osborne announced in Birmingham today that 2014 will be the year of what he called "hard truths" as he warned of further austerity.

Disagreements over CofE's alternative baptism service
There are mixed feelings in the Church of England over a proposed alternative baptism service

Over 300 Bibles seized in Malaysia
Islamic religious authorities in the Malaysian State of Selangor has seized more than 300 Bibles amid a long-running language dispute.

Review: The Coming Chinese Church â By Paul Golf and Pastor Lee
The whole picture of the Chinese Church is more complicated

The Nativity Explained: Herod the Great
Herod was the man who was shaken by the visitation from the Magi, who ordered the massacre of the innocents, and who was the first of many to try and stop Jesus's rise before his time.

The Nativity Explained: Bethlehem
Why is it that out of all the villages in all the provinces of all the empires in the entire world, God chose this one to be the birthplace of his one and only son?
Acts 435 hosts 3000th charity request
Acts 435, a charity founded by the Archbishop of York, has recently hit its 3000th request for financial assistance.

Four in 10 Americans attended church in week before Christmas
Even in the midst of the Christmas season, churches in the US are failing to draw a substantial crowd.