Several Iraqi Christian students narrowly escaped death when ISIS launched a surprise attack on the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The students, who hid under the bed as the militants rummaged through their house, ascribed their survival to a miracle.
The owners of Ashers Baking Company lost the appeal against a ruling that found them guilty of discriminating a gay man when they refused to bake a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan. The decision was handed down by the Belfast's Court of Appeal on Monday.
A woman who was incarcerated at a North Korean prison camp has revealed that people living under the regime are taught to hate Christians and told that Christians kill people in order to sell their victims' blood.
Pakistani authorities have ordered the closure of house churches in the city of Bahawalpur in southern Punjab after Muslims complained that they were disturbed by the prayers of Christians.
Israeli archaeologists have discovered the site where the Romans breached walls to capture Jerusalem and destroy the Second Temple almost 2,000 years ago.
Over 500 churches across the world have been ringing their bells at 5 p.m. daily to protest the brutal siege in the Syrian city of Aleppo and demand an end to the ongoing killings of civilians.
As an Iraqi-led coalition fights to free Mosul from ISIS, many displaced Christians are hopeful they can return home soon. But some are not eager to go back, fearing that they would not have a home to return to.
Two members of a Protestant house church in southern China are currently on trial for spying while another is being tried for "illegal business activities" as part of an ongoing crackdown on unofficial churches.
Christian advocacy group Open Doors U.K. reported that more than 80 percent of Christians have fled Iraq since the war broke out in 2003. In Syria, about half of the Christians have left the country since 2010.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award given to Pakistani Muslim cleric Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi after past remarks praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced, raising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.
The Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance Federation (Federación Alianza Evangélica Costarricense, FAEC) has asked opposition lawmaker Abril Gordienko to identify the Christian pastor who, she said publicly, offered her 42,000 votes in exchange for 420 million colones (about $940,000) during the most recent election campaign.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.