Former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll announced the purchase of an historic church building in Arizona for his new church, The Trinity Church, despite facing a racketeering lawsuit.
State authorities in China forced a Guangdong house church to move out after landlady succumbed to pressure and prematurely terminated the church's contract.
The predominantly Christian town of Al Qaa in Lebanon directed its fury toward the town's displaced Syrians after suicide bombers blasted themselves, leaving five people killed and dozens wounded, in a series of suicide attacks in late June.
Minority Rights Group said that Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein may have been terrible, but the post-Saddam era is no way better especially with Iraqi minorities facing serious extinction.
The recently released Iraq Inquiry revived controversies on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and just how much his Catholic faith influenced his move to back the war.
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.