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Elections prompt prayer campaign for Christians in India

A ministry working with the persecuted church called on Christians around the world to pray for fellow believers in India as parliamentary elections got underway on Thursday.

Easter in Bangladesh needs government protection

Easter celebrations for the Catholics of Bangladesh had to be conducted under the watchful eye of government security forces to protect worshippers from religious violence.

Tim Jupp on TheBigChurchDayOut and life after Delirious?

Delirious? keyboardist Tim Jupp tells us more about the upcoming BigChurchDayOut festival and what he's got lined up after Britain's best-loved worship band parts ways this year.

Natalie Grant is gold certified

Natalie Grant's Awaken has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

16-year-old songster knows his Identity

At the tender age of 16, Robert Pierre hopes his second album will help his generation find their identity in God.

Call to Christians to reject consumer lifestyle

A network of Christians geared towards living more simply is calling on believers to use the recession as an opportunity to follow a less-consumerist lifestyle.

Man builds chapel for wife whose church is 'too busy'

A retired watch importer has built a 12-seater chapel for his wife after she said that her own church was too overcrowded.

Church working to return refugees of Balkan wars

A bishop in Bosnia-Herzegovina has spoken of a possible breakthrough for Catholic refugees still unable to return home more than a decade after the end of the Balkan wars.

Murphy-O'Connor 'in two minds' about joining Lords

The outgoing Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, says he is “in two minds” about the possibility of joining the House of Lords.

Easter in Orissa marred by fear of violence

Turnout was lower than usual at Easter services in the Indian state of Orissa as believers stayed away from services for fear of more violence from Hindu extremists.

Nazir-Ali calls on Pakistan to reform

Pakistan must reform if it is to win the war against terrorism, says the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali.

Most US Christians don't believe Satan, Holy Spirit really exist

The majority of American Christians do not believe that Satan is a real being or that the Holy Spirit is a living entity, the latest Barna survey has found.

Another legal battle underway in US Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the properties and funds of breakaway churches in the Diocese of Fort Worth.

A policeman's lot is a happy one

Robin Oake takes a humorous look at his years as a policeman and the occasions he was saved - literally - by his pocket Bible.

Memorial service marks 20 years since Hillsborough disaster

Liverpool, Sheffield and Nottingham fell silent for two minutes at 3.06pm to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster today.

Egypt: Church provides first conversion certificate

For the first time ever, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church issued a certificate of conversion to a believer from a Muslim background last week.