Having a good understanding of the Bible and being able to explain Jesus' teachings is crucial to building up the church and enabling members to share their faith effectively.
"While climate change may distress me here in the UK, it is a life and death situation for the world's poorest."
It is time to break the appalling connection between faith in God and the 'cult of guns'.
Awareness of FoRB violations must lead to concrete action that makes a difference in the lives of those who are suffering injustices on account of their religion or belief, says CSW's Mervyn Thomas.
Brendan O'Hara, Open Doors supporter and Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), speaks to Christian Today about the government's two-day FoRB ministerial in London this week and how the UK can take meaningful action to stamp out human rights abuses and FoRB violations.
The fear is so strong and they live with it every day, says Tirham, who counsels Nigerian women and girls who have survived the trauma of being kidnapped and raped by Boko Haram.
Is a foetus really no more than a lump of cells?
"Get in line or face the consequences is the mood in way too many places in the world," says ADF International President Michael Farris.
I have been reflecting on what Dame Deborah James' life and death could teach us. Here are a few of my thoughts.
In the battle of competing rights, those with no voice are being hurled against the wall, their lives mercilessly dispatched by two innocuous looking pills, or suctioned into oblivion following dismemberment.
If we want to help women lead the lives they choose, we should start with clear and obvious common ground that is there for the taking.
Politics is not the point. The point is to make abortion unnecessary.
Candidates for baptism in Oxford Diocese may also now be asked whether they will "strive to safeguard the integrity of creation".
