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UMC becomes pro-life after 46 years
10 Jun 2016
According to PrivateHealthcareReports.com, the United Methodist Church (UMC) has voted 425-268 to reverse their pro-choice stance and to withdraw from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, which is a lobby group that advocates for abortion rights.…
Thirty bishops in mission
10 Jun 2016
The Diocese of Blackburn, Lancashire, is preparing to welcome the Archbishop of York, Rt Revd John Sentamu, for his next big mission date, when he and nearly thirty Bishops from across the north of England will…
Ban on legal highs starts
10 Jun 2016
A law banning ‘legal highs’ came into force on Thursday 26 May, with the Government saying it wants to do everything it can to eradicate this abhorrent trade. Legal highs, also called new psychoactive substances, mimic…
Assembly in Belfast
10 Jun 2016
This week (ending today) the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has been holding its General Assembly, its governing and decision-making body. 1,000 people from 545 congregations have been involved in three and a half days of worship,…
Ban on Christian Union 'ludicrous'
10 Jun 2016
Prime Minister David Cameron has said it is ‘ludicrous’ that a college Christian Union could be stopped from meeting under the Government's counter-extremism strategy. Responding to Christian Conservative MP Fiona Bruce during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr…
Attacks planned on Euro 2016
10 Jun 2016
On 4 June Ukraine’s security service said that a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 football championship. The unnamed…