All Premier Christianity articles in March 2015
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Archive news
Adoption and faith go head-to-head in the courts
Christian magistrate Richard Page, who has sat as a Justice of the Peace in Kent for 15 years, has been told that he must undergo ‘equality training’ before returning to work after he blocked the adoption of a child by a same-sex couple. His religious beliefs about family life were deemed discriminatory.
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Archive news
Church attendance dominated by middle class
Around 62% of people who regularly attend church are middle class compared with 38% of working-class attendees, according to a new YouGov survey.
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Archive contentBingeflix
The way we consume TV is changing: we can now watch what we want, whenever we want. And binge view as much as we like. Martin Saunders unravels the pros and cons of streamed TV.
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Archive newsTim Hughes to lead Birmingham church
Worship leader Tim Hughes has announced he is to leave Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in London to lead a church in central Birmingham, the city he grew up in.
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Archive news‘I lied,’ says boy who claimed to have gone to heaven
Abest-selling book about a Christian boy who claimed to have gone to heaven and returned has been pulled from the shelves.
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Magazine Features
It's official...I can't rap
I recently caused a few laughs during a lunch break with my magazine colleagues when I attempted a rap: ‘Living and driven, given a vision/ Fulfilling the commission with spiritual intuition/People you need to listen’. I was told to leave it to the experts.
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Archive newsNew wave of persecution follows Charlie Hebdo killings
Are the lives of 12 Parisians more important than the lives of thousands in Africa? And where should we draw the line when it comes to freedom of speech?
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Archive contentHealing the scars of child marriage
Around 25% of women across the world were married before the age of 18. Joe Ware explores how the illegal practice in Ethiopia has deeply affected the country’s women, and how they are fighting back.
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Archive newsChurches urged to say ‘I do’ to Fairtrade gold
Churches have been asked to encourage couples who are planning to marry to buy Fairtrade wedding rings. The Fairtrade Foundation’s ‘I Do’ campaign aims to raise money and improve conditions for those who mine for gold.
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Archive contentRuth Padilla DeBorst
Theologians are sometimes perceived as dry, dusty eggheads, but that image couldn’t be more wrong where Ruth Padilla DeBorst is concerned. A leading Latin American voice in a movement that aims to make theology more relevant to everyday life, Padilla DeBorst has worked in mission extensively and lives in an intentional community.
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Archive news
Home Office gives YWAM fresh hope
The Home Office has reinstated international Christian volunteer organisation Youth With A Mission England’s (YWAM’s) licence to sponsor visa applications after it imposed sanctions following ‘clerical issues’.
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Archive contentFrom atheist reporter to Christian activist
American journalist Sara Miles was an atheist when she found herself wandering into a church and taking Communion. Since then, she has founded a ministry known as The Food Pantry, which she describes as an extension of the Eucharist.
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Archive contentHow beautiful are the beats
Most rap music comes with a ‘parental advisory’ warning on the album cover. But Guvna B, one of a number of rising UK artists, says a new generation is injecting hope into the hip-hop scene.
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Archive contentThe Godpreneurs
‘The disciple stands as an envoy or a receiver by which the kingdom of God is conveyed into every quarter of human affairs.’
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Regular Columnists
Age before beauty
School taught me how many wives Henry VIII had, helped me glean information about Australia’s mining industry and even taught me the French word for ‘station’, but nobody told me anything about the one thing you never believe will happen when you’re young but happens to every human on the planet.
