A museum in Virginia Beach is holding an exhibit that features contemporary art, but members of the Arts and Humanities Commission have questioned whether those types of artwork are the ones that should be subsidized using taxpayers' money.
A judge in Colombia has banned prayers at local educational institutions and also at the beginning of city council sessions in Cartagena. Moreover, he prohibited people from engaging in fraternal hugs just about everywhere, something that has sparked fierce opposition, with people calling it a ...
A government agency in Italy has ordered a small town to remove signs that ask visitors to respect their Christian traditions or leave.
Giving the two probable presidential candidates a chance to address it members, the organizers of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference allowed Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to speak to them through recorded video messages.
Several Japanese feudal era sword guards on display at a museum might have been made or belonged to "hidden Christians" at a time when Christianity was banned in Japan.
Students at a school in Oregon have expressed their opposition to the directive released by the Obama administration allowing transgender students to use restrooms according to their gender identity. Transgender supporters have, in response, lodged a counter-protest.
Baptist Housing, a Christian senior care provider in Canada, will not provide physician-assisted death in its facilities, which has disappointed some people who are for allowing terminally ill patients to have the option to end their lives.
Christian legal ministry Alliance Defending Freedom has taken legal action, on behalf of conservative speaker Ben Shapiro and CSU-LA Young Americans for Freedom, against the president of the California State University Los Angeles and some of its professors for allegedly violating their First ...
Target's sales and shares are reportedly going down, although the retail giant maintains that it is not, for the most part, due to the boycott lodged against its transgender-friendly bathroom policy.
The United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority has declared a gambling ad, which mocks the crucifixion, as offensive and banned it from being used.
Three hundred Muslim leaders from 33 countries gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia recently to denouce extremism and to find a way to curb radicalism.
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.