Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has castigated Iran for persecuting Christians and has praised U.S. President Donald Trump for not ignoring the risks posed by the Islamic regime.
The Salvation Army has released a short animated film aimed at helping the public identify common signs of modern slavery so they could report the crime to proper authorities.
A Korean-American missionary has begged U.S. President Donald Trump not to go to war with North Korea as it could kill countless civilians, including the large number of underground Christians living there.
A Christian printer in the U.K. has turned down a transgender diversity consultant's order for pro-LGBT business cards out of concern that it could marginalize his fellow believers.
A new report published by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has warned that the persecution of Christians has become worse than at any time in history, but it is being ignored by the U.N. and the international community.
Bishop Anba Angaelos, the leader of the Coptic Church in the United Kingdom, has expressed his concern about the violence against the Christian community in Egypt after a priest was killed in a poor district of Cairo.
Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have found the name "Allah" embroidered into 10th Century Norse burial clothes, suggesting that Vikings may have been influenced by Islam.
A mayor in Italy has threatened to take legal action against supermarket chain Lidl for allegedly airbrushing crosses of a historic church on promotional posters in an effort to avoid offending non-Christian customers.
A British woman who became a recruiter for the Islamic State terror group was reportedly killed along with her 12-year-old son in a U.S. drone strike in Syria in June.
Pope Francis will be meeting meet top Buddhist monks, military generals and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar when he visits the country and Bangladesh in November.
The U.S.-based Christian humanitarian organization World Help has launched a donation drive with the aim of sending 100,000 new Bibles to North Koreans this year in an effort to meet the growing demand for God's Word in the isolated nation.
Director Alejandro Monteverde, best known for “Sound of Freedom,” is bringing the Nativity to the big screen this Christmas season with “Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ,” a biblical epic highlighting the courage and faith behind the birth of Jesus. Distributed by Angel Studios, the drama-thriller opens in theaters Dec. 11 and depicts Mary and Joseph’s struggle to protect the newborn Messiah amid political turmoil.
The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast has chosen the Rev. Paul Donison as its next bishop, ending months of uncertainty following an inconclusive election in May. The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) announced Wednesday that the Texas-based diocese elected Donison on Nov. 7.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.