Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte said that God threatened to bring down the plane he was on if he did not stop swearing. Thus, he made a promise that he will no longer use cuss words.
The Church of England saw an increase in the attendance on Christmas and festive services in the year 2015 but the number of churchgoers during regular Sunday services continue to decline.
A Chinese pastor who had been crippled in his youth narrated how his atheist family came to believe in Jesus Christ when he was healed from his illness following a week of prayer and fasting.
The European Parliament has voted to pass a resolution that will protect religious minorities including Christians and Yazidis after ISIS is driven out of Iraq.
A Christian woman from Syria recounted her horrifying experience with ISIS when the group executed her 18-year-old son and killed several hundred children when it attacked a town in Damascus two years ago.
A number of states in the U.S. will have an extra hour for sleeping when Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends at 2:00 a.m. this Nov. 6. Once DST ends, clocks will reset an hour earlier to make it 1:00 a.m.
In less than two weeks, citizens of the United States of America will be voting for their desired presidential candidate. Though no one can definitely predict the outcome of the polls, Republican candidate Donald Trump recently sent an email blast to his supporters claiming that he will garner ...
There have been some improvements in the treatment of Christians in Cuba since the constitutional reform in 1992, but church leaders still experience discrimination and harassment from the government.
The original surface of what is traditionally known to be the tomb of Jesus Christ in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been exposed for the first time in centuries.
Many people have already fled Mosul after more than a week of fighting to recapture the city from ISIS. Aid groups in the nearby regions are expecting more refugees as the battle drags on.
The Vatican issued guidelines that prohibit the scattering of the ashes of cremated Catholics. The newly released instructions also said that the ashes should not be divided or kept at home but at a sacred place approved by the 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.