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Christian advent calendar sales ‘soar’ after online storm with Meghan Markle fans

BY  :  Robert Parr  Christian  Today   The Leprosy Mission reports that sales of the Real Advent Calendar have “soared” on its website following an online blow-up involving Meghan Markle and a pair of Anglican priests. The online storm began with the news that the […]

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Pastor imprisoned in Cuba for prayer event while daughter is in hospital

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    A Protestant pastor is in prison in Cuba’s Camagüey province after state security agents arrested him on Sept. 26 and charged him with disobedience over a public prayer event he had planned. Maikel Pupo Velázquez is held […]

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Immigration fears shape views of Britishness and Christianity, report finds

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   Anxiety about immigration and cultural change is closely linked to how people view British identity and  Christianity’s place in national life, according to a new report by the religion and society think tank Theos. The research found that […]

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Exeter Cathedral service to celebrate Britain’s fishermen and women

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BY  :   Duncan Williams  Christian  Today   Britain’s fishing industry will come together in Exeter next month for the country’s first National Harvest of the Sea. The inaugural service will be held at Exeter Cathedral at 6.00pm on Sunday, 11 October, bringing together fishermen and […]

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Lawyer at firm defending Zion Church pastors escapes to Taiwan amid crackdown

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Ruth Wang, a partner at a law firm representing pastors from Beijing’s Zion Church, among China’s largest underground congregations, has fled the country with her husband and two children as Chinese authorities pressured the firm to dissolve. […]

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Billy Graham’s granddaughter Cissie Graham Lynch nominated as Trump’s religious freedom ambassador

BY   :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter    President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, seeking to fill a key diplomatic post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed ambassador since the beginning of his second […]

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Ukrainian bishop on war: ‘We understand the value of peace most clearly when it is gone’

BY  :  Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   A Ukrainian Catholic bishop has spoken of the immense value of peace and  religious freedom as his country marks 35 years since regaining independence from the Soviet Union while continuing to endure the devastation of war. Bishop Vitalij Skomarovskyj of […]

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Daughter of jailed Syrian Christian leader says ordeal has bolstered her faith: ‘God protected my father

BY :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter   WASHINGTON — The daughter of the imprisoned former mayor of a Syrian Christian town says her father’s ordeal has strengthened her faith in God for keeping him alive, as she works alongside religious freedom advocacy groups to […]

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They destroyed 108 Armenian churches. Now they’re erasing more.

BY  :  Paul Murray, Op-ed Contributor Christian  Post   Power may seize territory. It cannot seize truth. Azerbaijan now controls Nagorno-Karabakh, known to Armenians as Artsakh. The ethnic Armenian government that existed there for decades is gone. More than 120,000 Armenians were forcibly removed from […]

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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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Catholic baptisms fall sharply across Ireland as births decline and secularisation grows

BY  :  Staff  Writer   Christian   Today   The number of Catholic baptisms taking place across the whole island of Ireland has fallen by almost 30% over the past decade, with declining birth rates and the growth of religious non-affiliation identified as the main reasons. A […]

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