Abducted missionaries detail how they prayed to God for guidance while planning their escape, after two months in captivity. 17 missionaries including an eight-month old baby, were kidnapped by a gang...
Archaeologists at National Museums Scotland have discovered the first evidence of a previously unknown bishop. The name of Bishop Hyguald was revealed during the cleaning and restoration of a small ro...
Police in India have banned Christians from holding Christmas services as threats of violence from Hindu militants continue to increase. Authorities in the southwest state of Karnataka have clamped do...
Churches in a city of sanctuary are providing asylum seekers, those in hospital and people using food banks with Christmas cards designed by school children. The project run by Vision Wakefield, a col...
Religious weddings could be allowed outdoors for the first time under new laws being planned by the government. It's holding a six week consultation beginning today which will examine whether reli...
The Diocese of Southwark has appointed a new Archdeacon. The Reverend Jonathan Sedgwick, who's been acting as Archdeacon of Southwark since June, is rector of local church St George Martyr with St...
A traumatised wife was forced to carry the decapitated head of her husband, after he was murdered by militants. The woman, from Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, was reportedly told by her h...
A church in Wales has transformed its building into the streets of Bethlehem. As part of their Christmas events, the Llay Community Church of the Nazarene in Wrexham is welcoming everyone in the commu...
The number of Christians in England and Wales has fallen to 51 per cent of the population from the 59 per cent recorded in the 2011 Census. The latest figures from the Office for National Statis...
Faith leaders including the Archbishop of Canterbury have joined forces with the government to support the booster drive in the wake of a surge of Omicron cases. The Most Rev Justin Welby joined...
An Anglican priest has been handed suspended jail terms alongside eight other Insulate Britain members following protests on the M25. Rev Sue Parfitt was given a two-month suspended sentence by Lord J...
An emergency appeal was launched on Wednesday to tackle the hunger crisis in Afghanistan. As Afghanistan feels the effects of long term conflict, political instability, climate change and Covid, its p...
The Archbishop of Wales has released a statement of apology following a review into the retirement of the former Bishop of Monmouth. Rt Rev Richard Pain stepped back from his duties in 2018 after conc...
The US State Department is being urged to reinstate Nigeria as a 'country of particular concern', as more Christians are being killed there than anywhere else on earth. It comes after the US S...
The charity Christians Against Poverty says many of its clients are falling further into debt because of the scrapping of the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift in October. Its survey of 291 peo...
A vicar in Leeds is urging churches to organise welcome events for people arriving in the UK from Hong Kong as part of a government resettlement scheme. Rev Dave Young was speaking after more tha...
Dramatic images have emerged of a church partly destroyed during the US tornados. Mayfield First United Methodist Church (URC) have posted photos of the damage sustained during what Preside...
The Prince of Wales has taken part in a special advent service at London's Holy Trinity Brompton. Charles met with refugees and those who lived in Grenfell Tower during Thursday's visit. He br...
A pastor in Nottingham has said she is "relieved" after the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the case against her for holding an outdoor church service in February. "I am so reli...
TV personality Piers Morgan has hit out at the Catholic Church over its stance on the issue of transgender. The British journalist was responding on Twitter to a Washington Post report which suggested...
