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Churches and cathedrals help kick off VE Day 80th anniversary commemorations

BY  :  Staff Writer Christian Today   Churches and cathedrals are playing a big part in this week’s 80th anniversary commemorations of Victory in Europe – or VE – Day which marked the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. The official anniversary […]

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Northern Ireland’s proposed conversion therapy ban likely to target ordinary parents and Christians

BY  :  Staff Writer Christian Today   Freedom of Information requests by The Christian Institute (CI) have revealed that complaints against medical practitioners or organisations for practising so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in Northern Ireland are so rare that the real impact of a proposed ban would […]

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Over a dozen Christian leaders urge Trump to protect Afghan Christians from deportation

BY  :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter   More than a dozen Christian leaders have written a letter to President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem calling for protections for Afghan Christian refugees amid concerns about their deportation. The letter, published Friday, […]

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Bart Barber elected president of Southern Baptist Convention in runoff election

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BY  :  Adelle M. Banks  Religion News Service The election was one of the closely watched aspects of the two-day meeting, during which messengers, or delegates, addressed a sexual abuse investigation. Pastor Bart Barber speaks during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Anaheim […]

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Millions of American Christians ‘Have Confused the Gospel with Politics,’ Michael Brown Says

BY  :  Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor Author and radio host Michael Brown will confront the issue of Christian nationalism in an upcoming book in which he argues millions of believers have conflated “patriotism with loyalty to the kingdom of God,” he says. The book, titled The […]

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Christian factory worker fired for refusing to remove cross necklace wins discrimination case

BY    :  Staff writer   Christian Today A Christian factory worker who has fired after refusing to take off a crucifix necklace has been awarded over £22,000. Jevgenijs Kovalkovs was fired from his job at a chicken wholesalers in Coupar Angus, Scotland, after refusing to […]

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Saddleback remains Southern Baptist for now, after surprise appeal by Rick Warren

BY  :  Bob Smietana  Religion News Service Saddleback had been reported to SBC’s credentials committee after the megachurch ordained three women pastors. But the committee has not yet decided how to vote after feedback from local church messengers and confusion over what the word ‘pastor’ […]

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‘Jesus is with me,’ says Justin Bieber as he battles Ramsay Hunt syndrome

BY  :  Jennifer Lee  Christian Today Justin Bieber with his wife, Hailey, before he came down with Ramsay Hunt syndrome . Justin Bieber says his Christian faith is giving him “peace during this horrific storm” as he battles Ramsay Hunt syndrome and partial facial paralysis. The […]

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Jack Graham Endorses Tom Ascol for SBC President: ‘He’s a Man of the Word’

BY  : Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com Texas Pastor Jack Graham, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has endorsed Florida Pastor Tom Ascol for the SBC presidency ahead of the Annual Meeting this week in Anaheim, California. Graham, who leads Prestonwood Baptist Church in […]

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SBC Pastors’ Conference rejects CRT critic Voddie Baucham in vote for president

BY :   Bob Smietana  Religion News Service The election marked a day of setbacks for the Conservative Baptist Network, which claims the SBC has become too liberal ANAHEIM, California (RNS) — The presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors’ Conference carries little power and the […]

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Pope Francis pulls out of ecumenical peace pilgrimage to South Sudan

BY  :  Staff writer   Christian Today Pope Francis will no longer be travelling to Africa in July due to worsening knee pain, the Vatican has announced. He has withdrawn from his planned apostolic visit to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo next month […]

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Israeli Archaeologists Uncover 2,100-Year-Old Farmstead ‘Frozen in Time’ in Galilee

BY   :  Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com  Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,100-year-old farmstead while conducting excavations in the Galilee region. According to CBN News, the farm dates back to the Hellenistic Hasmonean period before Jesus Christ was born. The Hasmonean Dynasty, a Jewish dynasty, ruled […]

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India’s dark turn from model of religious pluralism to cautionary tale

BY  : Khyati Y. Joshi Religion News Service We need to see ourselves in India’s religious minorities . Muslims shout slogans against Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson of India’s governing Hindu Nationalist Party as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad […]

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