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Church Urban Fund calls on churches to stand against homelessness

Groups across England are being encouraged to give up a night's comfort to raise money to fund work with people experiencing homelessness through Church Urban Fund's Together programme.

Port officials in Sudan detain Arabic Bible shipment

Sudanese authorities have detained a shipment of Bibles for more than two years without explanation.

Nibiru end times conspiracy theories refuse to disappear as NASA concedes Planet Nine may be real

NASA isn't sure mystery planet Nibiru even exists but that hasn't stopped conspiracy theorists linking it to biblical end time prophecies.

Pope Francis celebrates 50-year dialogue with Methodists â the 'grandchildren of the Reformation'

Pope Francis has marked 50 years of ecumenical Catholic-Methodist dialogue in a milestone occasion in which the Pope praised the 'grandchildren of the Reformation' who never technically split from Rome.

Argentina to celebrate annual 'Day of Evangelical Churches'

A 'Day of Evangelical Churches' will be celebrated in Argentina each year on October 31 after the country's senate passed a bill with cross-party support to establish the commemoration.

Terror can't keep Egypt's Christians from worship

Devastating terror attacks have failed to deter Egyptian Christians from gathering for worship, according to satellite TV network SAT-7.

Russian poet faces criminal charges for calling atheists 'despicable' in alleged hate-speech

A Russian poet is facing criminal prosecution for hate speech after calling atheists 'despicable' in a poem written online, and incited violence against the group.

Terrorists don't represent Islam, says OM founder George Verwer

Fear of Muslims inspired by Islamist terrorist attacks is putting Christians off evangelising them, according to missions veteran George Verwer.

Azerbaijan pastor fined for leading house group in 'illegal' trial

Hamid Shabanov and another church member, Mehman Agamammadov, were ordered to pay a fine equating to $900 after a police raid on Shabanov's house in Aliabad.

Witness of Pastor Raymond Koh's kidnapping says snatch resembled a 'police operation'

A witness testifying to an inquiry into the disappearance of Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh described his February kidnapping as resembling a police operation.

Mob attacks Indian church, two critically injured

ICC says a mob of more than 300 suspected Hindu radicals attacked the Bastar for Christ Movement Church in Jaripara and left nine members of the congregation injured.

Channel 4's 'brownface' controversy: Documentary causes storm after white woman goes undercover as Pakistani Muslim

Channel 4 is in the midst of a 'brownface' controversy over a programme where a white British woman darkened he skin to go undercover as a Muslim in Manchester's Pakistani community.