Alan Wilson, the Church of England's Bishop of Buckingham, was criticized for having compared the poem "After Orlando: Gay Love" by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to the writings of St. Paul.
The Orthodox Christian church is holding its first Holy and Great Council for the first time since 787 AD despite the delegations from Antioch, Russia, Georgia, and Bulgaria not participating.
The scrap of ancient papyrus that suggest Jesus had a wife can now be put to rest. "In this case, it looks like this 'ancient' papyrus is worth little more than that settled dust," Darrell Bock, a professor of New Testament Studies at the Dallas Theological Seminary has said.
Pope Francis, during a question and answer session at the Diocese of Rome's pastoral congress on Thursday, answered a layman's question on the "crisis of marriage" and how the youth can be educated on love and sacramental marriage and be guided to overcome "their resistance, delusions and fears."
Lawmakers in California are pushing forward with the bill that promotes equality in universities and colleges in the state, which would limit the scope in which faith-based academic institutions can use their exemption from the Equity in Higher Education Act.
Donald Trump will be having a closed-door meeting with 900 evangelical and social conservative leaders on Tuesday, June 21, in New York. It will be a time when questions on different issues such as religious freedom, sanctity of life, and the Supreme Court will be discussed.
Host Bill Maher of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" program has asserted that the mass shooting in Orlando was brought about by guns and religion.
The LGBT pride flag raised in Hillsborough County in Tampa, Florida could offend Christian employees, a county commissioner said, and he asked if it should be taken down.
A Dallas pastor gave his insight into what has been observed as President Barack Obama's leanings toward Islam.
Many Pakistani Christians still follow the tradition of arranged marriage. Now in order to give a person more insight into the individual their parents are matching them with, the British Pakistani Christian Association has launched a Christian dating website called Shaadi 4 Christians.
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.
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.