A Central Asian pastor refused to back down from spreading the Gospel despite receiving constant death threats from Islamic extremists. Through his determination, his church started to grow.
Many Afghan and Iranian converts to Christianity have seen their application for asylum rejected by Germany's Ministry for Immigration and Refugees (BAMF) following "kangaroo court"-style hearings, according to a Berlin pastor.
A report from a Christian research firm affiliated with the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts has indicated that over 900,000 Christians have been killed in the last 10 years.
As Iraqi forces continue to liberate lands from the Islamic State, many Christians who have returned to their villages have found their churches destroyed by the terrorist group. Some Muslims are reaching out to the persecuted Christians as they try to rebuild their communities.
Prosecutors in Egypt have dropped the case against a Muslim mob who allegedly attacked a 70-year-old Christian woman and paraded her naked through the streets.
The head of the Scottish Episcopal Church has said that he is "deeply distressed" by the offense caused by the reading of the Quran during a service at St. Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow.
The diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands has announced on Thursday that it will be pressing charges against an adult film company for shooting a pornographic scene inside one of its churches.
A Pakistani Senate committee will be debating on how to prevent the country's blasphemy laws from being misused in settling personal grudges or for other ulterior motives.
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.
Soaring food costs are jeopardizing the health and futures of millions of children worldwide, with families in vulnerable communities increasingly unable to afford nutritious meals, according to a new report from the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision. The report found that approximately 35.5 million children experienced acute malnutrition worldwide in 2025, including nearly 10 million who suffered from severe acute malnutrition.
ChatGPT receives approximately 70 million religion-related requests every week, with questions about Islam accounting for the largest share, followed by Christianity, according to a recent analysis released by OpenAI, the developer of the artificial intelligence chatbot.