A student who was close to completing the Masters of counseling program at the Missouri State University was dismissed from the school after saying that he would refer a same-sex couple to another counselor because of his Christian convictions. His expression of his religious inclination has had a ...
Bishop Melvin Talbert and senior pastor Val Rosenquist officiated the wedding of Jim Wilborne and John Romano on Saturday because they believe that doing otherwise would be an act of discrimination. However, they could face disciplinary measures from the United Methodist Church.
A Christian group is encouraging people to boycott retail giant Target for its LGBT-friendly bathroom/fitting room policy, but not everyone thinks it the right approach to arrive at a solution.
The Foreign Affairs committee of the United States House of Representatives has, on Wednesday, unanimously adopted a bill that would improve the country's ability to advance global religious freedom.
Brazil's lower house has voted to impeach president Dilma Rouseff for allegedly manipulating government funds, and this is seen as a rising influence of evangelical Christians in a dominantly Catholic country.
A town in Hama, Syria was bombed Sunday by the Nusra Front, an Islamist group affiliated with the al-Qaeda militant organization, while they have been pushed back by rival jidahist Islamic State from the Yarmouk refugee camp.
A charred piece of wood found this week in Arkansas is believed to have been part of the cross that Hernando de Soto, a Spanish conquistador, had had erected in 1541.
The four children of Marius and Ruth Bodnariu taken in November by Barnevernet, Norway's child welfare service, have not yet been returned. An official statement on the family website says that there is no indication that the family will be reunited before July.
A Roman Catholic bishop in Norway thinks that the clery should stop conducting weddings as officers of the state. Instead, they should officiate only Catholic weddings of Catholic couples.
Fundamentalist Christians in Jamaica are pointing a finger at the United Nations and other international agencies for promoting sex education -- in particular, the Comprehensive Sexuality Education -- in the country.
LANCASTER, Pa. — Four years in the making, the production “David” opened at Sight & Sound Theatres this year and explores the journey of an unassuming shepherd boy who became a king.
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.