A member of India's Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Department wants sedition charges filed against several Christians for allegedly "waging war against the country." This came after a Hindu couple was caught getting married in a church.
A Christian church in Canada has a minister who does not believe in God, and this has raised the question if it should even be calling itself a church.
A petition with thousands of signatures was presented at the United Nations on Friday, April 29, by advocates who want the intergovernmental organization to declare that genocide is being committed against religious minorities, including Christians.
Authorities in Zhejiang province in China have detained a pastor, his wife and his son last week for reportedly meeting and contacting U.S. Consulate officials.
A Korean American man was sentenced Friday to 10 years of hard labor in North Korea after he was convicted guilty on charges of "unpardonable espionage."
China's campaign to remove "illegal structures" in the country had cost a pastor's wife her life as she tried to stop the demolition of a church. Less than two weeks later, the land in dispute where the incident happened has now been declared as her husband's and the church's, but the pastor is now ...
Various organizations, including Amnesty International and Christian Solidarity Worldwide, are calling on the Vietnamese government to conduct investigations on the case of a human rights advocate who was beaten last month.
A 30-year old Christian woman from Toba Tak Singh district in Pakistan was raped by two Muslim men while her husband was in Peshawar serving in the army.
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.