Americans born between 1999 and 2015, also known as Generation Z, are the least religious generation in the country's history, with many of them increasingly identifying as agnostic, atheist or not religiously unaffiliated.
A Christian couple from Minnesota is asking the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate their lawsuit challenging a state law that forces them to film same-sex wedding despite their religious objections.
A Wisconsin-based atheist group is suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), led by Ben Carson, for allegedly refusing to release records relating to a White House Bible study.
A federal judge has ordered the University of Iowa (UI) to temporarily reinstate a Christian group that was expelled last year for refusing to appoint an openly gay student to a leadership position.
Pro-life advocates have accused the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of using illegal immigrant minors as "political pawns" in an attempt to make the United States a "sanctuary nation for abortion."
Two leading atheist groups have lodged a complaint with the Department of Defense to demand an end to prayers presented at military graduation ceremonies and other activities.
Lawmakers at the Iowa Statehouse have introduced a bill that would allow schools to offer an elective course on the Bible.
The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era policy that prevented state governments from withholding Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood.
The abused children of David and Louise Turpin have reportedly spent two years plotting their escape from their "house of horror" in Perris, California.
The Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of California pro-life pregnancy centers that are challenging a state law that requires them to provide information on government abortion programs.
Popular televangelist Kenneth Copeland has recently acquired a Gulfstream V private jet that he says would help with his ministry and he is seeking to raise $19.5 million to upgrade and maintain the plane.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.