(The Christian Institute) — The BBC has received 1,238 complaints over a controversial Songs of Praise episode featuring a same-sex wedding. The episode was billed as a celebration of faith and marriage, but showed clips of the wedding between Jamie Wallace and Ian McDowall at Rutherglen United Reformed Church near Glasgow. Viewers strongly objected to […]

(The Christian Institute) — Welsh councillors have defended their freedom to conduct prayers before meetings in the face of opposition from those labelling it “discriminatory.” Councillor Paul Penlington called on Denbighshire Council to conduct prayers away from the council chamber, and has received the support of the National Secular Society. But the Council has said […]

(The Christian Institute) — Medics at a London hospital have carried out an in-womb blood transfusion on a child who was just 20-weeks old. A doctor used an ultrasound sensor to guide the needle into the umbilical cord, which was approximately 2 to 3mm wide at the time. Edward, also called Teddy, received further transfusions […]

(The Christian Institute) — A man forced to live in an Australian drug-taking cult until he was rescued at 15 says Jesus Christ healed the damage he suffered. Ben Shenton was handed over to cult leader Anne Hamilton-Bryce at just 18 months old. In the years that followed, he and other children were abused and […]

(The Christian Institute) — Twin boys born a week before the abortion limit have just celebrated their first birthday. Born at 22 weeks and 6 days, the pair were the youngest surviving premature twin boys in Britain. Now Ruben and Jenson Powell are thriving. Mum Jennie and Dad Rich were on holiday in Cornwall when Jennie […]

(The Christian Institute) — BBC’s “Songs of Praise” has alienated its viewers after it featured a same-sex “wedding” in this week’s program. Jamie Wallace and Ian McDowell married at Rutherglen United Reformed Church near Glasgow – one of the few denominations to have accepted the redefinition of marriage. While presenter Kate Bottley described the URC […]

(The Christian Institute) — Nearly a quarter of babies are aborted in England and Wales, shocking new statistics reveal. Excluding stillbirths and miscarriages, 23.8 percent of pregnancies were cut short by abortions in 2018. While there were 657,076 live births last year, 205,295 unborn babies were killed – meaning that for every three babies born, […]

(The Christian Institute) — A teenager says puberty blockers were sold as a “miracle cure for being trans”, but instead felt like poison which did not solve her problems. Speaking to The Times, the anonymous child explained how she began taking the blockers aged twelve because she was unhappy as a girl. But now, at […]

 (The Christian Institute) — A mother is suing the NHS for over £200,000 for failing to diagnose her son with Down syndrome. Edyta Mordel from Reading told the High Court she would have aborted the child if she knew he had the condition. Mordel is suing for the costs of caring for her son, […]

(The Christian Institute) — A new report into religious restrictions around the world confirms that Christians are being harassed in dozens of countries worldwide. US think-tank Pew Research Center corroborated similar reports on persecution, finding that Christians face challenges and threats for their beliefs in 143 nations. The suffering covered by “harassment” ranged from verbal […]