A huge number of Christians in Russia embrace a very old ritual that stems from the belief that a miracle happens on the eve of Orthodox Easter, but there are skeptics who don't believe the mystery.
Christians in a tribal village in India had to flee their homes after allegedly receiving threats from Hindus that they would be killed if they didn't convert.
The biggest megachurches are located in Africa and Asia and not in North America, according to a study conducted by megachurch expert Warren Bird of Leadership Network.
A member of India's Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Department wants sedition charges filed against several Christians for allegedly "waging war against the country." This came after a Hindu couple was caught getting married in a church.
A Christian church in Canada has a minister who does not believe in God, and this has raised the question if it should even be calling itself a church.
A petition with thousands of signatures was presented at the United Nations on Friday, April 29, by advocates who want the intergovernmental organization to declare that genocide is being committed against religious minorities, including Christians.
The veteran minister, Rev. Billy Graham, wrote that mission trips can actually help Christians see the world in a different way.
Authorities in Zhejiang province in China have detained a pastor, his wife and his son last week for reportedly meeting and contacting U.S. Consulate officials.
A Korean American man was sentenced Friday to 10 years of hard labor in North Korea after he was convicted guilty on charges of "unpardonable espionage."
China's campaign to remove "illegal structures" in the country had cost a pastor's wife her life as she tried to stop the demolition of a church. Less than two weeks later, the land in dispute where the incident happened has now been declared as her husband's and the church's, but the pastor is now ...
Various organizations, including Amnesty International and Christian Solidarity Worldwide, are calling on the Vietnamese government to conduct investigations on the case of a human rights advocate who was beaten last month.
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton at a campaign rally in Olathe, Kansas, accusing his church of financially supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.Vance urged voters to back Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who is seeking reelection against Hamilton, pastor of Resurrection, a multi-campus United Methodist congregation in Leawood.
A performance of Handel’s “Messiah” blending Western and Eastern music took place Sept. 12 at Mukawir, the hilltop fortress in Jordan traditionally associated with the beheading of John the Baptist. The concert was held under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal.