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Jo Brand's heading to church this Christmas - are you?

Jo Brand is looking forward to the nativity scenes and reliving the experience of her childhood at a church service this Christmas.

Church of England invests £1m in deprived areas

Grants totalling £1m have been distributed nationwide to help churches rejuvenate deprived areas.

Archbishop to launch independence celebrations in Jamaica

The Archbishop of York is heading to Jamaica in January to kick off a year of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from Britain.

24-7 and Alpha team up to fill churches with prayer

24-7 Prayer and Alpha are joining forces to equip thousands of churches for a year of prayer in 2012.

Church Army looks forward to new future as a mission community

Church Army says the transition to a mission community marks the start of a "new era" for the organisation

Pastor arrested after conversion of Muslims in India

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has called for the immediate release of a pastor in India accused of bribing Muslims to convert to Christianity.

Scholars ponder the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Although the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered around the 1950s, the authors are only now being discovered.

1,000 churches help people beat debt

A thousand churches across the UK are helping people steer clear of debt with a simple money management course

Bishop condemns military violence against protesters in Egypt

A senior Catholic bishop in Egypt has condemned the military crackdown on protests that have left at least 30 people dead.

Prayer works - if we just make the time to do it!

Prayer's not a duty or obligation, says missiologist Martin Voegelin, it's what keeps our faith living and fresh!

Church of England says ‘no’ to Bill of Rights

The Church of England has delivered a “clear no” to proposals for a UK Bill of Rights.

Iranian Christian couple tell of ordeal at hands of authorities

An Iranian Christian couple were attacked soon after their release from prison, according to the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN) news agency.

Text the Gospel this Christmas

“Text will be the only way some people will learn about the nativity story this Christmas," says Premier chief executive

Would the world be a better place without religion?

British philosopher and professor A C Grayling recently teamed up with filmmaker and great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, Matthew Chapman, to argue against religion.

Michael W Smith puts his own spin on instrumental music

Glory is an instrumental album that puts a modern and fresh spin on traditional classical music.

Egypt's Christians unite in prayer for peace

Christians across the Middle East and Arab world united in prayer for Egypt earlier in the month.