Christians are being targeted all over the world, and female Christians are reported to be twice at risk -- because of their faith and because they are women.
This year's Passover will take place from sunset on Friday, April 22, until Saturday, April 30. With this, Jews are preparing for the eight-day holiday period.
Austria has seen an increase in the number of Muslims converting to Christianity. However, these new Christians could be at risk of possible retaliation from the Islamic community.
The Islamic State has reportedly destroyed yet another archeological treasure, a seventh-century BC structure that once stood as a gate to the ancient Assyrian city of Ninevah, but details have yet to be known.
The Church Commissioners of England has co-filed a resolution asking Exxon Mobil, a gas and fuel company, to reveal how climate change policies would impact its business.
Thirteen refugee and humanitarian agencies have collaborated to urge the United Kingdom to increase its efforts in protecting those who have fled from their respective countries due to war and conflict. They said that Britain "has fallen short of welcoming its fair share of refugees."
A recent study sponsored by the USCIRF found that school textbooks in Pakistan portray those of other religions as "untrustworthy, religiously inferior, and ideologically scheming and intolerant."
A Christian woman has been subjected to caning in a public square in Aceh, Indonesia for breaking Muslim Sharia law.
In the recently published Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation titled Amoris Laetitia or The Joy of Love, Pope Francis said that fear of overpopulation, economic difficulties, industrialization, sexual revolution, and consumerism are factors that keep couples from having children.
The Katarina Church and the Stockholm Mosque in Sweden are collaborating to provide accommodation for those who are fleeing war and persecution,
The European High Court has ruled in favor of an Iranian Christian convert seeking asylum in Sweden. The court's ruling in the case of F.G. v Sweden was based on the life-threatening situation that the man could and would face should he be deported back to his Islamic country.
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.