Christian Today

Six women religious have been have been released from captivity in Nigeria after being abducted last November.

An Anglican vicar will chain herself to a tree today outside London's Euston station, as part of a protest against the clearing of more than 200 trees planned to make way for the controversial HS2 rail network.

Donald Trump has cancelled a visit to London next month, blaming the 'Obama administration' for what he described as a 'bad deal' on a new US embassy in the UK.

Tim Farron had (probably) just one New Year Resolution for 2018: 'Please God, no more public statements about gay sex'. Alas, January is full of disappointment.

The troubled Moody Bible Institute has shed three of its most senior figures after accusations of financial and other impropriety rocked the venerable evangelical institution.

One of the world's oldest missionary organisations is celebrating its 175th anniversary this month in Oxford.

An Anglican archbishop in South Sudan is accusing his government of failing to take seriously accusations of rape by soldiers.

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican takeover of a conservative Catholic society in Peru whose founder is accused of sexually and physically abusing children and former members of the group.

Christian persecution across the Middle East has been one of Donald Trump's foreign policy themes attracting enthusiastic support from his nominal evangelical advisory board. But Michael is sceptical.

The Chinese government this week demolished with explosives a notorious Christian megachurch in its Shanxi province, heightening tensions between Chinese Christians and the government's atheistic communist regime.

Zambia has banned church assemblies in parts of its capital city Lusaka, as the nation fights to deter an epidemic of cholera.

The scandal around Andy Savage's abuse is developing pace with the lead pastor at Highpoint Church, where Savage works, being removed from the speaking line-up of an upcoming Christian conference.

What drives this hostility to Christians, and what does it look like on the ground?

Of all the slurs aimed at Christians by atheists, the idea that we're just 'the people who hear voices' is one of the most painful.

Pope Francis is to treat some of Rome's poorest people to a day at the circus today – and animal rights activists aren't happy.

Michael Gove is under pressure to use the government's aid budget to help clean up pollution.

Masked assailants invaded and robbed the home of a Catholic priest in Stockport, Greater Manchester this week. The priest says he feels 'nothing but sadness' for the two thieves who threatened him, locked him in a cupboard and stole £600 set aside for charity.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are in a great place right now in their relationship, and it really helps that they enjoy going to church together and have a good support system of like-minded Christians.

Growth in the Christian life requires some things. Just like a plant needs sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow, every Christian needs some things in order to grow in the Lord.

The Lord Jesus described the kingdom of heaven as like a very expensive pearl, one that is rare, cannot be cultured or farmed, and certainly cannot be faked. What can we learn from here?