The parishioners of the Protestant Church of Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland or EKD) are being discouraged from joining the "March for Life" protest in Berlin. Catholics, evangelicals and other pro-life protesters are scheduled to meet in front of the Reichstag on Sept. 17.
A teenage son of a radical imam confessed that ISIS is planning to kill Christians with a chainsaw at a shopping center in Belgium. The teenager was previously arrested by the police after he was seen in a video praying for the annihilation of Christians while walking down a street.
World Vision has announced that it is terminating contracts of employees and freezing its projects in Gaza amid allegations that funds have been used to aid terror group Hamas.
The Bavarian-based allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel released a paper calling for strict immigration policies that will prioritize Christian migrants over Muslims.
The government of Hungary has set up a new department and prepared an initial budget of three million euros to help persecuted Christians in the Middle East. It will be working under the Hungarian Ministry for Human Capacities, which deals with matters regarding education and the Church.
Secours Catholique will be hosting refugees in a new building in the town of Calais, France. The charity will also distribute clothing, shoes and other necessities to the refugees in the camp.
Displaced Christians from Nineveh Valley are looking towards the Church for leadership because they do not trust politicians to govern the region.
Pastor William Devlin supplied a Christian militia with weapons to aid them in their fight against the IS (Islamic State). The pastor of the Infinity Bible Church in Bronx has spent about $4,000 from his own pockets to supply the group with AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers ...
About 10,360 people have reportedly filed their applications to leave the Church of Denmark in the second quarter of 2016. A campaign by the Danish Atheist Society has been credited for the withdrawals.
Fr. Luciano Feloni, a priest from Argentina, has started a program called "Healing, not killing" to rehabilitate drug users and prevent unnecessary deaths resulting from the Philippine government's war against drugs.
A Christian convert has been sentenced three years in prison for allegedly insulting Islam on social media. Slimane Bouhafs' sentence was lowered by Algeria's appeals court from the original five-year sentence given by a lower court last August.
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.