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Irish church leaders denounce ‘epidemic’ of violence against women

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   Church leaders in Ireland have expressed their “sympathy and prayerful support” to the families of women who have been killed in “an epidemic of violence against women sweeping across Ireland”. Representatives of the Catholic Church, Anglicanism, the Methodist […]

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Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen appeals to European Court of Human Rights after guilty verdict over Bible pamphlet

BY  :  Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter   Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen announced Thursday that she is appealing to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after the Supreme Court of Finland found her guilty of hate speech in March for a 22-year-old pamphlet condemning […]

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‘Biggest mission opportunity’: Gospel campaign launched ahead of World Cup

BY  :   Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   Christian charity Hope Together UK is encouraging churches and individuals across the UK to seize what it describes as “the biggest mission opportunity” during this summer’s FIFA World Cup, with the launch of a new football-themed outreach resource. […]

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Council accused of ‘unprecedented’ use of powers to silence gospel preaching

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BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   Christian Concern has suggested that a local council has made an “unprecedented use of public-order powers” to silence the preaching of the gospel in Colchester city centre. Local officials are alleged to have asked that church evangelists turn […]

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Church warden murder conviction quashed as Court of Appeal orders retrial

BY  :   Duncan Williams Christian  Today   The Court of Appeal has overturned the murder conviction of Benjamin Field, the former church warden jailed in 2019 for the death of university lecturer Peter Farquhar, in a significant ruling that reopens one of the UK’s most […]

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Street preacher arrested in Watford

BY  :  Staff   Writer  Christian  Today   Footage has circulated online of a Christian pastor being arrested while street preaching at the weekend. The footage shows Steve Maile, the senior pastor of Oasis City Church in Watford, being arrested by three officers while preaching the […]

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IDF says ‘appropriate measures’ will be taken against soldier who desecrated Jesus statue

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said “appropriate measures” will be taken against any of its troops involved in the desecration of a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon. An image posted online earlier this week showed an […]

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Trump to read from 2 Chronicles at America Reads the Bible event marking nation’s 250th anniversary

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    President Donald Trump will read from 2 Chronicles via a video message from the Oval Office on Tuesday, taking part in America Reads the Bible, a weeklong public Scripture-reading initiative organized to mark the 250th anniversary of […]

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Global Church leaders urge renewed focus on cities as key to spreading the Gospel

BY  :  Obianuju Mbah Christian  Today   The Lausanne Movement is urging Christians around the world to see cities as one of the most important frontiers for mission, as rapid urbanisation continues to reshape where and how people live. In an article titled “Cities: Accelerating […]

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Pakistan Court Stirs Outrage After Granting Custody of Minor Christian Girl to Her Abductor

BY  :  Hannah Mitchell  Christian Today   A Pakistani court’s decision to uphold the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl to the man accused of abducting her has triggered protests, international concern, and renewed demands for the protection of minority girls across the country. On […]

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Russia strikes Baptist church in Ukraine, killing pastor at prayer meeting

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor The embassy called the strike a deliberate attack on people of faith who had gathered peacefully to pray. Promoters of “A Faith Under Siege,” a documentary series reporting Russia’s persecution of Christians, identified the man killed as Ruslan […]

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Franklin Graham pushes back against Pope’s war comments amid war of words with Trump

BY  :  Jon Brown Christian  Today   Evangelist and Samaritan’s Purse CEO Franklin Graham cited the Old Testament example of King David earlier this week to push back against Pope Leo XIV’s claim that God rejects the prayers of those who wage war. Speaking during a Tuesday episode […]

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Muslim man holds Christian woman at gunpoint, orders her to marry him or be killed

BY  : Christian Daily International/Morning Star News   LAHORE, Pakistan — Police in Pakistan arrested a Muslim man accused of threatening to kill a Christian woman if she refused to convert to Islam and marry him, according to her family. Imran Masih of Chak 6/11-L […]

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