Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged students to study the Bible and their Jewish heritage at a cabinet meeting last week. He added that "excellence and Zionism" will be the basis of the revolution in education.
Forced abortions and sterilizations are still performed in China despite the abandonment of the One-Child Policy, according to Women's Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF). The organization recently filed a complaint to the U.N. over the continuation of coercive population control programs enforced by ...
The Church of England will use drones to identify Yorkshire churches in need of maintenance. This is part of the Yorkshire Maintenance Project to keep churches in good condition.
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) criticized the United Nations (U.N.) for ignoring the genocide of Christians. ACLJ delivered a letter to the U.N., asking them to recognize the violence committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against Christians and other religious ...
A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber resorted to stabbing an Indonesian Catholic priest after his blotched attempt to bomb the church.
Baptist minister Donald Ossewaarde was one of the first to be arrested because of Russia's law against evangelism. Ossewaarde was accused of illegal missionary activity for holding Bible study meetings at his home in the city of Oryol.
The spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, Archbishop Justin Welby, has admitted that he is "constantly consumed with horror" at how the Church has treated the gay community.
Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders refused to negotiate with ISIS for American hostage Kayla Mueller even after she helped install equipment for the organization's hospital in Syria, and was kidnapped together with other members of the MSF staff in August 2013, the victim's family has ...
Baptist preacher Donald Ossewaarde has been tried and convicted of conducting a religious service in his home in Oryol, southwest of Moscow. Police arrested him for conducting alleged illegal activities such as singing, praying and reading the Bible with a prayer group.
Asia Bibi's appeal is set to be heard in the Supreme Court this October and Catholic church officials are hopeful that she will be acquitted. Bibi, a Christian accused of blasphemy, was sentenced to death in 2010 but her execution was postponed by Pakistan's top court.
The wife of slain pastor Yohan Maraiah has relocated but she is determined to continue her husband's ministry. Maraiah, a pastor from the east Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, was found dead near his home last July.
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.
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.