2022-05-23T19:37:00+01:00By Anita Delhass, CEO, International Community of the Holy Sepulchre (ICoHS)
A distruption of the status quo may be required in order to allow real peace to prevail, says Anita Delhass
2022-05-18T09:26:00+01:00By Tim Wyatt
The global megachurch has been engulfed by multiple scandals in recent months. As allegations of cover-ups, affairs and inappropriate behaviour do further damage to Hillsong’s reputation, Tim Wyatt asks whether this pre-eminent Christian brand can weather the storm
2022-05-11T13:02:00+01:00By Jonathan Edwards
While the Russian Orthodox Church’s endorsement of the invasion of Ukraine is abhorrent, keeping communication open has a better chance of changing hearts and minds
2022-05-10T10:51:00+01:00By John Hosier
The spirit of antichrist is present in much of the world, including Russia, says theologian and end times teacher John Hosier. He explains why world events are a challenge to church leaders to once again start preaching about the second coming of Christ
2022-05-06T11:41:00+01:00By Gwyn Williams, Feed The Hungry
Gwyn Williams has just returned from the Ukrainian-Romanian border. There, he saw the despair of people traumatised by loss, and experienced the joy of seeing the Church work together to show Christ’s love.
2022-05-05T11:35:00+01:00By Steve Stockman
It was an honour to be invited into the Pope’s presence, writes Presbyterian minister Steve Stockman
2022-04-26T16:00:00+01:00By Megan Cornwell
When the Soviet Union collapsed and Chechnya descended into war, Paula O’Keefe found herself bringing the gospel to a people scarred by conflict and hungry for God
2022-04-26T11:22:00+01:00By Abi Thomas
The world needs the Church in all its breadth and diversity, says the first-ever Coptic Archbishop of London.
2022-04-22T11:38:00+01:00By Jonathan Clark, Premier Lifeline
One of the most popular hymns of all time, ‘How great thou art’ was inspired by a song that missionary Stuart Hine first heard in the Ukrainian mountains.
2022-04-22T09:20:00+01:00By Jiyun Baek
18 year-old Jiyun Baek became a Christian during lockdown and shortly afterwards set off on a short term mission trip. She explains how stepping out of her comfort zone to serve on board Logos Hope, has helped calm her anxiety
2022-04-20T13:50:00+01:00By Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford
It’s not the job of the Church to solve the issues surrounding immigration, but it is their job to offer moral guidance, says Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani
2022-04-08T12:37:00+01:00By Jenny Shaffer, Operation Mobilisation
Over two million Ukranians have now crossed into neighbouring Poland. Christians there are meeting the practical needs of refugees and holding out hope to those fleeing war
2022-04-07T14:39:00+01:00By Ben Cohen
We are increasingly living in a ‘splinternet’, where citizens in countries like Russia, China and Iran are fed a completely different reality to the one we are presented with. Here’s how Christians can make a difference
2022-03-30T14:35:00+01:00By Tim Farron MP
It isn’t just the war in Ukraine that is threatening our food supply and pushing up prices. God has given us a mandate to steward the earth well and it’s more important than ever that we look after it, says Tim Farron MP
2022-03-29T16:39:00+01:00By Nigel Biggar
Can Christians ever justify war? Yes, says Prof Nigel Biggar. He explains the just war theory, a doctrine of military ethics, and how it applies to Ukraine, while encouraging us all to keep praying for peace
2022-03-29T16:18:00+01:00By Brian Whittaker, Swindon Evangelical Church
Associate pastor Brian Whittaker welcomed 17 Ukrainian refugees to his church on Sunday
2022-03-29T15:33:00+01:00By Justin Brierley
As war rages, Justin Brierley asks Ukrainian Orthodox scholar Father Cyril Hovorun and Catholic journalist Clifford Longley about the religious beliefs motivating Vladimir Putin
