Christians churches in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country with a long history of Christian persecutions became targets of violence as army coup threatened Turkey on Friday, July 15.
A photo of the abducted Indian priest Tom Uzhunnalil surfaced on social media Tuesday, July 19 that showed signs of abuse and belied authorities' claim of his safety.
America's wicked ways and recent gun shooting tragedies that targeted and killed police officers could lead towards anarchy, said evangelist Franklin Graham, who prayed for Republican leaders and Divine intervention.
Former Congressman Frank Wolf urged the U.S. government to look back on the Nigerian Christians, who felt abandoned and forgotten by the West, including Churches in the West.
Global speaker Dr. Nabeel Qureshi confessed he asked God to just kill him soon after leaving Islam for Christianity.
Pakistani Muslims abducted and forced a teenage Christian girl to marry the man she worked for as house servant and then shot dead her father who tried to rescue her.
Archbishop Justin Welby and Home Secretary Amber Rudd launched Tuesday, July 19 a new scheme that enables British communities to sponsor Syrian refugees.
Hispanic Catholics solidly support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton while Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slightly tops divided white Catholics, according to the latest from Pew Research.
Islamists in Egypt attacked the family of Coptic Christian priests with knives and batons Sunday, July 17 that left one dead and three injured.
Kazakh police exercised their power under the country's restrictive law on religious freedom and imposed fines on three Christians meeting for worship.
Conservative group American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) laid out five concrete steps that the United States could take to defeat the terrorism of radical Islam.
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.