Jenna Lyle

Christian Today Reporter

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  • Orissa Christians: Attacks Will Glorify God, Bring More to Christ

    Christians in the Indian state of Orissa are refusing to abandon their faith despite weeks of killings, beatings and attacks on their homes and churches.

  • U.K. Churches Challenged to Read Bible Cover-to-Cover

    CWR, the ministry of Selwyn Hughes, is inviting hundreds of churches across the United Kingdom to rise to the challenge of reading the whole Bible cover-to-cover throughout 2009.

  • Anglican Head Calls Christians to Express Horror at Orissa Violence

    Anglican Head Calls Christians to Express Horror at Orissa Violence

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has added his voice to calls for an immediate end to the violence being waged against Christians in India\'s Orissa state.

  • YMCAs Remember Slain Guatemalan Volunteers

    YMCAs around the world are remembering three young volunteers who were shot dead while working for the Guatemalan branch in August.

  • Thousands of Christians Flee from Violence in India

    Thousands of Christians Flee from Violence in India

    At least 12 people are believed to have been killed and thousands forced to flee from their homes amid a campaign of violence being waged against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa.

  • Church Puts Vows at Heart of New Marriage Prep

    The Church of England is undertaking a major overhaul of the marriage preparation it offers to engaged couples in a bid to better reflect their number one priority on the big day – the vows.

  • Anglican Priest Cracks Charles Wesley Code

    An Anglican priest has finally cracked the code Methodist co-founder Charles Wesley used when writing about sensitive matters in his diary some 250 years ago. The transcribed pages reveal the extent of Charles\' anger with his brother, fellow Methodist founder John Wesley.

  • Chinese Officials Seize Bibles from US Missionaries

    Officials at Kunming International Airport in China seized suitcases full of Bibles being carried into the country by four American Christians on Sunday. The officials told them that the Bibles were \"illegal religious literature.\"

  • Group Calls for 31-Day Prayer to Protect China's Believers During Olympics

    With the start of the Olympics just a day away, an international persecution watchdog group is inviting Christians throughout the world to join in a monthlong strategic prayer campaign to protect the unregistered church in China as it faces the prospect of even greater persecution during the Games.

  • Report: Women of Faith Could Help Curb Extremism, Religious Conflict

    Women of faith have the potential to curb religious extremism and reduce the role of religion in conflict, says a new report from Catholic aid agency Progressio. "They have great potential to enhance the contribution of religion to peace, and to mitigate its role in violent conflict," the report states.