Brazil's top health official said on Monday that the Zika virus outbreak is proving to be worse than believed because most cases show no symptoms, but improved testing should allow the country to get a better grip on the epidemic.
A church from Manchester has allowed baptisms on transgender members to be conducted.
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been recognized by the Netherlands as an official religion.
Ten Baptist families were abandoned in a pickup truck and left in the mountains by their townsmen after the group refused to deny their faith.
An Israeli Holocaust survivor could actually be the oldest man alive.
A Christian organization will provide medical aid and other supplies to over 4,000 leprosy patients across the 63 leprosy colonies in India.
Fifteen Dalit Christians have reportedly been reconverted to Hinduism in a ceremony conducted near Latheri, Katpadi.
Two Nigerian pastors were kidnapped in January, while one pastor was injured in Kogi state.
A city within the Shandong province in China should ban Christian churches in the neighborhood, a Confucian scholar stated.
Police Chief General Badrotin Haiti confirmed that 200 Indonesians joined the Islamic State in Syria. The report came from intelligence services of Indonesia.
Mirna Hana shared her experience on 'The Voice Kids Arabia'. She revealed her story of how she managed to flee from Iraq after ISIS threatened to kidnap and kill her.
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump to raise China’s persecution of Christian pastors and other religious minorities during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington this week. Led by Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., the lawmakers thanked Trump for diplomatic pressure they said helped secure the July 3 release of Beijing Zion Church founder Ezra Jin after 266 days in detention.
Asbury Theological Seminary plans to leave the federal student loan program and stop processing Title IV loans beginning in May 2027. Title IV governs federal student aid under the Higher Education Act. The Kentucky seminary said the move reflects a desire to reduce student debt and concerns that a future administration hostile to its beliefs could use federal funding as leverage against the school.
Algerian special forces raided a Christian worship gathering at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, detaining all 12 people present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized non-Muslim religious service. Police entered the site and transferred the 12 detained Christians to the Bethioua police station.
Nearly 100 students have been baptized during five periodic worship gatherings held at a Christian high school in Colorado after athletic competitions. Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch launched the 5th Quarter gatherings in fall 2024 and holds the student-focused worship and testimony events twice each academic year.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.