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Write God a thank you
Write God a thank you

A new social media platform has been launched to give Christians a place to express their thanks for all the good things God is doing in their lives.

Christian financial advisers support more social investment

Christian financial advisers are supporting proposals to stimulate social investment in the UK.

Archbishop wants smacking ban

The Archbishop of Wales will today warn that smacking demeans and devalues children.

Greens uphold dismissal of Christian councillor over gay marriage stance

A Christian councillor is consulting lawyers after being stripped of her Green Party membership over her views on gay marriage.

Mounting humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo
Mounting humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo

Fresh fighting is bringing more hardship to the Democratic Republic of Congo's 2.2 million internally displaced people, World Vision has warned.

Church of England meeting to decide on women bishops
Church of England meeting to decide on women bishops

A meeting of the Church of England's parliamentary body has got underway in London to decide on whether to allow women into the episcopate.

Students called to activism

The Student Christian Movement hopes its next conference will inspire a new generation of Christian students to work for justice and peace.

Christians pray for the BBC
Christians pray for the BBC

Christians working in the media industry got together at the end of last week to pray for the BBC.

Call to protect right of conversion

A United Nations independent expert recently highlighted threats to a key religious human right: conversion.

Are you wasting time watching TV?
Are you wasting time watching TV?

Adults in Britain are losing an average of nine years of their life watching television.

Anger over gay friendly nurseries

Parents in Scotland are outraged that they were asked to complete a survey in order to make their children's nursery classes' gay-friendly.

Iraq\'s Christians feel \'frightened and forgotten\'
Iraq's Christians feel 'frightened and forgotten'

Christians have started fleeing Iraq in large numbers again, warns Canon Andrew White.

118th Coptic Pope enthroned in Cairo
118th Coptic Pope enthroned in Cairo

Bishop Tawadros II became the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa after his enthronement on Sunday.

Nuba civilians bombed in Christian areas of Sudan

The Sudanese government has stepped up bombing of its own non-Arab civilians in Christian areas of Sudan's South Kordofan state the past month, killing a 1-year-old baby and wounding others, sources said.

Aid sent to families in Israel

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship) has announced increased funding of emergency aid for families in southern Israel and new security projects to assist communities in the line of fire.

Christian Aid urges \'maximum restraint\' in Gaza
Christian Aid urges 'maximum restraint' in Gaza

As Israel's bombardment of Gaza enters a fifth day, Christian Aid is calling for all sides to exercise maximum restraint and protect civilian life.