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In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ...

Release International’s 2022 Persecution Trends has highlighted the growing violence and discrimination against Christians in Nigeria, the Sahel, Afghanistan, India and North Korea. In India religious nationalism is on the rise. Attacks against Christians are increasing, and more states are imposing anti-conversion laws – Karnataka is the latest. In Afghanistan Christians are afraid of being...

A recent study at the University of Cambridge has estimated that about one in ten cases of heart disease could be prevented, if people watched less TV. It seems that more than four hours of screen-based sedentary activity a day can lead to coronary heart disease, which is one of the UK’s leading causes of...

One hundred years ago, on 28th July 1922, Jacques Piccard, the Swiss oceanographer and engineer, was born in Belgium. He is best known for developing deep-sea submarines, and for becoming one of the first two people to reach the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on earth. He came from a family known for daring achievements....

Three clergy from UK Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage backgrounds have recently been elected to serve on the House of Bishops. It is part of a drive towards making the leadership of the Church of England more representative. The Revd Canon Arun Arora, co-chair of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce, the Revd Canon Dr Chigor Chike, Chair of...

Do you tend to avoid conflict?  When you feel stressed, do you crave sleep?  Then the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus would be good patron saints for you.  But – you may find it hard to copy their successful method of avoiding trouble! Legend has it that The Seven Sleepers were third century Christians who lived...

 The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the endowment fund of the Church of England, recently published its financial results for 2021 in its Annual Report. The continued strong investment returns have enabled the Church Commissioners to increase its funding of the Church’s mission and ministry in the 2023-2025 triennium to an all-time high. The...

Do you understand the mysteries of God? Who is He? What is He up to? If Jesus’s disciples who were with Him daily for years had trouble understanding Him, what expectation is there that you and I will? We get glimpses of Him – through new life, through nature, in creativity, music and dance and so...

The Church of England is planning a significant increase in funding for the next three years. It will go towards supporting parishes and growing new worshipping communities across the country. Ministries to young people and disadvantaged communities will be especially targeted. The Church Commissioners for England intend to distribute £1.2 billion between 2023 and 2025. That is...

Christians in Eritrea have just marked 20 years of state persecution. The East African dictatorship shut down most of its churches in May 2002, outlawing every religion except Sunni Islam, Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholicism and the Lutheran Church. Today, 20 years later, the persecution continues. “Eritrea is like a giant prison,” says Release partner Dr...

If you led a wild life before your conversion, then Olaf is the saint for you. Indeed, anything you have done could hardly match him, for he was a brigand and pirate who roamed the Baltic and Normandy around 1015 AD, maiming and killing, stealing and destroying, feared by all. Then on one particular raid...

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