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Obama: I pray all the time now

US President Barack Obama says he starts his day with a devotional that the director of his Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships initiative, Pentecostal pastor Joshua DuBois, sends to his BlackBerry each day.

Church works on warm welcome for newcomers

The Church of England is encouraging churches to set up welcome teams in the hope of encouraging people stopping by for special events or their first Sunday service to come back again and again.

pureNRG's new album tops Christian chart

pureNRG’s eagerly awaited new CD, The Real Thing, has hit the highest mark in the group’s three-year career for first week sales, with 21,545 total units sold, giving the group the high ranking of No 20 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart and No 1 on the Christian Soundscan chart.

Baptists urged to find unity in Lord's Supper

Baptists started the last day of their 400th anniversary celebrations on Sunday with a call to remember Christ’s sacrifice as they seek to become one.

Show compassion to your neighbours, says Baptist leader

The church can demonstrate true compassion when it sees the Lord in the face of those who need Him, says the President of the Baptist Union of Chile.

Be a partaker, not a spectator

The rector of the Baptist Seminary of the Netherlands has challenged fellow Baptists to be partakers, not spectators in God’s history.

Congo's people 'yearning' for peace

From the smallest village to the biggest town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) people are yearning for peace. Church leaders encourage the rebel fighters to disarm.

Football clubs support children affected by leprosy in Nigeria

Liverpool and Peterborough United donated football kits, West Bromwich Albion donated funds and Arsenal arranged a visit to their pitch this year as part of The Leprosy Mission’s World Leprosy Day 2009.

Church offers joint weddings and baptisms

The Church of England is reaching out to engaged couples with children by offering a marriage service that combines with a thanksgiving for the gift of a child or with baptism.

Don’t forget past, says Callum

The Baptist movement’s 400th anniversary celebration opened on Friday with a challenge to Baptists to forget neither where they have come from nor their present calling.

Baptists gather in Amsterdam for 400th anniversary celebration

Baptists from around the world will gather in Amsterdam today for the start of a three-day celebration marking 400 years since the movement’s founding.

Bee keeping and church building in Brazil

Trapiá was once a region so poor and remote that even the Brazilian church saw little hope for its future. Now thanks to Daveen and her husband Mike, a bee keeping business is providing a once deprived community with a sustainable income, while a flourishing church plant is giving the young people a new found confidence in God and themselves.

New David Crowder album to get to heart of Church Music

GMA Dove winners and former MSN “Artist of the Year” David Crowder Band will release their fifth studio album, Church Music, on September 22 from sixstepsrecords and EMI CMG Label Group.

Bringing God's justice to northern Uganda

After decades of war and upheaval, Steve Sanderson and his wife Caroline are empowering people in northern Uganda to be the bearers of justice in their own land.

Orthodox leader lauds Russian President over schools proposal

Head of Russian Orthodox Church has praised Russian President’s announcement on the proposal of introducing religious subjects in schools across Russia.

Central European activists hear call to hold onto Christian ideals

A huge political rally in East Central Europe marking twenty years of liberation from communism has heard a call to hold fast to Christian Democratic ideals by the President of the Christian Peoples Alliance party in Britain, David Campanale.