A city council in the U.K. has warned that Franklin Graham's Festival of Hope, which is expected to take place in Blackpool later this year, could be canceled if the event is found to incite hatred.
The popular YouVersion Bible application has been installed in 300 million devices across the globe since it was launched in the Apple's App store nine years ago.
A public elementary school in Kansas has decided to stop distributing free Bibles to students after a secularist group complained that the practice violated the separation of church and state.
Myles Kennedy, who has fronted Slash's band and Alter Bridge, has recently opened up how his family's adherence to Christian Science had led to his father's untimely death.
Planned Parenthood had performed 321,384 abortions and had received $543.7 million in payments from the government during its 2016-17 fiscal year, according to the organization's annual report.
The largest conference of Mennonite churches in the U.S. has cut its ties with the broader Mennonite community in a dispute over the denomination's stance on homosexuality.
A California bishop has warned that the state may be heading for a "downfall" after recreational marijuana sales became legal on Jan. 1 for anyone 21 years of age or older.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revised its policy to make churches and other places of worship eligible for federal disaster relief funding.
Unidentified gunmen have killed at least 16 people who had attended a New Year's Day church service in southern Nigeria, a local official said.
Indian authorities have rescued 51 girls from an Islamic seminary in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh following complaints that the girls had been sexually harassed and beaten by the manager.
The United Church of Canada (UCC) has denied postponing an ecclesiastical court hearing that would determine whether a self-professed atheist minister could continue serving in the church.
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.