The number of white Americans who identify as Christians has fallen below 50 percent, according to a new survey published by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) on Wednesday.
A middle school in Georgia has issued an apology after parents complained about a poem presented during class that compared God to a mythical creature.
Three Texas churches damaged by Hurricane Harvey floodwaters have sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over its policy of excluding religious groups from receiving disaster relief funds.
A book by Hillary Clinton's longtime pastor, Rev. Bill Shillady, is being pulled from store shelves after the discovery of an extensive amount of plagiarism.
Christian children at refugee camps in Sudan are not being provided with food unless they recite Islamic prayers, sources have told the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
An aspiring pastor who admitted that he may have killed wife in his sleep after taking too much cold medicine could face the death penalty or life in prison if he is convicted of the crime.
The Washington National Cathedral has decided to get rid of stained-glass windows depicting two Confederate generals, saying the images are "inconsistent" with its mission and "a barrier to our important work on racial justice and racial reconciliation."
A U.S.-based non-profit international policy council and think tank has recently published a report detailing the mass persecution of Christians and Kurds in Turkey.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by California churches to challenge a requirement for all insurance companies in the state to cover abortions.
A new poll has indicated that a majority of people in the U.K. reject the biblical account of Creation but a significant number of religious people are still skeptical about the theory of evolution.
President Donald Trump has decided to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, despite pleas from several evangelical leaders urged him to show "heart" to the young recipients of the scheme.
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.