Many youth pastors are overburdened with the tasks assigned to them, and they feel unsupported in their ministry, according to the CEO of an organization that caters to young people.
A pastor, a church elder and a new believer died while the pastor's wife sustained serious injuries when a pickup truck went off the road and headed right to the place where they were standing. The incident happened on May 5.
A petition signed by more than 4,700 people calls for the United Methodist Church (UMC) to allow LGTB people into the clergy.
A church in Poyen Arkansas was destroyed by fire on the night of May 24.
An angry Muslim mob burned the houses of Christians in the village of Karma in Minya on May 20.
A Christian community on the island of Iona off the western coast of Scotland is in dire need of help to have its buildings and utilities repaired, or it will be "unfit for purpose" in a number of years.
An American Islamic scholar said peaceful Muslims think the LGBT issues plaguing U.S. society today are "completely insane."
The facilities of a large Christian church in Kazakhstan were raided simultaneously by police two months ago, an act that a religious freedom group says contradicts the positive comments of the country's president regarding Christian churches.
A federal judge has ruled on Monday, May 23, that authorities cannot restrict a pastor's anti-abortion preaching outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Portland.
A recent study revealed that people who identify as having no religion have exceeded the number of those who identify as Christians in England and Wales.
Evangelist Franklin Graham has said this week that even though Target's stocks have dropped sharply its CEO is still refusing to face reality and admit the real reason for the company's plummeting stock value.
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.