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Is attending Church really necessary for Christians?

Our experience of church can vary dramatically depending on the denomination, congregation, country and a variety of factors. But what unites the church is that it is the gathering of a body of believers in God's presence.

Random Acts of Kindness Day and the refugee crisis

It seems as if every day is a different international awareness day of some sort. But, Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th February) is surely one that Christians can readily get involved in. Although, there is nothing random about the reasoning behind acting kind when it comes to Christianity.

For first time, Muslim woman leads prayer to Allah at Wisconsin assembly â invited by a Christian lawmaker

Christian lawmaker, Rep. Mandela Barnes (D-Milwaukee) extended an inviation to Janan Najeeb, the president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition and founder of the Islamic Resource Center, to lead the invocation during the lawmakers' session last Thursday.

Russia plans to upgrade its nuclear-tipped ICBMs to protect Earth from approaching asteroids and meteorites

To be able to counter the perceived threat of these approaching space objects, Moscow is planning to convert its intecontinental ballistic missiles used in warfare into weapons for astrological defense.

Inseparable: 2 American centenarians still in love with each other 80 years after their marriage

Eighty years after they got married, the lovers are still disproving their skeptics. In fact, the Goosenberg couple will be recognised this month for having one of the most enduring marriages in the United States.

Another Zika virus complication? WHO reports rise of rare paralysing ailment in Latin America

Scientists are working to determine if there is indeed a connection between the virus and the syndrome, as more and more cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome--where a person's own nervous system is attacked by his or her immune system--are being reported in Latin America.

Climate change makes sea levels fall, not rise, new NASA study shows

Using two satellites, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in cooperation with the University of California at Irvine recently found out that 3.2 trillion tons of water have already seeped through land over the past decade.

North Carolina sheriff's department puts 'In God We Trust' decals â paid for by church â on patrol cars

The sheriff's department in Rutherford County, North Carolina has started sticking "In God We Trust" decals on its 50 patrol cars.

Bill requiring doctors to care for babies who survive abortion rejected in New Mexico

A New Mexico House committee has rejected a bill that would have required abortion doctors to take care of babies who survive the procedure.

Mississippi lawmakers re-file bill to make Holy Bible as official state book

Mississippi lawmakers have refiled a bill to make the Bible the official state book.

Muslim jurist instructs husbands proper way to beat their wives: 'Do not hit the face and do not make her ugly'

It is permitted in Islam for a man to beat his "stubborn" wife during a marital disagreement, a Muslim judge ruled.

Trump threatens to bolt GOP for its alleged bid to sabotage his campaign: 'They lie, lie, lie, and then they apologise'

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump accused his own political party of "ambushing" him during Saturday's presidential debate in South Carolina, and now he's threatening to bolt the GOP and run as an independent.

Scalia's death sparks conspiracy theories: Was he murdered for blocking Obama's programmes?

Was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia murdered? The question was raised point-blank by syndicated talk-radio host Michael Savage and other people who smelt something fishy concerning the circumstances and aftermath of the death of the outspoken leader of the Supreme Court's conservative bloc.

Columba Declaration passed in historic show of unity at Synod