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Dundee-based chaplain provides lifeline to people struggling with addiction and poor mental health

Tailored care and guidance is helping people to turn away from addiction towards functioning lives in the Scottish city of Dundee.

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From OnlyFans to Jesus

Many Christians celebrated when two Onlyfans girls turned from porn to Christ recently, but why have they been met with a barrage of criticism online? …

Churches open as shelters in flood-hit Brazil

Local churches across southern Brazil have opened their doors to provide shelter and aid to residents in areas of the country that have been devastated by catastrophic floods that have claimed the lives of at least 136 people and left around 537,000 displaced. …

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• A Christian view of suicide and assisted suicide

  

  Because assisted suicide must thus be regarded as a breach of the sixth commandment, Christians are under an obligation to refuse to engage in it themselves, and to refuse to help other people to perform it, in the same way that they would refuse to engage in other acts of unjustified killing. …

• Lib Dems accused of deselecting candidate for Christian faith

  

  The Liberal Democrat party has been reported to the equalities watchdog over accusations that Christian members are being treated unfairly. …

• What happened in the ten days between Ascension and Pentecost?

  

  Between Ascension and Pentecost, the surviving eleven apostles replaced Judas and appointed the 13th apostle. This is the story ... …

• Learning from hymnody

  

  Newton's words, and the classical Christian theology underlying them thus provide us with a great promise. However, they also provide a great challenge to us and to other people known to us. The challenge is whether we really are members of the city of God. …

• Gospel for Asia founder KP Yohannan dies of cardiac arrest after being struck by car

  

  K.P. Yohannan, the founder and director of Gospel for Asia and the metropolitan of the Believers Eastern Church, has died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 74. …

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• Bear Grylls played a special role in Russell Brand's baptism

  

  Assisting Russell Brand's baptism was a "privilege", survival TV star Bear Grylls has said. …

• 'Cancelled' Welsh hymns on mental illness and addiction resurrected by singer

  

  In a cultural revival that delves into the heart of Welsh heritage, folk singer Lleuwen Steffan has unearthed a trove of hymns that were once shunned by all-male committees, reportedly due to their candid exploration of issues such as mental health and addiction. …

• BBC affirms importance of religious broadcasting in the digital age

  

  After commemorating 100 years of religious broadcasting, the BBC has reaffirmed its commitment to continue faith programming on both television and radio, emphasising the enduring relevance of religious content in today's media landscape. …

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali feels 'regret' for mocking Christianity

  

  Richard Dawkins meanwhile said he considers himself "Team Christianity". …

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• Persecution watchdog warns of growing hostility to Christians in US: 'Frogs in the kettle'

  

  The president of a nonprofit Christian persecution watchdog that monitors hostility to faith and freedom abroad warned that too few Christians in America and the West seem aware of how such trends are manifesting at home. …

• Catholic bishops in England, Wales issue pastoral statement against transgender interventions

  

  Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales released guidance last week urging against medical and social transitioning for trans-identified children. …

• Only 6% of self-professed Christians hold biblical worldview amid increasing syncretism in the US - survey

  

  Only 6% of Christians have a biblical worldview as many Americans embrace syncretism, according to a new survey. …

• Anglican primates meet in Rome

  

  This week some of the primates of the Anglican Communion met together in Rome at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. …

• Sudan is a 'forgotten conflict with no winners', say Churches

  

  The Church of England and Catholic Church have issued a joint statement lamenting the ongoing conflict in Sudan and calling for action from the international community to restore peace. …