Religious activities such as praying and preaching are now forbidden in hospitals in Zhejiang province, a region known as China's Jerusalem for having a high number of practicing Christians. Patients and visitors at the Central Hospital in Wenzhou were made aware of the ban through a public notice ...
A controversial pastor in Ghana is being criticized by the public on social media for flogging a teenage couple with a belt during a church service. A Youtube video circulated on social media showing Bishop Daniel Obinim whipping the couple and chastising them for fornication in front of a cheering ...
An Islamic leader in Italy argued that polygamy should also be legally recognized as a civil right after the country approved the union among same-sex couples.
State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted on Thursday that the U.S. government released $400 million in cash to Iran for the release of four American prisoners including Pastor Saeed Abedini.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has set its sight on a wider stage and a greater prize: Christians and churches.
Scientists have discovered evidence of a massive flood that occurred in China 4,000 years ago. The evidence conforms to ancient Chinese flood legend about the founding of China's first dynasty.
The machete-wielding Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked once again and killed seven Christians in northeast central Nigeria on Saturday night.
The Roman Catholic Church leader and the agnostic leader of the secular French Republic both expressed brotherly sentiments as they met three weeks after the Normandy church attack.
The head of Western Australia state would accommodate asylum seekers following Australia's decision to close off government-funded detention centers where 1,350 refugees reportedly live in dire conditions.
Charges that a Hamas supporter infiltrated the Christian organization World Vision to steer funds for its military wing in Gaza might only be Israel's political subterfuge, sources say.
A Cambodian branch of a Nigerian church was linked to drug trafficking after after eight Nigerians were arrested for allegedly selling methamphetamine in Phnom Penh. A spokesman for the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) church denied that the arrested Nigerians were its members.
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.