A proposed bill being considered by the California House of Representatives is seeking to criminalize skilled nursing workers who fail to use the preferred pronouns of their patients who identify as transgenders.
A 17-year-old Christian student at a school in Pakistan's Punjab province was reportedly beaten to death inside the classroom by his Muslim classmates.
The High Court of Justice in Israel has rejected a plea by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association to recognize same-sex marriages in the country.
Bishop Anba Angaelos, the head of the Coptic Church in Britain, has recently told ISIS militants who killed 100 Christians in Egypt in the past year that they are "loved by God" despite their horrible crimes.
Pope Francis has reiterated the Church's position that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, and suggested that the union between people of the same sex be called "civil unions."
The Charity Commission in the U.K. is conducting an investigation on the Salvation Army after it failed to pay thousands of pounds worth of bills due to an accounting system error.
Pope Francis has admitted in a recent interview that he had weekly sessions with a psychoanalyst for six months during his time in Argentina.
The Wycliffe Bible Translators have launched the second annual #WhyBible social media campaign to counter the rising scriptural illiteracy among today's youths.
A rabbinical court has ruled that an Israeli couple who describes themselves as Messianic Jews cannot get married in a Jewish ceremony because their Christian beliefs put them outside of the Jewish faith.
The Pakistani Senate has recently passed a legislation that makes the teaching of the Quran compulsory in all schools controlled and owned by the federal government.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has warned that the attack against Christians by the radical Islamic group al-Shabaab in East Africa continue to rise, with an estimated 9,000 jihadist soldiers at the disposal of the terrorist organization.
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.