The UK is one of the least religious countries in the world, ranking six places from last on an international league table, ahead of Sweden and China.
The WIN/Gallup poll questioned the religious beliefs of 63,898 people from 65 countries across the globe, with 30% of Brits saying they were religious, 53% had no faith, while 13% said they were a convinced atheist and the remainder did not know how to define themselves.
The research discovered that the most religious regions are Africa and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) where 86% and 82% respectively of the people consider themselves to be religious.
Meanwhile the most religious of the countries surveyed is Thailand with 94% saying that they are religious and just 2% describing themselves as either not religious or convinced atheists. Continue reading
Please continue to pray for these young girls for their safe return.
Ceremonies are to be staged around the world to mark one year since more than 200 girls were abducted by Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
A procession is being held in the capital, Abuja, with 219 girls taking part to represent each missing girl. Continue reading
The abduction of the girls in Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria sparked global outrage, with nations such as the US and China promising to help find them.
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Philippians 2:5-11 NKJV)