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What Päivi Räsänen’s exclusion says about Christian free speech in Britain

BY  :  Julian Mann Christian Today   The power of left-wing activists to block Finnish politician Päivi Räsänen from entering the UK shows the fragility of Christian freedom of expression. Finland’s former Minister of the Interior, equivalent to the UK Home Secretary, was due to […]

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Street evangelist team assaulted by pedestrians in rainbow-painted sidewalk outside lesbian bar

BY  :  Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter    An Arizona-based street evangelist says his team was assaulted during a street outreach in the LGBT “Rainbow District” in Los Angeles. David Hoffman of His Kingdom Enterprises was with other members of a street evangelism team […]

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‘A shift in history’: Christians reflect at historic Rededicate 250 gathering

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BY  :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter   WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered on the National Mall Sunday for a historic day of national prayer and worship ahead of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, with attendees expressing hope for a spiritual renewal […]

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Without a culture shift, Christian street preachers will continue to be arrested

BY :  Julian Mann  Christian  Today   Dr Martin Davie’s article ‘Understanding the reasons for the conviction of Päivi Räsänen’ sheds invaluable light on why Christian street preachers will continue to be arrested in the UK. In his widely-read article on Christian Today, the Anglican theologian described […]

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Why did Christians carry crosses at Tommy Robinson’s London rally?

BY  :  Wendy Yurgo, Op-ed contributor Christian Post    On May 16, as tens of thousands marched through London under one of the largest policing operations Britain has seen in years, one image towered above all the others. Wooden crosses were carried openly through the […]

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‘Win for free speech’: British pastor arrested for preaching Bible in public sees charges dropped

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Police in the United Kingdom have dropped a hate crime case against an Evangelical pastor who was arrested last year while street preaching in Bristol, ending more than four months of criminal proceedings that his lawyers said […]

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Church of Scotland issues slavery apology

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today The Church of Scotland on Saturday issued a formal apology for historical links to chattel slavery, saying it was “grieved beyond telling” for the suffering inflicted, and pledging to take forward work on reparative next steps. The apology, adopted […]

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Court case launched in support of DRC Christians

BY  :  Staff   Writer  Christian  Today   Legal advocacy group ADF International is supporting a case filed with the East African Court of Justice in support of Christians whose churches have been destroyed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Last year conflict in […]

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Poll suggests quarter of British Christians are ‘Christian nationalists’

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   Around a quarter of Christians in Britain identify as Christian nationalists or are sympathetic to its ideas, a mini survey by Premier Christian News has suggested. The research, which asked the views of 260 Christians, was part of […]

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Christian congresswoman introduces bill to mandate ‘In God We Trust’ on federal buildings

BY  :  Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    A Republican member of Congress from Illinois introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday to mandate that the national motto acknowledging God be displayed in every federal building. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced the […]

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