A controversial South African pastor who recently sought deliverance for feeding live snakes to congregants has retracted his confession to a popular preacher, claiming he was forced to speak against his bizarre practice.
The Islamic State terror group has released the latest edition of its propaganda magazine, which reportedly contains "unseen" photographs of the jihadis executing "belligerent Christians" in the Philippines.
A Hindi language textbook that refers to Jesus Christ as a "demon" has sparked outrage among the Christian community in Ahmedabad, India.
A major church in Papua province has accused the Indonesian military of burning Bibles prior to the riot that broke out in the provincial capital city of Jayapura last month.
Many asylum seekers in Germany are claiming to have converted to Christianity in order to avoid deportation, according to a German police chief.
The Evangelical Alliance (EA) has called on Christians to pray for the U.K. after the general election resulted in a hung parliament, leaving the country's political environment in uncertainty.
Iraqi Christians, who have fled from persecution at the hands of the Islamic State terror group, have complained that ethnic Kurds are seizing their properties and lands in Kurdistan.
Despite the ongoing crackdown on Christianity in China, the number of Christians continue to increase in the Communist country, with one pastor reporting as many as 100,000 new converts each year.
The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan legislation that would authorize the government to provide emergency aid to religious minorities who fled from their homes in Iraq and Syria due to the rise of the Islamic State terror group.
Many Christian women in Pakistan are considering converting to Islam so that they could get away from their abusive husbands because the current law makes it difficult for them to finalize their divorce as Christians.
More than 130 imams across the United Kingdom have refused to perform funeral rites for the suspects of the terrorist attacks in Manchester and London.
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.