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Rev Lisa Coupland is a contestant on the hit BBC present The Traitors.(Picture: BBC) A Cornish lizard priest swapped her cassock for a sly one as she joined the solid of the hit BBC present Traitors. Rev Lisa Coupland, 62, is about to seem within the third season of the nail-biting sport present, which assessments contestants' expertise to identify fraud and compete for a prize financial institution of as much as £120,000. Her day job as an Anglican priest could seem at odds with the themes of betrayal and manipulation, however her ardour for foolish tales makes her a becoming…

(Picture: Getty/iStock) The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada has expressed concern over suggestions submitted to the Canadian authorities that decision for the removing of charitable standing from spiritual and anti-abortion charities. The potential unfavorable impression not solely on the spiritual sector, but additionally on the many individuals they serve, can be large, the group warns. The main points are buried in tons of of suggestions made in a Finance Committee report tabled within the Home of Commons on December 13, 2024, as a part of the session course of forward of the following federal finances. Advice 429 requires the federal government…

Dubbed “the definitive quantity of prayer details about the world,” Operation World (OW) celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2024. The World Version of the Prayer Information, revealed each few years, has grow to be a well known supply of data for Christians on methods to pray. for the nations. What could also be much less well-known, nevertheless, is that the primary version in 1964 by Patrick Johnstone, a missionary for WEC Worldwide, was solely 32 pages lengthy and included hand-drawn maps. In response to a latest OW information replace (December 16), it was printed in apartheid South Africa utilizing…

(Picture: Getty/iStock) (CP) Christians have been considerably affected by large-scale displacement in 2024, and in some nations have been focused or killed by opponents and Islamic terrorist teams, in keeping with a wide-ranging report by a spiritual freedom watchdog. United States-based Worldwide Christian Concern launched its “International Persecution Index 2025” on Thursday, highlighting “essentially the most egregious violators of spiritual freedom in 2024” and “cataloging nations, terrorist organizations and authorities leaders whose actions systematically goal on Christians”. International developments rising or intensifying in 2024 included mass displacement in conflict-ridden areas resembling Sudan and Myanmar, in addition to nations within the…

(Photograph: Getty/iStock) This yr, 1000’s extra Christians will comply with the instance of the American church, which has fasted from smartphones and located that relationships with one another and with God have improved. Social media and smartphone habit have been blamed for a lot of of society's ills, which have steadily worsened over the previous 15 years. Attainable dangerous results embody: psychological well being issues in adolescents, particularly women; political division and polarization; inciting riots; racism and anti-Semitism; isolation and loneliness – and there are numerous extra. A frontrunner in questioning and opposing the widespread use of smartphones has been…

(Photograph: Getty/iStock) Too usually, within the euphoria of singing collectively, we don't actually assume a lot in regards to the phrases. That is regrettable. It’s also unlucky that we infrequently take into consideration the lives of hymn writers and why they wrote what they did. my new e-book Joyful noisehe chooses 24 – there might have been many extra – who I discovered attention-grabbing and who lived in an attention-grabbing time – in lots of circumstances a time of disaster, which is mirrored in what and the way they wrote. For a lot of issues that we expect have all…

The Archbishop of Canterbury leaves workplace on 6 January 2025.(Picture: Lambeth Palace) Media protection of the row over the Youngsters's Society's refusal to simply accept Justin Welby's Christmas reward missed an important truth: the Archbishop of Canterbury is the charity's president. Letter to Church Instances January 3 Dr. Andrew Purkis OBE, trustee and former chairman of ActionAid and former board member of the Charity Fee, factors to this and the truth that the complete title of the charity is the Church of England Youngsters's Society. The charity's announcement on 20 December that it had refused to simply accept a Christmas…

As a profitable enterprise proprietor, I’ve deep needs and wishes within the space of ​​cash and wealth. So once I get on social media and see influencers flaunting their “stuff” and listen to enterprise gurus discuss in regards to the “three-step secret to earning profits on YouTube,” I'm naturally drawn to all of it as a result of it aligns with my internal needs and wishes.However once I took a break from social media and changed it with extra Bible research, the Lord made it clear to me that I wanted to be taught extra in regards to the idea…

(Photograph: Getty/iStock) Hope Rising 365 is a brand new year-round devotional e-book for ladies and younger girls that provides recommendation and inspiration for day-after-day. Writer Meg Cannon, a spoken phrase artist and presenter, enlists girls's voices within the subject of youth and scholar ministries to share her experiences and knowledge, in addition to contribute her personal. Christian Right this moment spoke with Meg to search out out extra concerning the inspiration behind the e-book and what being rooted in hope appears like. Why did you determine on the title Hope Rising 365? Each week I work in excessive faculties with…

🎉 Comfortable New 12 months!!!🎉 I can't wait to start out the e book of Jeremiah with you! In case you are new right here – welcome! Right here at Good Morning Women, we’re a neighborhood of like-minded ladies – right here to encourage you as you examine God's Phrase. We are going to maintain you accountable and encourage you on tiring days to see it by. ✅ Beneath you'll discover all of the sources it is advisable to get began. Then look ahead to extra weekly sources right here on the weblog each Monday and Friday from Monday 13…