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New Black and Multicultural Churches Directory launched
New Black and Multicultural Churches Directory launched

Churches Together in England has launched a Black and Multicultural Churches Directory.

Chartist hymns recorded for first time
Chartist hymns recorded for first time

A rebel hymn book from the 1800s has been turned into a CD by veteran protest singer Garth Hewitt.

Heathrow Airport worker challenges \'anti-Islam\' dismissal
Heathrow Airport worker challenges 'anti-Islam' dismissal

A Christian woman who was dismissed from her work at a Heathrow Airport beauty counter over claims she was "anti-Islam" is taking her case to an employment appeal tribunal today.

Promised legal reforms disappoint Turkey\'s religious minorities
Promised legal reforms disappoint Turkey's religious minorities

Latest reforms positive but inadequate, say minority groups

Two ministers defect to Free Church over gay ministers row
Two ministers defect to Free Church over gay ministers row

The former convener of one of Scotland's biggest social care providers is among two new ministers joining the Free Church.

Chuck Smith dies at 86: Passes away after cancer struggle
Chuck Smith dies at 86: Passes away after cancer struggle

Chuck Smith, the evangelical pastor who preached the Gospel to a generation of hippies, died on Thursday after battling lung cancer.  

Churchmen attacked in Central African Republic
Churchmen attacked in Central African Republic

Two Catholic clerics in the Central African Republic were bound and robbed by armed men on Friday, Sept. 27. Italian missionary Fr Beniamino Gusmeroli, and Fr Martial Mengue, a Central African deacon, were attacked by men believed to be Sudanese.

Call for unhindered humanitarian access in Syria
Call for unhindered humanitarian access in Syria

A coalition of 16 international humanitarian agencies welcome today's statement from the UN Security Council calling for unhindered humanitarian access in Syria.

First graduates of church music foundation degree
First graduates of church music foundation degree

The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) and Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) have just presented degree awards to the very first students to enroll in 2011 for their joint two-year course, the Foundation Degree in Church Music.

New music video pleas for imprisoned Pastor
New music video pleas for imprisoned Pastor

A new music video from 7eventh Time Down features an emotional message to pray for imprisoned Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini.

Missing Italian priest \'still alive\'
Missing Italian priest 'still alive'

An Italian Jesuit priest who went missing in Syria several months ago is still alive, according to an Assyrian priest speaking at the European Parliament on Tuesday.

We are Young And Free: Hillsong as you\'ve never heard them before
We are Young And Free: Hillsong as you've never heard them before

Young And Free is the latest musical brand to emerge from the Australian team at Hillsong.

Real Advent Calendar tells true meaning of Christmas
Real Advent Calendar tells true meaning of Christmas

Instead of the usual sleds and reindeer, behind each door of the Real Advent Calendar is a Belgian chocolate star and a snippet of the Christmas story.

Evangelist Will Graham brings message of hope to Japan
Evangelist Will Graham brings message of hope to Japan

Evangelist Will Graham proclaimed the Gospel this weekend to an area of the world that has been devastated by an earthquake, a tsunami, and now a massive leak of radiation.

Bangladeshi Christians told to close church, convert to Islam

Eight converts forced to recant faith under duress from local council chairman

Wife of Amish school shooter talks about her hope in the Lord

Marie Monville's husband Charlie Roberts was 32 when he walked into an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania on 2 October 2006, shooting dead five schoolgirls before turning the gun on himself.