The Scottish Bible Society has launched a new digital campaign to encourage global engagement with the bible every day. Bible 2020 is a smart phone app that offers a daily bible reading plan to users,...
A cathedral chancellor has denied an allegation of indecently assaulting a student at a party. Rev Dr Paul Overend, 53, who was appointed canon chancellor at Lincoln Cathedral in 2017, is accused...
The daughter of a man who was shot dead in an attack on a Texas church on Sunday has said she forgives her father's killer. Tiffany Wallace told NBC News affiliate KXAS her father Anton Wallace wa...
Pope Francis has apologised for hitting the hand of a well-wisher who grabbed him and yanked him towards her. In his new year wishes to the public in St Peter's Square, Francis confessed to losing...
Lois Evans, the wife of renowned preacher Dr Tony Evans, has died at the age of 70. She was battling a rare form of cancer and was surrounded by her husband and children as she passed away. ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for the UK to "start healing divisions" in his New Year's message. Most Rev Justin Welby says he has been inspired by the example of "he...
The BBC has been accused of becoming a secular church. Conservative peer Charles Moore made the comment as a guest editor on Radio 4's Today programme, saying the national broadcaster has a libera...
The church member who killed a gunman who opened fire during a Sunday morning service in Texas has given details of the incident. Jack Wilson, head of security at West Freeway Church of Christ in...
A Christian persecution watchdog has named Nigeria as a key country of concern for 2020 following the purported beheading of ten Christians on Boxing Day. A splinter group of Boko Haram produced a vid...
Church of England staff are being given "unconscious bias training" (UBT) in a bid to see an equal gender split across its leadership by 2030. Bishop of London Sarah Mullally, hopes the chan...
Pope Francis has encouraged families to take some time away from their digital devices over meal times in favour of face to face conversations, citing Jesus, Mary and Joseph as prime examples. Speakin...
A prominent Chinese pastor who operated outside the Communist Party-recognised Protestant organisation has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The People's Intermediate Court in the south-west...
Two churchgoers have been fatally shot after a gunman opened fire in a church Texas church. The gunman was later killed by a parishioner. It happened at West Freeway Church of Christ i...
Bethel worship leader Kalley Heiligenthal has posted short tribute on Instagram to her two-year-old daughter Olive who died unexpectedly two weeks ago. She wrote on Saturday: “Olive, we miss you...
The British Museum will host the first-ever major UK exhibition on the life and death of Thomas Becket as part of a year-long programme marking the 850th anniversary of his murder, it has been announc...
The lawyer for the family of a pastor who drowned with his children in a Spanish resort's swimming pool has said they may open a parallel investigation if the cause of death is not clear.&nbs...
Pastor Wang Yi, the detained leader of Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan province in China, has been secretly tried. According to Christian religious freedom charity China Aid, Pastor Wang was sec...
Several church leaders have been included in the New Year Honours list. Pastor Mike Pilavachi, who founded the Soul Survivor movement, has been made MBE for his services to young people. In a post on ...
The wife of a pastor who drowned alongside his two children while holidaying in the Costa del Sol said all three could swim, and has claimed there was something "wrong" with the pool they di...
A leading Church of England vicar may face a criminal inquiry after alleged abuse victims claimed they endured naked ice baths, beatings and massages. Rev Jonathan Fletcher, 77, was already banne...
