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Willow Creek Leadership Summit: improve yourself, then your church

This year's Leadership Summit at Willow Creek Community Church has drawn over 6,000 people to the Chicago-area megachurch and over 50,000 others around the world who have been watching the live broadcast of one of the world's most premier leadership training events.

Bishop: Church of Ireland can never accept gay relationships

One of the foremost evangelical bishops in the Church of Ireland, Bishop Harold Miller, says that the Church can never support homosexual relationships, even if science later proves them to be "natural".

Church must lead way in addressing gender injustice, says Tearfund

Gender inequalities which fuel women's vulnerability to HIV must be addressed by the church, said Tearfund as the 17th International AIDS conference in Mexico draws to a close today.

Church of England publishes prayer to mark opening of Olympics

The Church of England has published a new prayer to mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday.

Church in Asia faces major challenges to evangelism, says leader

Taking the Gospel to the unreached is the greatest challenge facing the church in Asia, the Rev Godfrey Yogarajah told delegates at the recent General Assembly of the Evangelical Fellowship of Asia.

Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter remembered in new children's home

The adoption support charity founded by renowned worship leader Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife has named its new special needs children's home in China after the singer's late daughter, Maria Sue.

CSW wants UN to intervene in Burma crisis

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling for "urgent, specific and meaningful action" from the UN to address Burma's ongoing political and humanitarian crisis.

Attorney labels assault accusations against Joel Osteen's wife 'extortion'

The attorney defending the wife of renowned evangelist Joel Osteen said in court on Thursday that claims she assaulted a flight attendant are simply an attempt to make money.

An Undivided Heart

Lord, put in me a new spirit. Remove my heart of stone and give to me a heart of flesh that trusts in you alone. Oh, That I may fear your name each day right from the start. Oh, Lord, please give to me an undivided heart.

Who do you think you are?

An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers... and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah... So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the de

Operation Mobilisation changes lives in Europe

Operation Mobilisation is winning hearts for Christ across Europe this summer, with two fruitful mission projects in Germany and Italy.

Thousands of new radios let India's believers hear Gospel message

International Gospel radio network Trans World Radio has doubled the goal it set earlier this year to distribute 2,000 radios to support believers in India.

SAT-7 explores how Christian athletes survive victory and defeat

New documentary on SAT-7 for a Middle Eastern audience explores how Christian athletes survive victory and defeat.

Christian protesters removed from Tiananmen Square

Officials remove Christian protesters from Beijing's Tiananmen Square as China cracks down on dissenting voices just days ahead of Olympics.

Olympic athletes: faith more important than gold medals

It takes years of sweat, pain and determination to qualify for the Olympics, but some of the world's top athletes heading to Beijing want the world to know there is something more important than winning gold medals, and that is a relationship with God.

Williams compares gay relationships to marriage

The spotlight is back on Rowan Williams today after letters emerged in which he says gay relationships could "reflect the love of God" in a way comparable to marriage, according to media reports today.