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Can we trust the Gospel of John?
Can we trust the Gospel of John?

John's Gospel has quite a different flavour to the other three, and some try to argue that it isn't reliable.

United Methodist pastor keeps job after defying Church rules over same-sex wedding
United Methodist pastor keeps job after defying Church rules over same-sex wedding

Rev Val Rosenquist, of the United Methodist Church, will neither lose her job nor face trial after performing a same-sex wedding earlier this year.

Nabeel Qureshi is praying for a miracle: \'I will take refuge in my God\'
Nabeel Qureshi is praying for a miracle: 'I will take refuge in my God'

Nabeel Qureshi, the popular Christian evangelist who revealed eight days ago he has stage-four stomach cancer, is praying for a miracle so he can continue with God's work in the world.

Hajj 2016: 10 things you should know about the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
Hajj 2016: 10 things you should know about the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

On Friday, Hajj begins in Mecca. Each year, more than 3vmillion Muslims visit the desert valley in western Saudi Arabia for what has become one of the world's largest religious pilgrimages.

Cuban churches condemn US threat to Christian humanitarian group
Cuban churches condemn US threat to Christian humanitarian group

Pastors for Peace has defied Washington's sanctions by travelling to Cuba to deliver aid from the US since 1992.

Church growth: World\'s largest churches are getting bigger
Church growth: World's largest churches are getting bigger

America's 100 largest churches start at an average weekend attendance of 9,000. The largest 200 begin with an average attendance of 6,000. Six out of ten of the largest churches are still growing.

Western civilisation as we know it would not exist without Jesus, says Evangelical Alliance
Western civilisation as we know it would not exist without Jesus, says Evangelical Alliance

Christian speaker Karl Faase, from Australia, writes about the new Jesus the Game Changer series, to be released soon.

Church of England moves \'from dinosaurs to DNA\' to show how science and faith go together
Church of England moves 'from dinosaurs to DNA' to show how science and faith go together

The Church of England is attempting to move from dinosaurs to DNA with the launch of a series of new projects designed to bring faith and science closer together.

Diet, defiance and devotion: How Daniel teaches us about living in a hostile world
Diet, defiance and devotion: How Daniel teaches us about living in a hostile world

Far away from home, he was put through an intense process of enculturation sponsored by the Babylonian government.

Church of England synod members call for \'greater clarity\' around status of LGBT people
Church of England synod members call for 'greater clarity' around status of LGBT people

More than 120 lay and clergy members of the governing body of the Church of Engand are appealing to bishops to recognise that lesbian and gay people are essential to the health and future of the Church.

Iraq: US pastor spends $4,000 buying weapons for Christian militia
Iraq: US pastor spends $4,000 buying weapons for Christian militia

A US Pastor has invested approximately $4,000 of his own funds in weapons for a Christian militia engaging ISIS forces in Iraq.

Can a postcode change a life? Yes, if you live in a São Paulo favela
Can a postcode change a life? Yes, if you live in a São Paulo favela

Many of São Paulo's two million favela dwellers don't have an address, let alone a postcode.

Give Christians in Iraq a say in their future after Islamic State, urges Church leader
Give Christians in Iraq a say in their future after Islamic State, urges Church leader

Christians in Iraq should be given independent rule or allowed to join a region of their choice in a post-war settlement, the leader of the country's largest Church has suggested.

Christians in America making resettled Syrian refugees feel at home
Christians in America making resettled Syrian refugees feel at home

Some conservative politicians with ties to Christian religious groups have been very vocal about keeping Syrian refugees out of the United States, fearing that some of them might reveal themselves someday as terrorists.

Mel Gibson\'s Resurrection film will be more than a Passion sequel
Mel Gibson's Resurrection film will be more than a Passion sequel

A sequel to Mel Gibson's 2004 blockbuster movie The Passion of the Christ will feature Christ's Resurrection and will be a huge undertaking, the actor says.

Hundreds of thousands sexually trafficked every year in Africa - Archbishop of Jos
Hundreds of thousands sexually trafficked every year in Africa - Archbishop of Jos

Hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year in Nigeria, and the majority of them sexually exploited, a senior church cleric has warned.