Ukrainian Orthodox Church refuses to leave historic Kyiv monastery
Clergy from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) are defying an order from the Ukrainian government to leave a historic monastery in Kyiv.
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Brian Houston was charged with DUI before Hillsong resignation
Hillsong founder Brian Houston has admitted to being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in the US shortly before his resignation as head of the Australian-based denomination.
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Terrorists kill 27 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Israel won't criminalize sharing the Gospel amid pushback to new bill, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his government will not pass a bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism, a proposal that drew concern from American Evangelicals.
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Nigeria: Militants wielding axes, machetes kill 27 Christians ahead of gubernatorial election
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Christian mother in Sudan chained, tortured for her faith
For leaving Islam to accept Christ, a young mother in Sudan was chained in her home, subjected to electrical shocks at a psychiactric hospital and has lost her children, a local source said.
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Following in the footsteps of my trailblazing medical missionary grandmother
Little did Dr Alice Muriel Griffiths know that she would inspire her descendants to combine medicine and faith as she headed off to India as a missionary to treat patients with leprosy in the 1920s.
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American missionary pilot, 2 others released from Mozambique prison
An American missionary pilot and two other men who were jailed in Mozambique for more than four months on suspicion of supporting insurgents in the war-torn nation have been released from prison.
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Vienna police warn of 'Islamist-motivated attack' on churches, houses of worship
Police in Vienna are warning the public of a threat of an Islamist attack on churches and other places of worship.
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Hillsong launches independent financial review after claims of fraud and lavish spending
"If we have been doing things in an excessive manner or that are out of alignment with our mission those things will stop," Hillsong said in response to the claims.
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Missionary pilot jailed in Mozambique 'finding comfort' in story of Joseph, wife says
After more than four months in prison, a Christian missionary pilot is finding comfort where so many others have — in the pages of Scripture.
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Ukraine orders Orthodox church with Russian ties to vacate historic Kyiv monastery
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has called on other religious leaders, including Pope Francis, to urge Ukraine not to close down a monastery historically tied to Russia.
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The case for Christian civil disobedience
Professor Gabriël A Moens argues that there are sometimes grounds for breaking the law.
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