Islamic State lost an area the size of Ireland - a quarter of its territory - to hostile forces in the last 18 months in Iraq and Syria and is likely to further step up attacks on civilians in coming months, IHS said in a report on Sunday.
Anglican church leader known as the 'Vicar of Baghdad' is being suspected of buying back sex slaves to free them from ISIS.
Police have arrested four Christian street preachers in a Bristol shopping center in the U.K., who angered shoppers and passersby with controversial and aggressive declarations.
At least 20 Syrian refugee families are expected to finally move the Lambeth Palace next month after Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby made his offer last year.
The race for U.K.'s next Prime Minister is down between two Christian women, home secretary Theresa May and energy minister Andrea Leadsom.
Iranian Christian convert Maryam Naghash Zargaran was temporarily released on medical furlough, but was called back to prison before her treatment was finished.
Authorities in a village in Jharkhand, India told Christians to stop worshiping Jesus publicly or they would be fined and face other consequences.
Around 300 Muslims burned four houses belonging to Coptic Christians in Samalout, Minya, Upper Egypt on June 30 after rumors spread that a church was being built on a property in the village.
The Islamic State militants are selling Yazidi sex slaves like commodities through encrypted messaging smartphone applications such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Telegram.
China released on bail Zhao Wei, the youngest human rights activist it detained last year during a nationwide crackdown on human rights defenders.
Christianity has been silently growing in Cuba, and many organizations are working to help strengthen churches and pastors to spur the growth even more.
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.