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Trapped in nail bars and car washes: New school resource aims to tackle modern slavery
Trapped in nail bars and car washes: New school resource aims to tackle modern slavery

Modern slavery is thought to be taking place in every town and city in the UK, with high risk areas including hand car washes and nail bars.

Dancing vicar becomes internet sensation with Whit Walk boogie
Dancing vicar becomes internet sensation with Whit Walk boogie

A 'boogieing vicar' has become an internet sensation after a video of him dancing on the streets of Ashton-under-Lyne was viewed more than 20,000 times in two days.

£750,000 grant to help Anglican bishops from developing countries take part in Lambeth Conference
£750,000 grant to help Anglican bishops from developing countries take part in Lambeth Conference

A £750,000 grant has been made available to help Anglican bishops from developing countries meet the costs of taking part in the Lambeth Conference.

Christians in Politics launches prayer network to support Christians serving in local government
Christians in Politics launches prayer network to support Christians serving in local government

A new prayer network is being launched to support Christian councillors as well as those working in other roles within local government.

Mike Pilavachi's 'day I'll never forget': Huge response to Soul Survivor rebuilding appeal
Mike Pilavachi's 'day I'll never forget': Huge response to Soul Survivor rebuilding appeal

The church in Watford has a thriving ministry and is looking to expand its facilities with a total rebuild of one of the two adjacent warehouses where it meets.

Opposition mounts to Trump administration's 'cruel', 'un-American' border policy
Opposition mounts to Trump administration's 'cruel', 'un-American' border policy

Democrats and Republicans rallied against the US government's policy of separating parents and children at the Mexican border yesterday.

Churches that are vulnerable to hate attacks to benefit from extra £1m in government funding
Churches that are vulnerable to hate attacks to benefit from extra £1m in government funding

The British government has announced an additional £1m in funding to support places of worship that have suffered or could be vulnerable to hate attacks.

Geof Morin joining Biblica as its new CEO after more than a decade at the American Bible Society
Geof Morin joining Biblica as its new CEO after more than a decade at the American Bible Society

Biblica, which holds the rights to the New International Version Bible, has named Geof Morin its new CEO.

Christian broadcaster Revelation TV fined €6,000 for 'homophobic' comments
Christian broadcaster Revelation TV fined €6,000 for 'homophobic' comments

A British based Christian broadcaster has been fined €6,000 for homophobic remarks made on a breakfast show last year.

Traditional view of atonement 'cheapens God's forgiveness' says Steve Chalke
Traditional view of atonement 'cheapens God's forgiveness' says Steve Chalke

Oasis founder Rev Steve Chalke has launched an attack on the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) in his latest 'Chalke Talk' video.

Churches call for halt to Universal Credit rollout after damning report
Churches call for halt to Universal Credit rollout after damning report

Churches have responded to a damning report on the government's flagship Universal Credit benefits system with a call for its implementation to be halted pending an independent review.

Starvation warning as Saudi-led coalition poised to take Yemen's main port city
Starvation warning as Saudi-led coalition poised to take Yemen's main port city

Forces from a Saudi-led coalition were poised to enter the airport of Yemen's main port, Hodeidah, on Friday as the Arab alliance prepared to seize the city in the biggest battle of a three-year war.

Stolen Christopher Columbus letter returned to the Vatican
Stolen Christopher Columbus letter returned to the Vatican

The Vatican Library will be given back a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the New World after it was stolen and replaced with a forgery.

Richard Baxter: 9 quotes from England's Puritan pastor
Richard Baxter: 9 quotes from England's Puritan pastor

Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was one of the greatest of England's Puritan clergy.

Franklin Graham in rare rebuke at Trump's 'disgraceful' separation of families as US-Mexico border
Franklin Graham in rare rebuke at Trump's 'disgraceful' separation of families as US-Mexico border

Franklin Graham has issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump's administration, slamming a policy that separates children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as 'disgraceful'.

Age gap revealed in religious observance around the world
Age gap revealed in religious observance around the world

Young people around the world are less religious than their elders, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center surveys conducted in more than 100 countries during the last decade.