Three young girls who were lured to join the Islamic State in Syria earlier this year have reportedly made contact with their families in the United Kingdom.
A Christian jeweler in Canada has reportedly claimed that he has been harassed by LGBT activists for posting a sign regarding traditional marriage in his store, located in Newfoundland.
Ten have been reported dead and dozens missing after a string of floods caused by a strong storm system pummeled Texas and Oklahoma this week.
Officials in India announced this week that 750 people have died in the past five weeks from an unrelenting heat wave that has taken its toll on the country's southern states.
2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz recently suggested that some members of the GOP party are afraid to defend religious liberty in the same-sex marriage debate, suggesting that some of his fellow presidential runners are afraid to voice their opposition to same-sex marriage.
House Speaker John Boehner recently told reporters that President Barack Obama will not receive military authorization for fighting the Islamic State in the Middle East, saying the president has \"no strategy\" for defeating the terror group.
A mother from the Netherlands has reportedly taken her four-year-old child to Syria with her to join the Islamic State terrorist group.
Megachurch Pastor T.D. Jakes announced this week that he will be adding two prominent evangelical leaders to his popular MegaFest Christian festival, set to take place this August in Dallas, Texas.
South Carolina's U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham hinted at a probable 2016 presidential run in a recent interview, saying he plans to enter the race because "the world is falling apart."
Shi\'ite militia fighters have been called to the Iraqi city of Ramadi in an attempt to regain control of the vital city from Islamic State forces, which hoisted their infamous black flag over the city after battling for control over the weekend.
A third atheist blogger was killed in Bangladesh recently in a growing rise of attacks against those who question the strict Islamic religion in the country.
The leaders of France's two main Protestant umbrella organizations have agreed to create a standing forum for dialogue and cooperation, following a two-day meeting both described as unprecedented. Delegations from the executive boards of the Protestant Federation of France, known by its French initials FPF, and the National Council of Evangelicals in France, or CNEF, met Sept. 3-4 at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sète.
Evangelicals in the United Kingdom are “younger, more ethnically diverse, and more likely to be male than the wider population,” according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance UK. “Adults under 35 are the age group most likely to identify as Evangelical and to hold Evangelical beliefs,” the report reads. “Approximately a third of the most committed Evangelicals come from ethnically diverse backgrounds, while an estimated 60% of Evangelicals are male.”
President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a State Department position focused on promoting religious liberty abroad. The White House announced that the nomination of Jane Lynch, better known as Cissie Graham Lynch, had been sent to the Senate for consideration.
American Bible Society research suggests that Christians who are more active in their faith and Bible reading are less likely to struggle with forgiving themselves and others. Overall, 29% of respondents said “It is really hard for me to accept myself once I’ve messed up” was “true of me,” while 56% said it was “not true of me.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to Pakistani Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced, raising questions in Pakistan about why he was recommended for the honor by Church of Pakistan’s Moderator Bishop Azad Marshall.