Egypt could soon liberate restraints on church buildings just after the predominantly Muslim country's three main Christian denominations approved a church construction and restoration bill.
Lawyers of Pastor Yang Hua of Houshi Church believe their client might soon stand trial after China convicted four detainees, including two house church leaders, in unannounced trials.
The Muslim Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed at least 13 Christian villagers in their latest attack and forced away three pastors of different churches in the Kaduna state of Nigeria.
Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has published a video apparently showing recent footage of dozens of school girls kidnapped two years ago, and saying some of them have been killed in air strikes.
At least 60 Chinese Christians fled to the Czech Republic to seek asylum from alleged religious persecutions just as China garners criticisms over human rights abuses.
A Bangladeshi Christian editor, who fled to the U.S. for safety, said she'd rather not go back to her home country while persecution among Christian minorities remain high.
An annual report released by the U.S. State Department revealed that the most likely targets suffering religious persecution around the world happen to be religious minorities.
The U.S. Department of State revealed Wednesday that blasphemy and apostasy laws in countries such as Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Mauritania served to repress their people's religious freedom.
Fr. Davis Chiramel of Kerala, India set the trend for 15 other religious leaders, including a bishop and a nun, to save lives by becoming kidney donors.
Many of the displaced Iraqi Christians said they'd rather migrate abroad than to return home where religious-driven violence could potentially spring up anytime.
Chinese authorities in the Guizhou province revoked state-sponsored welfare for Christians in an act reminiscent of its persecution against an ethnic minority two years ago.
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.