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Bibles burnt as Hindu extremists launch brutal assault on Indian church

BY  :  Duncan williams Christian Today   A Christian congregation in central India has been left traumatised and fearing for their lives after a brutal assault by Hindu extremists on 8 June, during which Bibles were burnt, worshippers beaten, and a pastor left unconscious. The […]

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US revokes terror label for Syria’s HTS after it toppled Assad; Christian group decries ‘injustice’

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    The United States government has revoked its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a foreign terrorist organization, seven months after the group overthrew Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus, drawing concern from a […]

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Call for changes after fall in number of Religious Studies students

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BY  : Staff writer Christian Today   Educational leaders are calling for more specialist teacher recruitment after a fall in the number of students taking A level Religious Studies (RS). The Religious Education Council of England and Wales (REC) and National Association of Teachers of Religious […]

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Faith leaders call for repentance and spiritual reformation to address climate change

BY  :  Bob Smietana Religion News Service At the Parliament of the World’s Religions, faith leaders held a ceremony to repent for failing to care for the Earth. Bhai Mohinder Singh, center, and other religious leaders chant on stage during a climate repentance ceremony at the […]

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Australian Court Finds Brian Houston Not Guilty in Sex Abuse Cover-Up Case

BY  :  Milton Quintanilla  Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com  An Australian court has acquitted Hillsong church co-founder and former global senior pastor Brian Houston in a longstanding sex abuse cover-up case surrounding his father, the late Frank Houston. On Thursday, Sydney Court Magistrate Gareth Christofi found Houston […]

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The Hiding Place: A powerful story of unwavering faith

BY  :  Anita Laryea  Christian Today   The Hiding Place is a new cinema adaptation telling the true story of how Corrie ten Boom and her family risked their lives to smuggle persecuted Jewish refugees to freedom during World War II. Corrie was born in Haarlem, in […]

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Christian Music Industry ‘Is Broken’ and Needs Revival, John Cooper and Alisa Childers Say

BY  :  Michael Foust  ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor   Award-winning Christian artists John Cooper and Alisa Childers say the contemporary Christian music industry needs “revival” and is too often focused on the “bottom line” due to the need to appease secular companies that run the business. “The contemporary […]

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Tribal Christians in Manipur plan mass burial for victims of violence

BY  : Anugrah Kumar  Christian Today (CP) A tribal group representing the Christian Kuki-Zo community in the northeast Indian state of Manipur is preparing to hold a mass burial for victims killed in the ongoing ethnic violence, a decision that has ignited fresh tensions and […]

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ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch will face church trial

BY  :  Kathryn Post Religion News Service A 10-person board of inquiry found there was probable cause to present Ruch for trial for violating denominational bylaws. Bishop Stewart Ruch III, left, and the Anglican Church in North America logo. (RNS) — Bishop Stewart Ruch, a […]

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Left behind by disaffiliations, Texas town’s United Methodists charter a new church

BY  : BeLynn Hollers Religion News Service After all seven United Methodist churches in this city in the Texas Panhandle voted to leave the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination, an 83-year-old UMC minister became determined that the UMC wouldn’t become extinct in Amarillo. Congregants at Amarillo […]

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Death Toll Rises to 55 as Maui Wildfires Rage On

BY  :  Milton Quintanilla  Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com  Large wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, have resulted in the deaths of 55 people so far and extensive damage in the historic town of Lahaina. “As firefighting efforts continue, 2 additional fatalities have been confirmed today amid the active […]

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