The United States warned its citizens this week of possible summer terrorist attacks in Europe, saying targets could include the European football championship in France, although a State Department official said there was no specific threat information.
The Church of England is facing a shortage of clery as more priests are retiring and lesser priests are being ordained.
Trinity Western University, a private liberal arts university in Langley, is back in court, this time at the British Columbia Court of Appeal. The issue being heard is the Law Society of British Columbia banning the accreditation of potential graduates of TWU's proposed law school because of the ...
Residents flee from the Christian villages in Kaduna state of Nigeria fearing threats of another attack by Muslim Fulani herdsmen who assaulted the Christian homes and killed three people on Tuesday, May 31.
A video footage released by the Syrian troops reveals a captured obese militant of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group that highly resembles the notorious terrorist executioner dubbed as "The Bulldozer of Fallujah."
A small group of environmental activists in the United Kingdom continues to show defiance despite having been fined by the court for causing damage to a government building.
The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, otherwise known as Old Bailey, is conducting the sentencing hearing of a sex offender who had admitted to 71 of 91 charges of child sexual abuse filed against him.
A set of bones found in Japan is believed to have belonged to an Italian missionary who came to the country in the 1700s, at a time when Christianity was banned. He had been recognized as someone who helped change how Japan viewed the world.
Maria Sadaqat was the 19-year-old schoolteacher who died on Wednesday, June 1 after she was tortured and set on fire by a group of men in Muree, Pakistan for turning down a marriage proposal.
Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, serving jail time in Iran's Evin prison for her Christian faith, has started her hunger strike in protest of the authorities' refusal to grant her medical treatment.
A crackdown against human rights defenders in Egypt leads to the arrest of a Coptic human rights activist based on fabricated charges, according to human rights groups.
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.