The world's three main Christian leaders issued an unprecedented joint appeal to members of their Churches to "listen to the cry of the earth" and back action to stem the effects of clim...
The Archbishop of York, Right Rev Stephen Cottrell has appointed Rev Dr Jenny Wright as his chaplain. Rev Dr Jenny is currently serving as associate priest at Christ Church, Morningside in the S...
A Pakistani Christian woman who converted to Islam to get married has been viciously attacked by her husband. Police found the woman, Sajida, fighting for her life and gasping for bre...
The largest uniformed Christian youth organisation in the country, Boys Brigade UK, has elected a new president. Rev Dez Johnston is an ordained Baptist minister and director of Alpha Scotland. ...
The Church in Wales, part of the Anglican Communion, has decided to offer services of blessing to same sex couples. The Church in Wales' Governing Body, its legislature of three groups which...
Pope Francis has moved to allay Jewish concerns over comments he made about their books of sacred law, following a demand for clarification from Israel's top rabbis, Vatican and Jewish community s...
Tributes have been pouring on for a well-respected Scottish vicar who died while "doing the Lord's work" at his church. Emergency services were called to Peterhead Methodist C...
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was praying that many countries take Afghan refugees and, in an apparent reference to the Taliban's past restrictions on schooling for women, said it is es...
The Diocese of Southwark is launching a series of new lay ministries in September to work alongside the clergy in leading, enabling and serving parishes and communities. The new ministries are: Lay Ch...
Walkers from a range of faith backgrounds are undertaking a 'pilgrimage' from London to Glasgow in a bid to raise awareness of climate change. Some of the walkers departed from Parliament Squa...
Each headstone, grave and memorial at the Church of England's cemeteries are to be mapped. Researchers will use backpacks containing cameras and the latest GPS technology to scan burial sites in w...
Communication has been lost with a Christian woman detained by Egyptian police as she was leaving a Cairo church at the end of August. The young woman is a Christian convert from Islam, which she had ...
Several thousand protesters used tyres, rocks and vehicles to block roads leading to the city of Cetinje in southwest Montenegro on Saturday in a bid to stop the Serbian Orthodox Church holding an ent...
A vicar from West Yorkshire who sexually abused a three-year-old girl has been jailed for over nine years. Leeds Crown Court heard how Gordon Newton who worked in Batley, abused the child on a number ...
Christian parents in Kabul have said the birth of their daughter on the evening Kabul fell to the Taliban was a sign "God had not given up on their country." A local source reported the hope...
A group of Christians have been beaten as they gathered for Sunday worship in Polmi village in India's Chhattisgarh state. The attack was reported by CSW who said approximately 60 Christians...
A farmer has cut out the word "Hope" in a field brimming with hundreds of thousands of sunflowers. Claire Pollock of Ardross Farm in Fife undertook the ambitious project on her land, the siz...
The founder of the YouVersion Bible App has told Premier the rapid development of technology and translation work means 95 percent of the global population could have access to a full Bible by 2033. Y...
Rt Rev Jonathan Goodall, the Anglican Bishop of Ebbsfleet is stepping down from his role to seek "full communion with the Roman Catholic Church". Bishop Jonathan has served in the role for e...
Christian author defends 'outing' survivor of John Smyth abuse ** Andrew Graystone, the author of a new book outlining the abuse of John Smyth, has defended his decision to name a victim who h...
