A prominent Christian human rights lawyer has been convicted by a Chinese court of subverting state power in a secretive trial in China's northern Tianjin municipality on Friday.
A West Virginia school district has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to end its "Bible in the Schools" program, which has been in place in county schools since 1939.
Hank Hanegraaff, also known as the "Bible Answer Man," has denounced Bill Nye's suggestion that families should be penalized for having "extra kids."
A rebel Catholic group has ordained a 64-year-old woman to be a female priest in the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, in defiance of the Vatican's long-standing ban on ordaining women to the clergy.
A human rights advocate who defected from North Korea said that orphans who were discovered to be Christians were "tortured harshly" by the dictatorial regime.
President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the former CEO of Americans United for Life, to a senior role in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Ken Blackwell, a key member of President Donald Trump's transition team, has said that it is only a matter of time before the present administration enacts a new policy that would protect religious freedoms.
A Cuban court has sentenced a pastor to a year in prison on Tuesday for not sending his two children to state schools and opting to teach them at home instead.
The United Methodist Church's (UMC) highest court has ruled that the election of an openly lesbian clergywoman to the position of a bishop was a violation of the denomination's law.
Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks a nationwide ban on a form of therapy that purports to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity.
An extremely rare coin donated by an anonymous woman to a church in Indiana to help finance a new building for its congregation has been sold for $517,000 at an auction on Thursday.
Nearly two-thirds of churchgoers failed a test measuring their knowledge of the Bible, highlighting widespread gaps in biblical literacy, according to a report published Tuesday by Lifeway Research. The assessment used a traditional grading system ranging from A (90 and above) to F (below 60). The average score was 51, with 65% receiving an F, 9% a D, 9% a C, 8% a B and 9% an A.
Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico drew comparisons between himself and the biblical figures of David and Jesus in a victory speech Tuesday after defeating Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state's U.S. Senate election. “I'm reminded of that story from Scripture of a shepherd boy who goes up against a giant,” Talarico told supporters in Austin shortly before midnight.
WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, who drew national media attention this season for objecting to male trans-identified athletes in women's sports, reflected on her faith journey on an episode of Theo Von's podcast, saying she believes a revival is happening.
More than two-thirds of American teenagers say they would feel comfortable seeking guidance from Jesus about their identity, although parents and friends remain their preferred sources of advice, according to new research from Barna. Mothers emerged as the most trusted source of guidance, with 84% of teenagers expressing comfort in discussing identity-related questions with them.
A North Carolina county has argued that its legal battle with former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear’s The Summit Church over a proposed campus expansion centers on the limits of federal court authority rather than allegations of religious discrimination.