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2025 was a record year for Bible sales — UK’s biggest Christian publisher asks why Gen Z is heading back into Church

BY  :  Lauren Windle  Christian  Today   Last year was awash with whispers of the ‘quiet revival’, a term coined in a Bible Society report that found church attendance was on the up, particularly among Gen Z. These reports of increased numbers of young people pulling up […]

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Pastor assaulted, forced to eat cow dung in Odisha village

BY  :  Shireen Bhatia   Christian Today   A Christian pastor from Dhenkanal district in Odisha was brutally assaulted by a mob of approximately 40 people during a prayer meeting on January 4. Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik was beaten, forced to consume cow dung, and compelled […]

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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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Christian groups urge Russia to return nearly 20K abducted Ukrainian children

BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor Christian Post  A coalition of faith groups, including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has called for Russia to return nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children taken since it began its invasion of Ukraine. In a letter sent to President Donald […]

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Jerusalem bishop calls for ‘courageous’ leadership to bring peace

BY  :  Staff Writer Christian Today   Bishop William Shomali, Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem and Palestine, has told of the desperate situation facing Christians and Muslims in the West Bank as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and its neighbours. Bishop Shomali is […]

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SC church gets historic marker for Civil War ministry among ex-slaves

BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor   Christian Post   A historic South Carolina church that has existed since the Civil War was recently bestowed the honor of a historical marker recognizing its roots of ministering to freed slaves. First Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Bluffton, a […]

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‘Quiet revival’ in the UK as Gen Z goes to church

BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   Church attendance in Britain is rising thanks to Gen Z, new research commissioned by the Bible Society has suggested. The research, conducted by YouGov, found that last year around 12% of adults attended church at least once a […]

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‘Christians fed up with being pushed out’: Protests erupt outside school over canceled Easter

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor     Protests erupted outside Norwood Primary School in England, as Christians voiced frustration over the school’s cancellation of its traditional Easter parade and church service. Around 50 demonstrators gathered with banners criticizing Headteacher Stephanie Mander, accusing her of […]

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Court sentences Christian pastor to life in prison for raping woman, recording it as blackmail

BY  :   Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    An Indian court sentenced a controversial Evangelical Christian pastor, Bajinder Singh, to life imprisonment for raping a woman in the northern state of Punjab in 2018. Singh was found guilty of drugging and assaulting the woman, then […]

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Is the British media anti-Christian and anti-conservative?

BY  : Heather Tomlinson  Christian Today   As a former Today programme journalist and author of two books on bias in the BBC, Robin Aitken MBE has been closer to the inner workings of the media giant than most of its critics. He tells Christian Today that […]

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