The Church of England has published a response to a damning review of its redress scheme for victims of sexual abuse in the church. A review by the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) for the Church...
International Protestant denomination Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) has voted to revise its statement of faith for the first time in nearly six decades. In a momentous decision last week, ...
A UN committee has called for religion be banned as a criterion for school admissions in England. In a new report, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has urged schools to end religious ...
Causeway Coast Vineyard and Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland have released a statement following allegations of "historic" "spiritual abuse” committed by a pastor at Vineyard Anaheim. It’s alleged...
Renowned pastor and author Rick Warren has accused the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) of being hypocritical in its condemnation of female pastors, after he claims its former president came to faith...
The move comes after a parent complained that the King James Bible contains material unsuitable for children and violates a 2022 state law that makes it easier to remove "pornographic or indecent" con...
A new study suggests four megachurches in the US have a monopoly on the highest-rating worship songs, amongst criticisms that many of the top tunes sound very similar. Researchers collated the most po...
The Los Angeles Dodgers - a Major League baseball team in the United States - has come under fire from Christians there, after re-accepting a partnership with a group of drag queens that mock nuns. ...
A black female pastor in the US has made headlines after removing her wig mid-sermon, prompting others to do the same. Sarah Jakes Roberts was in the middle of preaching a sermon about remaining focus...
Christians are being encouraged to defend free speech and “speak out” on cultural issues, after feminist author Kathleen Stock faced opposition from trans activists for addressing the Oxford Unio...
Bishop Michael Curry, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US, is receiving medical monitoring after experiencing internal bleeding and irregular heartbeats. The Episcopal Church said B...
Two dioceses in the state of California have declared bankruptcy following an influx of claims filed against the Catholic church for alleged childhood sexual abuse. Over 3,000 cases have been filed af...
The Vatican urged bishops and high-profile lay Catholic leaders on Monday to tone down their comments on social media, saying some were causing division and stoking polemics that harmed the entire Chu...
Churches from across California gathered on the beach to witness a mass baptism of over 4,000 people on Pentecost Sunday. Advertised as the ‘biggest water baptism event in history’, Baptize SoCal ...
People in the US are flocking to see the ‘Miracle in Missouri’ after word spread of a recently exhumed remains of a nun which showed little sign of decomposition. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster found...
Wippell & Co, that supplies clothing to clergy around the world, is set to close by the end of the year after losing thousands of pounds during the Coronavirus pandemic. The Exeter-based company make...
A leading rabbi has praised the production of a new Christian-Jewish glossary, for its efforts to improve inter-faith relationships between the Church of Scotland and the Jewish community. The 85-...
Some 2,000 Illinois children were sexually abused by Roman Catholic clergy between the 1950s and 2010s, the state attorney general said in a report released on Tuesday that also detailed how abuse was...
A proposed Bill to make it compulsory to display the Ten Commandments in every public school (known as a state school in the UK) classroom in Texas has failed to pass through the state's House of ...
The family of a Christian missionary and doctor, who was held hostage for more than seven years by Islamic extremists, has given thanks to God as he is finally released. Australian surgeon Kenneth Ell...
