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Church of England partners with Prudential to bolster security of pension scheme
The Church of England spends £100 million to ensure the pensions of its workers are in the black.
Positive meeting between Pope and ecumenical leader
An important meeting between the Pope and the Secretary General of the World Council of Churches has gone ahead very well, by all accounts.
North Korea orders death of 33 people connected to missionary
Government claims they were building a network of underground churches
Should Christians be nice in dealing with nasty atheists?
While Christians are trying to be 'nice', atheists freely mock them and their faith
Chris O'Dowd: Being religious will soon be like being racist
A time is going to come when professing a religion or religious view is going to garner the same reaction as being racist, believes actor Chris O'Dowd.
World leaders must not overlook gender inequality in fight against poverty
Christian Aid is calling on the world to do a better job of fighting gender inequality in order to fight poverty better.
Government plans for abortion put women's health in jeopardy
A new survey from ComRes reveals public concern for women's health as the Government plans to end doctors' consultations for women considering an abortion.
Government to allow free vote on assisted suicide
The government recently announced plans to allow a free vote on the assisted suicide bill currently going through early readings in the House of Lords.
Why bother with the Bible?
This is just one of the questions the Methodist Church is seeking to answer for young people with a new short video series
Leading secularist not tempted to join the atheist church
The Secular Society's Terry Sanderson finds the whole idea of an atheist church irksome
Kidnapped Syrian nuns released
Thirteen nuns abducted by Syrian opposition forces returned home early this morning
Geoff Tunnicliffe to step down as head of WEA after 10 years
Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe will not be seeking a third term as Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, the organisation has confirmed
Feminism in a male-dominated Church
Women in church are expected to make the teas and coffees, and run the crèche, but they could do so much more, believes Christian feminist Natalie Collins
Reframing the Message when life is not going our way
Even in the midst of the most humdrum 'mini crises', believing in God makes all the difference
Freeing the supernatural in our churches
Claire Musters looks at two books on successful prayer ministry, Sustainable Power and Our Hands, His Healing
Philip Yancey: 'The problem of pain is not one we can solve'
The theologian and author has his own questions about pain and suffering but he also believes resolutely that faith in a hurting world requires a great deal of trust in God's compassion and power