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New album coming soon from JJ Heller
New album coming soon from JJ Heller

Popular folk artist JJ Heller will be releasing a new album next March.

Women bishops would be \'liberating\' for Church - AofC
Women bishops would be 'liberating' for Church - AofC

The Archbishop of Canterbury has appealed for legislation on women bishops to finally be passed so that the Church of England can move on.

\'It\'s time to finish the job\' on women bishops, says Welby
'It's time to finish the job' on women bishops, says Welby

The next Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the parliamentary body of the Church of England to support legislation allowing women bishops.

CofE called to give \'emphatic yes\' to women bishops
CofE called to give 'emphatic yes' to women bishops

The Church of England will today vote on legislation to allow women into the episcopate.

Write God a thank you
Write God a thank you

A new social media platform has been launched to give Christians a place to express their thanks for all the good things God is doing in their lives.

Christian financial advisers support more social investment

Christian financial advisers are supporting proposals to stimulate social investment in the UK.

Archbishop wants smacking ban

The Archbishop of Wales will today warn that smacking demeans and devalues children.

Greens uphold dismissal of Christian councillor over gay marriage stance

A Christian councillor is consulting lawyers after being stripped of her Green Party membership over her views on gay marriage.

Mounting humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo
Mounting humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo

Fresh fighting is bringing more hardship to the Democratic Republic of Congo's 2.2 million internally displaced people, World Vision has warned.

Church of England meeting to decide on women bishops
Church of England meeting to decide on women bishops

A meeting of the Church of England's parliamentary body has got underway in London to decide on whether to allow women into the episcopate.

Students called to activism

The Student Christian Movement hopes its next conference will inspire a new generation of Christian students to work for justice and peace.

Christians pray for the BBC
Christians pray for the BBC

Christians working in the media industry got together at the end of last week to pray for the BBC.

Call to protect right of conversion

A United Nations independent expert recently highlighted threats to a key religious human right: conversion.

Are you wasting time watching TV?
Are you wasting time watching TV?

Adults in Britain are losing an average of nine years of their life watching television.

Anger over gay friendly nurseries

Parents in Scotland are outraged that they were asked to complete a survey in order to make their children's nursery classes' gay-friendly.

Iraq\'s Christians feel \'frightened and forgotten\'
Iraq's Christians feel 'frightened and forgotten'

Christians have started fleeing Iraq in large numbers again, warns Canon Andrew White.