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Don't go deeper into debt this Christmas

Time to cut up those credit cards?

NGOs demand tougher action on corruption

Tearfund and Christian Aid are among the NGOs calling for greater government commitment to rooting out corruption.

Consultation on gay marriage in Scotland due to close

Christian groups are urging people to respond to the Scottish Government’s public consultation on gay marriage before it closes at midnight tonight.

Spike in divorces linked to recession

The number of couples divorcing jumped 4.9 per cent last year, its highest in nearly a decade.

Christians and Occupy protesters debate ethical capitalism

Unethical backing practices come under the spotlight in Faithworks debate

New life at Christmas

“Life in Shivnagar is tough,” says Uma, who tells the story of her conversion in Tearfund’s new Nativity resource.

Syria's Christians 'caught in the crossfire'

The situation for Syria's Christians is worsening amid anti-regime protests

Get your face in the picture this Christmas

More than 100 towns will be hosting the Nativity with a fun twist this Christmas.

Violence forces Samaritan’s Purse to withdraw from South Sudan refugee camp

Samaritan’s Purse has evacuated its staff from a refugee camp in northern South Sudan due to escalating violence in the region.

Further decline in religious affiliation ‘likely’

Religiosity is set to decline further in Britain while liberal attitudes are expected to increase, the latest British Social Attitudes Report has predicted.

Eddie Long announces break from church

Bishop Eddie Long has announced that he is taking a break from the church – just days after his wife filed for divorce.

Family praying after Gossip Girl stylist loses hand

Texas native Lauren Scruggs is trusting in Jesus after accidentally walking into an airplane propeller on Saturday night and suffering severe injuries, her parents told ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday.

Christian communities attacked in Burma

As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Burma's capital Naypyidaw last week, government troops killed civilians and burned houses in a Christian-majority state about 450 miles away.

Billy Graham looking forward to Christmas with family after hospital stay

Billy Graham has been released from hospital after six days of treatment for pneumonia

Bishop pleads with Mexico’s drug cartels to lay down arms for Christmas

A bishop in Mexico has added his voice to appeals for peace between feuding drug gangs over Christmas.

Release warns of increasing persecution in Pakistan

Death threats against yet another Christian in Pakistan are a sign that persecution is only growing, Release International has warned.