2022-03-25T11:24:00+00:00By Symon Hill
Christians are called to follow a saviour who exemplified nonviolent defiance, says Symon Hill
2022-03-25T09:53:00+00:00By Mike Royal, General Secretary, Churches Together England
Our silence on racism at the borders gives the impression that some refugee lives are worth more than others, warns the Churches Together General Secretary
2022-03-25T09:36:00+00:00By Masha Holina
Masha was forced to flee Borodyanka when her city was destroyed by Russian bombing. She shares her story of the war so far
2022-03-24T10:00:00+00:00By Tim Farron MP
Jesus warned us that there would be trouble in this fallen world. But we can rejoice in his promise that he will overcome it
2022-03-22T10:55:00+00:00By Tim Wyatt
Astonishing stories of God at work are being shared on social media. Tim Wyatt explains why Christians are being urged to respond with both praise and caution
2022-03-18T10:55:00+00:00By Sharon Hastings
Christians should be aware of what is taking place in our world so we can pray. But what should we do when our own mental health makes watching the news impossible? Dr Sharon Hastings shares her story of living with schizoaffective disorder
2022-03-17T13:57:00+00:00By Gwyn Williams, Feed The Hungry
As churches come together to bring practical help and pray for Ukraine, it a powerful demonstration of God’s love
2022-03-16T21:39:00+00:00By Jonty Langley
It’s easy to paint Putin as the epitome of all evil and pray to God for victory, says Jonty Langley, but in doing so, are we forgetting our own nation’s past indiscretions and indulging in the sin of hypocrisy?
2022-03-16T15:53:00+00:00By Steve Dew-Jones, News Director at Article 18
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may be a household name, but there are many other prisoners languishing in Iranian jails simply because they follow Jesus. We may not know their names, but we must continue to fight for their freedom
2022-03-14T21:12:00+00:00By Caroline Gregory
A Ukrainian mother, carrying her possessions in three suitcases and trying to manage her children at the same time, will not be stopping at the border to pick up your grandad’s old holey jumper that should have gone to the charity shop 15 years ago.
2022-03-14T10:47:00+00:00By Joseph D'Souza, Archbishop of the Good Shepherd Church of India
It’s not enough to sanction the Russian oligarchs, it’s time to put pressure on Putin’s spiritual oligarch too, says Bishop Joseph D’Souza
2022-03-10T15:51:00+00:00By Dr Calvin Smith, King's Evangelical Divinity School
Some Christians and Jews have viewed recent events as a partial fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy. Evangelical scholar Dr Calvin Smith looks at the biblical evidence
2022-03-09T10:45:00+00:00By Wayne Zschech
Wayne Zschech has been a church leader in Ukraine for nearly 30 years. He’s not intending to leave any time soon
2022-03-08T12:51:00+00:00By Dr Andrey Kordochkin, Russian Orthodox Priest
Dr Andrey Kordochkin introduces the open letter which nearly 300 of his fellow Russian Orthodox Priests have signed
2022-03-07T15:35:00+00:00By Martyn Whittock, Historian
Putin is not a madman. He has his reasons, and some of them are religious, explains Martyn Whittock
2022-03-04T15:25:00+00:00By Peter Lynas, Evangelical Alliance
Putin has gone to war against fundamentally Christian ideals, argues Peter Lynas
2022-03-04T14:54:00+00:00By Rev Mark Woods, Bible Society
You won't hear these stories anywhere else. But for Christians, they are an encouraging reminder that Ukrainians are people of deep conviction, who are well used to keeping the faith in dark times
2022-03-03T15:23:00+00:00By Dr Pete Phillips, Head of Digital Theology
There's a battle for truth being waged, says Pete Phillips.
