Baptists celebrate 400th anniversary in London
Celebrations are taking place in London this week to mark 400 years since the founding of the first Baptist church in Britain..
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New Zealand 'Jesus heals cancer' billboard banned, accused of false advertising
A controversial church billboard in the town of Napier, New Zealand reading \'\'Jesus Heals Cancer\'\' has been replaced by a new message after advertising authorities ordered the original be taken down amid complaints that it made false promises.
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Forbidding praying in tongues is a sin, says American megachurch Pastor
A Durham, N.C., megachurch pastor recently asserted that he would not forbid people from speaking in tongues and to do so is a sin.
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John Stott's church appeals for help to tag sermons so they can be easier to find
The church of John Stott has appealed for help from supporters to make its archive of sermons and talks easier for people to find.
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Evangelist Will Graham to address supporters and friends at Sydney breakfast
Will Graham, grandson of evangelist, Billy Graham, will address supporters and friends at a breakfast to be held at the Wesley Mission Conference Centre, Sydney on Monday, May 14.
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Evangelical leaders to Terry Jones who burned Qurans on Saturday: "Christians don't burn Qurans"
Evangelical leaders strongly condemned the burning of Qurans by Florida Pastor Terry Jones on Saturday in protest of Iran\'s continued imprisonment of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani.
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Orthodox Anglicans committed to unity
The conference, held at St Mark's, Battersea Rise, brought together 200 leaders of the FCA to discuss the future of the movement.
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Sentumu defends religious education
The Archbishop of York has addressed 50 headteachers from schools and academies across northern England on the importance of religious education.
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Evangelicals are becoming more convinced of global warming, says Christian professor
A professor at an evangelical university in Southern California claims that evangelicals are becoming more convinced of the evidence for man-made global warming ahead of Earth Day.
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Gender should not be 'irrelevant' to marriage
An open letter from Anglican clergy in support of gay marriage has been criticised by an orthodox group within the Church of England.
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Pastor calls for Christians to restore the symbol of rainbow to Biblical origin
A Washington pastor fed up with the \"hijacking\" of the symbol of God\'s covenant of peace created after what the Bible calls the great flood, wants to rouse Christians from their apathetic slumber and \"take back the rainbow\" from those using the symbol to push against biblical standards, especially the institution of marriage.
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Global and Africa church body calls for ceasefire and exercise of restraint in Sudan
In a joint statement issued on 18 April, \"the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) express grave concern over the escalating armed conflict between Sudan and South Sudan and call upon both parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any further deterioration of the situation.