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Donald Trump cancels UK visit over 'bad deal' embassy

Christian Today - Fri, 12/01/2018 - 08:46
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.
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Zambia’s churches urge an “ongoing process” to bring peace and justice to Zambia

Anglican Communion News Service - Fri, 12/01/2018 - 06:10

The three church mother-bodies in Zambia have called for an “ongoing process and effort” to bring peace and justice to Zambia.

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Church leaders cancel services in Lusaka in bid to halt cholera outbreak

Anglican Communion News Service - Fri, 12/01/2018 - 05:56

Church leaders in Zambia have announced that services in parts of the capital should be cancelled to help halt the spread of cholera.

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Cross-provincial regional meeting to discuss Latin American migration returnees crisis

Anglican Communion News Service - Fri, 12/01/2018 - 04:27

Bishops from the northern triangle of Central America will a regional cross-provincial meeting to discuss a growing migrant crisis.

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South Sudanese archbishop urges arrest of soldiers accused of rape

Anglican Communion News Service - Fri, 12/01/2018 - 01:14

Archbishop Paul Yugusuk says the government of South Sudan is not serious about apprehending soldiers who rape women and girls.

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Tim Farron and the gay sex question: Is there hope for Christians in politics?

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 16:26
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.
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Senior staff leave as trouble hits Moody Bible Institute

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 16:22
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.
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'Marked increase' in Jews converting to Christianity, says Christian Witness to Israel

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 16:05
One of the world's oldest missionary organisations is celebrating its 175th anniversary this month in Oxford.
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South Sudan: Anglican archbishop attacks military over soldiers accused of rape

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 15:33
An Anglican archbishop in South Sudan is accusing his government of failing to take seriously accusations of rape by soldiers.
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Vatican takes control of scandal-hit conservative Catholic movement

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 15:25
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.
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Can Donald Trump – or anyone else – make a difference for Christians in the Middle East?

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 15:00
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.
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Chinese state destroys Christian megachurch as religious crackdown continues

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 14:14
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.
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Zambia bans church services as it battles deadly cholera epidemic

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 13:09
Zambia has banned church assemblies in parts of its capital city Lusaka, as the nation fights to deter an epidemic of cholera.
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Andy Savage scandal: Highpoint Church leader dropped from conference speaker line-up

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 12:39
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.
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The reason Christians are being persecuted today – and what we can do about it

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 11:50
What drives this hostility to Christians, and what does it look like on the ground?
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Does God still speak in an audible voice? He has to me

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 11:31
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.
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Pope Francis is taking 2,000 poor people to the circus – and animal rights activists object

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 09:28
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.
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Tearfund urges Theresa May to spend overseas aid money in environment clean up

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 09:25
Michael Gove is under pressure to use the government's aid budget to help clean up pollution.
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Devil mask men attack Manchester Catholic priest, steal charity money

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 09:07
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.
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez relationship improves: 'They go to church still'

Christian Today - Thu, 11/01/2018 - 06:02
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.
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