The jury selection for the federal trial of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof started on Monday with the appearance of potential jurors at the federal courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina.
A transgender man gave birth to a baby that was conceived with his transgender partner. Neither of them had gender reassignment surgery so the pregnancy did not require any medical intervention.
Rev. Franklin Graham has advised people who are stopped by law enforcement to just follow instructions to avoid getting shot.
Franklin Graham's relief organization Samaritan's Purse has produced "Facing Darkness," a new documentary recounting the true story of two American aid workers who got infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa.
Hillsong NYC leader Carl Lentz shared a photo on social media this week showing hundreds of people lined up to attend a second church service because they could not get in the first one.
Around 4,000 people came to hear Pastor Greg Laurie speak and 363 people accepted Christ at the Harvest Crusade 2016 in Georgia last Friday.
Several Christian advocacy groups voiced out their concern that Obama did not mention the issue of Christian persecutions during his final U.N. General Assembly speech last week.
The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science recently announced that three leaders of the "New Atheist" movement will be working with reform-minded Muslim leaders to tackle the jihadist movement.
Episcopalian Church membership continues its alarming decline as the denomination lost 37,669 members in 2015. Forty-three parishes have also been closed, and according to the Episcopal Church Office of Research, its membership has decreased by 9 percent in the past five years.
The proportion of Americans who do not identify with any religion has reached 25 percent. Majority of the unaffiliated had a religious background but they are unlikely to return.
The Satanic Temple has established its headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts, last week and churches in the area are planning to counter the move not with pitchforks and protests, but with prayers and preaching.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.
Iran has responded to just one of eight communications sent by United Nations human rights experts concerning Christians since 2011, with its sole response portraying Christian converts as national security threats, according to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran. Dr. Mai Sato, who assumed the position in August 2024, discussed the Iranian government's treatment of Christians.
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.