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China Detains Beijing house church leaders in latest crackdown on unregistered churches

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Authorities in China have detained several pastors and church workers from Beijing Jiaquan Church, an independent house church operating in the capital. The U.S.-based group ChinaAid said it has received firsthand accounts of the arrests, though the […]

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Baptist pastor shot dead in Myanmar’s Chin State, responsibility disputed

BY  :  Hannah Mitchell  Christian Today   Rev. Dal Thawn Tuang, assistant pastor of Lamzang Baptist Church, was shot dead in Myanmar’s Chin State on September 14. International Christian Concern (ICC) and the Burma Research Institute (BRI) say the military killed him. A separate account […]

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Christian nationalists ‘are neither patriots nor Christians’, says Church of England’s parliamentary rep

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BY :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   In days gone by the Church of England was described as the “Tory Party at prayer”. Times have changed somewhat and now Labour are well represented at different levels of the church. This is well demonstrated by the […]

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Street preacher acquitted in Soho ‘safe space’ case

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   The Christian Legal Centre has welcomed the acquittal of a Christian preacher who was accused of violating an LGBT “safe space” by distributing tracts about Sodom and Gomorrah. Richard Johnson, 72, recounted how he handed out biblical tracts […]

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More than 30 Christians Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria

BY  :  Christian Daily International – Morning Star News   Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed more than 30 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, sources said. The latest attack in Mangu County took place on Saturday (Sept. 5), where three […]

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Bishop Mariann Budde’s rebuke of Trump honored by new sculpture at Virginia seminary

BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor Christian  Post    Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) recently received a sculpture in honor of Episcopal Church Bishop Mariann Budde’s rebuke of President Donald Trump during last year’s inaugural prayer service. The Alexandria-based Episcopal seminary held a dedication service last week […]

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Churches make ‘significant’ contribution to essential services in local communities, study finds

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian Today   Churches could be providing as many as a quarter of a million essential community services across England, according to new research. Churches are making a significant but often overlooked contribution to essential community services across England, according to […]

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Scottish Christian woman recognised in Auschwitz memorial plaque

BY  :   Staff  Writer   Christian  Today   A plaque commemorating the life and sacrifice of Scottish Christian woman, Jane Haining, has been unveiled at Auschwitz. Haining was born in Dumfriesshire in 1897. In 1932 she moved to Hungary to serve as matron of the Scottish […]

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Hundreds of churches prepare to welcome Franklin Graham’s ‘God Loves You Tour’ to Manchester

BY  :  Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   Close to 600 churches across the North West are getting ready for a major evangelistic event in Manchester next month, where Franklin Graham is expected to address thousands at the Co-op Live arena. The ‘God Loves You Tour’ […]

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3 kidnap victims die in Nigeria, held in same camp as 37 abducted from worship service

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Three of 11 people seized from Nigeria’s Kaduna state have died while being held captive in the same forest hideout used to confine 37 worshippers taken during Easter Sunday services at three churches in a nearby community. […]

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Apology issued after anti-immigration protesters confront clergyman inside church

BY  :   Staff  Writer   Christian Today   The organiser of a Unite the Right UK demonstration has apologised after a tense stand-off between some of its supporters and a senior clergyman. Police had to guard the Rev Canon Dr Richard Firth, Vicar of Doncaster Minster, […]

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Scottish bishop urges support for mothers and children, not more liberal abortion laws

BY   :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   Further liberalising abortion laws “raises grave moral and social questions”, the Catholic Church in Scotland has warned. The latest intervention follows the publication of a draft motion that seeks to implement the recommendations of the Scottish Abortion Law […]

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