Christian armed groups in Iraq are hoping for support from the United States after the U.S. House of Representatives called for assistance to be given directly to the Middle Eastern country's local forces.
A man from the Canterbury region in New Zealand said that he hit his children's bottoms with a bamboo cane when they misbehaved because it's what his Christian faith taught him to do.
The pastor of a Chinese church was badly injured when a group of people suddenly attacked the church facility.
Three Christians in Guangdong were arrested by local police on May 30 for having religious materials in their possession.
The United Nations has declared that the Islamic State has been targeting Yazidis in Iraq and Syria as an act of genocide against the ethnic religious community.
Members of the Islamic State terror group reportedly decapitated a 4-year-old girl in Raqqa, Syria, when the mother refused to follow through with her threat to her daugher. They then forced the mother to soak her hands into the girl's blood.
Three Christians in the Middle East who have been missing since Tuesday are said to have been abducted by Muslim extremists.
A Muslim girl in Indonesia who lived in a Christian home for several weeks under a student exchange program learned about tolerance, but it was likewise a learning experience for the host family.
Under round-the-clock surveillance, human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng outsmarted Chinese authorities when his memoir of detailed abuses made it out of China.
Two of Lebanon's Christian ministers have quit their posts in protest because their political party deems that the government is failing to address the problems of the country.
Prince William has just become the first British royal to grace the cover of a gay magazine, as he speaks out against bullying especially of the homophobic kind.
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.