The New Jersey Department of Education has suspended the teaching certificates of a Christian teacher because criticized a school's efforts in promoting the homosexual lifestyle on Facebook.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has announced that he will propose a budget plan that would cut off taxpayer funding to health clinics that perform abortions such as Planned Parenthood.
A new survey of Protestant senior pastors has found that most churches have set up their own Facebook pages, but not many have ventured on other social media platforms like Twitter.
Several Christian leaders in Egypt have commended the latest decision made by the Ministry of Housing to allow worship services to be conducted at unlicensed churches pending their formal recognition.
President Donald Trump has re-nominated Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback as the ambassador-at-large for religious freedom on Monday after the Senate failed to confirm him for the position before the end of 2017.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two cases challenging a Mississippi law that allows religious organizations and private businesses to refuse to provide services that conflict with their sincere religious beliefs.
A leather bound Welsh 400-year-old Bible that outlasted a French invasion, fires and even being used as a toilet paper is currently on display at the Roderic Bowen Library at the University of Wales.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rejected an Iranian man's bid for asylum in Switzerland based on religious grounds, arguing that his life was not in danger despite reports of persecution of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic.
The priest of a Moscow-led church in Ukraine has refused to bury a one-year-old boy because the baby was christened in a Kiev-led Orthodox church.
A rural Catholic parish in eastern Minnesota came under fire from parishioners after it dismissed three choral musicians after it was found that they were involved in same-sex marriages.
A Christian school in Melbourne, Australia has amended its uniform policy after a court ruled that it had discriminated against a Sikh boy when it refused to admit him for wearing a turban.
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.