As part of our on-going study ‘Exilio’ we were encouraged to watch the media for stories about Christianity.

The point was to ask what the stories might tell us about the place of Christianity in our culture.

So, of the few examples I came across- here is a selection.

More than 10,000 Christians are living in refugee camps in the eastern Indian state of Orissa after anti-Christian violence in the area, officials say.

A study has been launched to find a new use for the oldest Christian settlement on the River Clyde.

Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow will no longer be used for worship after the Church of Scotland decided to merge three local congregations.

The historic site has a burial ground dating back to the 5th Century and 31 early medieval sculptures.

Possible new uses include a museum, a performance venue and a visitor centre linked to local businesses.

An art gallery is facing a trial at crown court over claims it displayed an indecent statue of Jesus Christ.

A private prosecution is being brought by Christian group member Emily Mapfuwa, 40, of Essex, on the grounds the statue outraged public decency.

The artwork was part of an exhibition at Gateshead’s Baltic Centre featuring several plaster figures with erections.

A mayor’s plan to end her town’s ban on the 1979 Monty Python film Life of Brian are being opposed by the local vicar, who says it pokes fun at Jesus.

Sue Jones-Davies, who played Brian’s girlfriend in the movie, was amazed when she became mayor of Aberystwyth that it was still barred at the cinema.

But Reverend Canon Stuart Bell said Christians he spoke to in Ceredigion were still against it being shown.

The mayor declined to respond, but will still press for the ban to be lifted.

So what can we learn from this little collection of stories, all culled from a simple search of the BBC news pages at one particular time? The plight of the thousands of Indian Christians has made next to no impact. Other stories become ‘human interest’ titbits- included for their oddness, rather than anything of central importance.

Christendom is dead.

Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

The exciting thing is what God will do next…