Barbados Housing Minister Chris Gibbs told Parliament the government would compulsorily acquire about 2.21 acres at Ebenezer, St Philip, owned by Ebenezer Methodist Church, to build around 30 homes as part of a drive for 2,000 homes a year.

About 75 Dutch churches close every year, and Arnhem’s former Sint-Jozefkerk is now a padel court, but a survey found two-thirds of Dutch people would rather see closed churches become libraries, cultural centres or homes.

2014 was genuinely a banner year for biblical films at the box office. A decade on, its worth asking what that cluster actually proved, and what it didnt.

Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste of Jérémie told Aid to the Church in Need that gangs have forced the closure of 40 parishes in Port-au-Prince and 25 more elsewhere, while Catholic schools have been burned or turned into gang bases.

Constant Spring Road Church of God marks 70 years at 93B Constant Spring Road, where since 1956 it has added a basic school, a computer training centre and a food pantry to its ministry.

Jennifer Hue’s rooftop solar panels survived Hurricane Melissa’s 180 mph winds intact, and her home became her neighbourhood’s only source of power for days. A real resilience case for solar, not just a cost one.