A Wyoming judge, who was censured in March for telling the media that she could not officiate same-sex weddings, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up her case.
A recent Barna Group study has found that Millennial Christians in the U.S. are more likely than older generations to doubt their faith.
The Cuban government has banned a pastor from working as a church leader after he was sentenced to house arrest earlier this year for homeschooling his children.
The Employment Appeals Tribunal in the U.K. has struck down the appeal of a prison worker who was prohibited from participating in chapel services after delivering a sermon about homosexuality and sin.
A study conducted by the Pew Research Center has suggested that American Muslims are more accepting of homosexuality compared to white evangelicals.
Iraqi forces have discovered a document containing a list of 173 Islamic State fighters who are purportedly prepared to carry out attacks in Europe.
The Vatican granted permission to allow a nun to officiate at a wedding in Canada due to a shortage of priests at a diocese in Quebec.
David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) has asked the Supreme Court to lift the injunction against the release of undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials at an abortion conference.
The Dane County Circuit Court has stated on Tuesday that a Christian photographer in Wisconsin would not be punished for refusing to provide her services for same-sex weddings.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered a diocese that broke away from the Episcopal Church in 2012 to return 29 properties that were valued at about $500 million.
The police department in Knoxville, Tennessee has removed a plaque that contains a Bible verse from its headquarters last week following legal threats from a Wisconsin-based atheist group.
More than half of Protestant pastors in the United States say economic conditions are negatively affecting their congregations, as church donations continue to lag behind inflation, according to a new Lifeway Research survey. The annual study found that 54% of pastors believe the economy is hurting their churches, compared with 36% who reported no impact and 8% who described its effects as positive.
A new federal school choice initiative is being hailed as the “greatest evangelism opportunity since the Billy Graham crusades,” with supporters expecting it to expand access to Christian education for millions of American children beginning in 2027. The Ohio-based Center for Christian Virtue has established the Christian Education Network Scholarship Granting Organization to provide financial assistance to families seeking Christian schooling.
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.