Former Saddleback Church pastor Erik Rees together with his wife and two other children continue to give out JoyJars to cancer-stricken kids in remembrance of the efforts started by the pastor's 12-year-old daughter, Jessie, who died of the same disease.
Famous evangelist Billy Graham encouraged believers to tithe not only to help supply the needs of the church but also to glorify God by expressing thanks through giving.
A Christian Chinese woman has written a letter recounting the persecution she and her family suffered from the injustices of Chinese officials who demolished their home.
A church in Maatkas in Algeria was ordered to close down on April 24 after an official notice charged it of breaching a 2006 law.
Pakistani Christian villagers in a Muslim community are being forced to leave or convert to Islam and are unable to buy and sell food after a Christian accused of blasphemy fled the village.
Senior leaders of the Yazidi community have met with the Church of England leaders who have agreed to help them gain official recognition as a religion. The aim is to get more protection and support from the international community for the Yazidis as a persecuted religious group.
Two months after the massacre in Yemen that left 20 people dead, the only surviving nun still feels the trauma of what happened.
The Rev. Jamal Bryant has broken his silence on the recent controversies surrounding him.
Young new artist Hollyn claims Christian hip hop recording artist and music producer TobyMac is her mentor and has changed her life in the process.
More than a hundred clergy members and candidates from the United Methodist Church have officially come out as lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI).
Pope Francis stated that the Vatican should study the possibility of having women serving as deacons in the Catholic Church.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) will convene its 2028 General Conference at two locations simultaneously for the first time in the denomination’s history, bringing together delegates in the United States and Africa for its highest legislative assembly. The UMC Commission on the General Conference announced Tuesday that Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harare, Zimbabwe, will jointly host the gathering.
Christian persecution has worsened in more than half of 18 countries surveyed by a Catholic watchdog, raising concerns about the future of Christian communities in the Middle East. The Middle East has emerged as an area of particular concern, where prolonged instability threatens Christianity’s presence in its historic birthplace.
Multisite churches are expanding rapidly across the United States, attracting nearly one in 10 Protestant churchgoers, but their growth is increasingly outpacing the development of qualified leaders, according to a new national study. The report identified more than 1,800 multisite churches operating over 6,000 campuses nationwide, highlighting the growing influence of congregations that maintain multiple worship locations under a unified organizational structure.
New York Times bestselling author and BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey has drawn mixed reactions from Christians after questioning whether believers should embrace Halloween festivities and consume horror-themed entertainment. During the Oct. 19 episode of her “Relatable” podcast, Stuckey addressed the different ways Christians approach Halloween, acknowledging that the subject involves personal convictions and differing interpretations of Christian freedom.
A federal appeals court has handed a legal victory to churches, synagogues and other religious organizations challenging the Trump administration’s decision to permit immigration enforcement operations at places of worship. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision rejecting the religious groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.