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'God you are worthy of my tears and pain': Detained Pastor Andrew Brunson pens heartfelt song from Turkish prison

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 22:04
The family of Andrew Brunson, a Protestant pastor accused of espionage, have shared a heartfelt song written during his time in prison to mark more than a year in captivity.
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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary adopts Nashville Statement on sexuality, transgender

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 21:25
The trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary have unanimously approved the adoption of the controversial Nashville Statement on sexuality and gender.
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Bodies of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians murdered by ISIS to be returned to families

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 20:29
The bodies of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS on a beach in Libya will be returned to their families and given a proper burial after a mass grave was found near the town of Sirte.
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Cathedral to display “the most dangerous book in Tudor England”

Anglican Communion News Service - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 20:25

St Paul’s Cathedral in London is set to display one of only three-known surviving copies of “the most dangerous book in Tudor England”.

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Disney star Tiffany Thornton defends marrying church worship leader after death of first husband

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 07:04
The star of Disney show Sonny With a Chance married Josiah Capaci, a worship pastor at Gospel Light Church and Teen Revolution in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Christians rally around dad left to raise 6 kids, including premature twins, after wife killed in car crash

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 06:51
The local church is offering its support after Katie Evans was killed in a car crash driving back from the hospital after visiting her premature baby girls.
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Irish Roman Catholic primate preaches at Anglican Reformation service

Anglican Communion News Service - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 04:34

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh has delivered a homily in the Anglican Cathedral at a service to mark the anniversary of the Reformation.

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How Christians can disagree – and still be kind to each other

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 03:57
What happens when Christians fall out about the different things we believe – or the things we believe differently?
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This Iraqi Christian refugee family prayed and were rescued from drowning

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 03:52
'We were wearing life jackets but we didn't have hope. People were trying to bail out the water, but it wasn't working.'
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Has Bono converted to Catholicism?

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 03:45
The star was pictured receiving Eucharist during Catholic Mass the morning after performing in Bogota, Colombia.
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Refuge Coffee: How one church is combining great coffee with loving local refugees

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 03:30
The church wanted to do something that wasn't just 'within the walls of religious institutions' and with the high footfall of school runs and commuters passing the building, the idea of a coffee van was born.
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Justine Greening's Relationships Education plans are 'unwarranted and coercive' say religious leaders

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 02:28
Religious leaders have accused the government of undermining parental freedom as they attack plans for compulsory sex education.
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Australian Catholic Church facing 'biggest crisis' in its history, Brisbane Archbishop says

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 01:51
The Catholic Church in Australia has been 'shaken to the core' over the abuse scandal and is facing the biggest crisis in its history, the Archbishop of Brisbane has said.
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Why we need a National Mindfulness Day for Christians

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 01:48
With an epidemic of mental ill health across all-ages, and especially young people, mindfulness is crucial not just to spiritual well-being, but our mental well-being.
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Australia's same-sex marriage referendum: Sydney clergy blast 'extraordinary use of church money' after diocese's $1m donation to 'no' camp

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 01:37
Sydney's Anglican clergy are in open rebellion against their diocese's decision to donate $1million to the campaign against same-sex marriage.
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Prayer is more popular than Facebook and Twitter for people making hard decisions

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 01:20
More people use prayer than social media such as Facebook and Twitter when making a major or difficult decision, according to new research.
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Pre-Anglican Lusitanian newspaper archive now online

Anglican Communion News Service - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 01:16

The earliest copies of the Jornal Igreja Lusitana, the newspaper of the Evangelical Apostolic Catholic Lusitanian Church, have been made available online.

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Balliol College branded 'chilling example' of censorship after banning Christian Union

Christian Today - Wed, 11/10/2017 - 00:33
Balliol College is facing further criticism after students banned the Christian Union from attending its freshers fair for new pupils.
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Feeding of the thousands, as Church of South India celebrates its platinum jubilee

Anglican Communion News Service - Tue, 10/10/2017 - 23:43

Thousands of Christians took part in a fellowship lunch after a Communion service to mark the 70th anniversary of the Church of South India.

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By banning the Christian Union, Oxford University's Balliol College is too clever by half

Christian Today - Tue, 10/10/2017 - 23:19
A serious university college should of all places be one of free thought, with grownups being allowed to choose, as I did, whether or not to engage with the CU and any other body.
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