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Government announces £92m fund to support historic places of worship

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   The government has announced plans to invest £1.5 billion into historic buildings in England at the risk of closure, a significant portion of which will go towards places of worship. The funds will be distributed over a five-year […]

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Huckabee responds after Jerusalem church leaders claim Christian Zionism is a ‘damaging ideology’

BY  :  Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter    U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has criticized Orthodox and Catholic church leaders in Jerusalem for disparaging “free-church believers” by claiming in a joint statement that Christian Zionism is a “damaging ideology” that threatens the unity […]

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Indian families’ homes destroyed for refusing to renounce Christ

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   Four Christian families living in Midapalli, Maharashtra State in India, have had their homes demolished by their neighbours after refusing to renounce their faith. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling on state authorities to intervene after local police […]

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Church of England’s parliament backs new law to support Armed Forces chaplains

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BY  :  Susie Leafe  Christian Today   On Saturday, as many were watching the men’s doubles players battle it out on Centre Court at Wimbledon, the General Synod of the Church of England sat down to discuss a Measure (or law) to regularise the ministry […]

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Hundreds gather for mass baptism at Bournemouth Beach during heatwave

BY   :  Duncan Williams  Christian Today   At the weekend, amid a prolonged heatwave, 92 people were baptised in the sea beside Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth during a public ceremony attended by hundreds of people. The event, held on Sunday, was organised by five local […]

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2 women killed, multiple injured at Ky. Baptist church after suspect shoots state trooper

BY   :    CP Staff   Two women were killed at a Baptist church in Lexington, Kentucky, when a suspect fled to the house of worship after shooting a state trooper on Sunday, authorities said. The shooting spree ended when the suspect was killed at […]

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Extremists destroy church complex amid civil conflict in Sudan: watchdog

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Extremists, accompanied by Sudanese Armed Forces and police officers, destroyed a Pentecostal Church complex in Khartoum this week, according to a watchdog group. The Pentecostal Church, initially constructed in the early 1990s and destroyed on Tuesday, was […]

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Pastor, congregant gunned down during worship service in Nigeria

BY  :  Christian Daily International/Morning Star News   During an evening worship service on Monday, suspected Islamic extremists gunned down a Baptist pastor and another worshipper and kidnapped a woman in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria. About 15 to 20 gunmen with Fulani accents stormed Bege […]

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Police investigating more Church in Wales clergy over historic sex offences

BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   A BBC investigation has revealed that two former clergymen of the Church in Wales are set to be investigated due to historical sexual abuse allegations. One of the two is the former bishop of Swansea and Brecon, Anthony Pierce. Pierce […]

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Pastor who fought off teen gunman during carjacking calls survival a ‘miracle’

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter   A Connecticut pastor who was caught on video tackling a teenage gunman during a carjacking in Baltimore, Maryland, in June, is thanking God for keeping him alive after the daring confrontation. “Let me be clear, I am in no way […]

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