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A Christian marriage specialist has told Premier he is not surprised that the number of people getting married in 2013 fell well below that of 2012.  Harry Benson from the Marriage Foundation wa...

An extensive new poll has revealed four in five Christians asked support assisted dying for the terminally ill. A survey of 5,000 people found 82% backed peer Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill whic...

A village in North Somerset has undertaken 800 individual acts of kindness to celebrate its local church. The village of Congresbury has exceeded its challenge of more than 800 good deeds to celebrat...

A wartime ledger has revealed that around 800 Church of Scotland buildings were damaged in the Second World War. The finding comes as an expert said the Kirk was "in the front line" during bombing ra...

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has received 82 complaints from Coronation Street viewers over a scene in which vicar Billy Mayhew took heroin in a church. The scene saw vicar Billy Mayhew, played by Dan...

The vast majority of churchgoing young people hold onto the traditional Christian value that sex should be saved for marriage. Despite general attitudes suggesting teenagers are becoming mo...

A church has planned to build a more than million pound structure in one of the country's most deprived areas. The Church of the Good Shepherd in Poole wants to raise £1.5 million to replace its cur...

A Christian childcare expert says parents need prayer after new research found 85% of parents have felt guilty at some point because they don't play with their The research from Wacky Warehouse foun...

An 85-year-old priest from Norwich has joined up to half-a-million young Catholics in Panama to celebrate World Youth Day (WYD). Fr Michael Johnston was among young people from the Diocese of East An...

An 85-year-old man has spent more than 20 years of his retirement and sold his antique business to restore a church thought to be more than 1,000 years old Bob Davey was told about St Mary's in ...

According to new research, nine out of ten RE teachers experience delight or surprise from students' reactions at least once a week. A study by the Religious Education Council of England & Wales ...

The vast majority of retail staff at large stores across the UK are opposed to longer opening hours.  New research by the shop workers' trade union Usdaw shows 91% would be against the Governmen...

A 90-year-old Christian woman from Norfolk has shaved her head to raise money for Christian Aid's Refugee Crisis Appeal. Marion Courtney from Harleston, Norfolk, is a keen rugby fan and had her head ...

Just three per cent of people aged between 18 and 24 will go to church on Christmas Day, a new poll by Sky Data has revealed. The survey of 1,600 people reveals young adults are disproportionately le...

A Christian charity has revealed that 99 per cent of Christian mission workers live below the recommended living costs and can struggle to cover the essentials. Data from Stewardship - an organisatio...

Christians have been urged to stop drinking alcohol after new research revealed three in five adults drink alcohol to help them cope with day-to-day life. Research by Drinkaware looked at the drinkin...

A Christian charity said the Church should make efforts to partner with schools after new figures claim up to one in four secondaries in England are struggling The report, published by the Religious...

Samaritan's Purse is launching the Raising Families project today. A new project intending to lift 30,000 families around the world out of poverty is being launched today.Christian charity Samaritan'...

As England and Australia went head to head in the cricket World Cup semi-final on Thursday, to fight for a place in the finals, another English cricket team mad A northern inter-diocesan cricket team...

Christian campaign group has urged the Government to step-up its awareness campaigns on the issue in the wake of the findings. Nearly one fifth of children have arranged offline meetings with friends...