2022-03-02T12:25:00+00:00By Timothy Sloan, Church leader in Ukraine
Timothy Sloan, an elder in a church in Lutsk, whose Christian community is sheltering from Russian bombs, sends an urgent message
2022-03-02T11:49:00+00:00By Steve Cox, Christians in Media
Misleading social media posts about the Ukranian conflict are proliferating, and Christians are being caught out. Steve Cox explains how you can verify before pressing the 'share' button
2022-03-01T16:43:00+00:00By George Pitcher
Prayer isn’t a shopping-list petition of God, says George Pitcher
2022-02-23T13:12:00+00:00By Tim Farron MP
Whether we believe in just war or take the path of pacifism, all Christians should inform themselves about the deepening crisis in Ukraine, and pray for peace in the region says Tim Farron
2022-02-16T16:50:00+00:00By Matthew Skirton, Operation Mobilisation
Operation Mobilisation (OM) has changed their approach to mission. Their CEO explains why
2022-02-09T10:04:00+00:00By John Scriven, Historian
German prisoners said they saw large forces behind the British lines
2022-01-27T15:44:00+00:00By Elle Hardy, Author of Beyond Belief
The agnostic journalist Elle Hardy has been investigating how Pentecostalism is taking over the world. Here’s what she discovered
2022-01-20T09:15:00+00:00By Ben Cohen, Open Doors
Since the creation of the World Watch List 30 years ago, North Korea has consistently topped the charts as the most dangerous country to be a Christian. But now it’s been overtaken by Afghanistan. And that is having repercussions around the globe, says Ben Cohen
2021-12-21T13:02:00+00:00By David Landrum, Open Doors
Amid growing hostility and proposed changes to the law, police have warned Indian Christians that they cannot protect them against violent attacks
2021-12-16T21:25:00+00:00By Oliver R Moore-Howells
Why would a married couple trade their comfortable careers for a year of wild camping in Europe? Oliver R Moore-Howells explains how following Jesus turned him into an eleutheromaniac
2021-12-16T20:53:00+00:00By Emma Fowle
Agnes Vella explains how a chance encounter with a Maltese priest in an English hospital changed her life forever
2021-11-26T16:05:00+00:00By Dan Morrice, Travel writer
After Jesus’ birth came a dramatic journey through a hostile wilderness. As Dan Morrice follows in Christ’s footsteps he considers how the lessons Jesus learned in the Negev desert shaped the man he became
2021-11-26T12:22:00+00:00By Sam Hailes
The Global Mercy will offer lifesaving surgery to some of the world’s poorest communities and state of the art training for underprivileged doctors. And it’s doing it in the name of Jesus
2021-11-12T16:46:00+00:00By Tim Osmond, Help The Persecuted
The evacuation was nearly thwarted, but God had a plan, reports a Christian charity helping to rescue Christians from the Taliban
2021-10-25T11:05:00+01:00
A record number of Muslims are converting to Christianity across the Middle East. Jamila tells her story of meeting Jesus while paralysed in a Syrian hospital
2021-10-25T10:18:00+01:00By Emma Fowle
When Argaw Ayele fled famine and war in Ethiopia to start a new life in Europe, he never dreamed that God would send him back to rescue children deemed as cursed by their tribes
2021-09-27T11:44:00+01:00By Emma Fowle
Many in the West feel powerless to help. But as Emma Fowle discovers, Christians in the UK are making a difference
2021-08-25T14:03:00+01:00By Professor Nick Megoran
Earlier this year, the British parliament declared that China is committing genocide against the Uyghur people. The list of abuses includes the imprisonment of over a million people in sinister ‘re-education camps.’
2021-08-18T13:04:00+01:00By Becky Murray
Becky Murray has rescued several children from the Taliban through her Christian charity One By One. She fears that children in the region are being abandoned by Western authorities. ”We can’t and won’t do the same,” she says
2021-08-09T13:28:00+01:00By Lois McLatchie
Under current Ugandan Covid-19 restrictions, you can go to the shops or eat in a restaurant but not attend Church. Now, in a country where 89 per cent of people are Christians, that ban is being challenged in the courts
2021-07-29T13:56:00+01:00By Emma Fowle
When Becky Murray visited Pakistan, her heart was broken by the thousands of children forced to work as slaves in the country’s brick kilns. So she set about buying their freedom, one child at a time
2021-07-01T10:49:00+01:00By David Landrum
Christian and Muslims in India are being systematically raped and murdered by Hindu extremists, according to a shocking new report from Open Doors and the London School of Economics
2021-06-30T10:55:00+01:00
Here’s what 8 top Olympians have said about their Christian faith
2021-06-30T09:18:00+01:00By Stuart Weir
Speaking ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, some of the world’s top athletes share how sport has helped them in their Christian faith
2021-06-29T15:21:00+01:00By Chine McDonald
A few years ago, I went on a trip to Israel-Palestine with Christian Aid. I arrived at a mobile clinic where the other journalists and I were surrounded by young Palestinian children who excitedly practised their English on us and asked questions about SpongeBob SquarePants. After spending some time speaking ...
