The Obama administration is planning on adding pressure for schools to comply with the Title IX stipulations especially on the issue of transgender student rights in federally-funded schools, report says. This comes in a head on collision with North Carolina's bathroom bill, House Bill 2, which ...
Costa Rican and current United Nations (UN) Climate Change Secretariat, Christiana Figueres, is stepping down from her position in July, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is eyeing former Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa for the said post.
Italian police were successful in uncovering and preventing planned terrorist attacks on the Vatican and Israeli embassy in Rome, leading to the arrest of four Morrocan individuals who are suspected to be Islamic extremists.
Franciscan priest in Aleppo Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh has been working in northern Syria for two years now and has witnessed the worsening state of the country's war. He says the conditions in Aleppo has just gone from bad to worst, describing the cemetery-like eerie silence of the streets where almost ...
Lebanese-American former Miss USA Rima Fakih born from a Shia Muslim family has been posting biblical quotes on her social media accounts in late March which sparked speculation that the beauty queen may have converted to Christianity.
Chick-fil-A has announced that it is opening another branch at Queens Center Mall this fall after a series of branches were put up in Manhattan. The announcement prompted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to urge New Yorkers to boycott the soon-to-open chicken restaurant.
Renowned church leader and best-selling author Rick Warren is worried about the future of churches and wants church planters to shift their focus from church growth to quality. In his monthly extended prayer, Warren says God spoke to him to not just pray but to take action and help his fellow ...
In its "Three Rectification and One Demolition" beautification campaign where church buildings or crosses are most often deemed as illegally constructed, China adds one more in its growing list of demolished Christian churches.
Fulani herdsmen allegedly supported by Boko Haram has once again attacked Christian villages April 25 killing at least 27 indigents. The series of death and destruction which previously took place in the central region of Nigeria have started to spill over the southern states. Many perceive that ...
Governor of Kaduna state Nasir El-Rufai proposed the Religious Regulation Bill last October which, if passed, would ban street evangelism and what the government may consider as offensive preaching. Violation of the proposed law which applies to all religions including Islam would mean up to two ...
A Christian woman is in serious condition after being raped and badly beaten by Muslims in Eastern Uganda as an act of retribution following their imam's imprisonment for her testimony that the mosque leader killed her father.
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.