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UKIP's Christian candidate quits leadership race
Jonathan Arnott has quit the race to be leader of UKIP.

Joshua Wong: Christian activist who took on the Chinese government sentenced in Hong Kong
The teenage Christian leader of Hong Kong's pro-democracy 'Umbrella' movement, which protested against Beijing's grip on the city's electoral system, has said he does not regret his involvement after being handed a community service sentence.

ISIS jihadi brides encourage British women to launch terror attacks
Jihadi brides are being used to encourage UK women to launch terror attacks, experts have warned as the risk of lone-wolf attacks remains high.

Judge not or you will be judged: Marco Rubio warns Christians over treatment of gay people
The conservative Republican Marco Rubio has told an evangelical conference in Florida not to judge the gay community and said that Christians have failed to represent Jesus when they have alienated homosexuals.

Kentucky: Churchgoer stabbed multiple times during Sunday service
A churchgoer was stabbed in a knife attack during a Sunday service in Kentucky yesterday, in what police are calling an "isolated incident between father and son".

Police search for cleric shooter, New York mayor says Muslims are living with bigotry
New York City police are searching for a gunman who killed a Muslim cleric and his associate as they left prayers at a mosque in the borough of Queens on Saturday.

Australia: Church stormed by anti-Islam protestors
A church was stormed by anti-Islam protestors in Australia on Sunday as part of a "racist stunt" against support for Muslims and multiculturalism.

Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian school girls
Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published a video apparently showing recent footage of dozens of school girls kidnapped two years ago, and saying some of them have been killed in air strikes.

Former addict shares how a personal relationship with God freed her from childhood of sexual and spiritual abuse
When things get rough, some people turn to prayer, while some go astray and rely on drugs. Anneshia Freeman was one of those people who lost her way, but eventually found her way back to God.

Christian woman shares how faith healed her from painful feelings of rejection after dad walked out on their family
Rejection, the feeling of being unwanted, is something we don't want to experience, but is usually part of our lives. What is the Christian way of dealing with the feeling of being rejected? A Christian woman with a painful past tells us how.

70% of Americans say their pastors are not preaching about abortion
Priests, ministers and other religious leaders are supposed to teach the Christian faithful about important societal issues, including abortion. Are they, however, speaking about this issue from the pulpit?

Pro-lifers in U.S. plead with mothers not to abort unborn babies afflicted with Zika virus
Advocates of the life of the unborn are strongly opposing moves to allow abortion in areas in the United States, such as Miami in Florida, which have already been affected by the Zika virus.

Moral leadership needed to bridge racial divide in U.S., Catholic bishop says
Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville in Illinois said moral leadership is needed in the United States now more than ever to bridge the gap among races.

Christians asked to pray hard to counter planned Satanic activity in Oklahoma
A local Roman Catholic archbishop has called on Christians in Oklahoma to pray hard to counter a planned black mass and an additional Satanic ritual timed to mock a Marian fest and even desecrate an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Bishop warns of different form of Islamic aggression in Nigeria that persecutes Christians
In Nigeria, Islamic aggression is taking on a different form, and a Roman Catholic bishop has raised concern that this is further persecution for the almost half a million Christians in the African nation.

Everybody suffering in Syria as war destroys nation and families, bishop says
The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppoâthe Syrian city now at the center of firefightsârecently lamented how armed conflict has left residents like him with a "destroyed country and destroyed families."