2021-06-29T15:19:00+01:00By Emma Fowle
The first meeting of world leaders in over a year was a disappointment, say charities
2021-06-17T10:55:00+01:00By Ben Cohen
It was the D-Day of Bible smuggling: a million Bibles secretly unloaded onto Chinese shores in one night. Forty years on, some of the key players recount the remarkable and often miraculous operation
2021-06-15T09:20:00+01:00By Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)
There are thousands of people worldwide who have been ‘disappeared’ for their beliefs – or because of the action their faith inspires them to take.
2021-06-09T12:06:00+01:00By Becky Murray
Becky Murray’s sexual assault led her to question God’s calling on her life, until she met a nine-year-old girl who made her reconsider
2021-05-17T10:50:00+01:00By Rev Johnnie Moore
A slow-motion and largely ignored war is taking place in Africa’s most populous nation, and time is running out, says Rev Johnnie Moore
2021-05-11T14:42:00+01:00By Jonathan Downie
UK churches are still largely segregated according to race and language, says interpretation expert Jonathan Downie. Here’s some lessons we all need to learn if we want to change that
2020-12-14T00:00:00+00:00By Simon Ponsonby
Writing ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, Simon Ponsonby exposes the ‘Christian’ roots of the worst massacre in modern history
2020-04-29T00:00:00+01:00By Chris Sinkinson
Intrepid explorer Chris Sinkinson goes on a virtual world tour in search of the most valuable wooden box on earth
2019-09-20T00:00:00+01:00
Bestselling author Paul Hattaway gives us a rare glimpse inside China’s underground Church
2019-07-17T00:00:00+01:00By Krish Kandiah
Did you know that the overwhelming majority of children living in residential care are not orphans? Krish Kandiah uncovers the shocking truth
2018-12-10T00:00:00+00:00
ITV News at Ten presenter Julie Etchingham recently travelled to Lebanon to see CAFOD’s work supporting Syrian refugees. During the trip she kept a diary detailing her experiences
2018-09-20T00:00:00+01:00By Sam Hailes
What began as a single Sydney congregation is now a global church famous for producing some of Christendom’s best-known worship songs. As Hillsong gears up to plant yet more congregations across the UK, we take a peek behind the scenes of this pioneering megachurch
2018-08-23T00:00:00+01:00By Megan Cornwell
Megan Cornwell reports on the Christian case for urgent action on climate change
2018-07-19T00:00:00+01:00By Liz Dodd
Liz Dodd wasn’t expecting a spiritual encounter when she set off from England to cycle around the world. But God had other ideas
2018-06-21T00:00:00+01:00By Megan Cornwell
The leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics is facing increasing hostility within his own Church. Is he a heretic leading the flock astray or a revolutionary reorienting Catholics back to Christ’s vision in the New Testament? Megan Cornwell investigates
2018-03-22T00:00:00+00:00
Thousands of pilgrims will soon gather in Jerusalem to witness the Orthodox Church's biggest miracle. But is it real?
2017-10-26T00:00:00+01:00By Lucinda van der Hart
Searching through refuse tips for thrown away clothes may not sound very fashionable, but Christina Dean isn’t your average designer
2017-08-24T00:00:00+01:00
It's 50 years since thousands of hippies found Christ on the beaches of California and made their way to the UK. Andrew Whitman traces their legacy
2016-05-12T00:00:00+01:00By David Garrison
An unprecedented number of Muslims are becoming Christians. David Garrison, who has spent years researching the phenomenon, shares his findings.
2014-04-11T00:00:00+01:00By Justin Brierley
Jesus promised that signs and wonders would follow those who believe. Justin Brierley reports on how Christ's words are coming true in countries around the world today.
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