U.S. President Barack Obama spoke out Thursday in regard to the two hostages being held by Al Qaeda who were accidentally killed in January following a counterterrorism drone strike.
American watchdog groups have called on the U.S. government to do more to help Christians abroad after a recent video uploaded by the Islamic State shows dozens of Ethiopian Christians being executed.
Former Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann recently said during a radio interview that Americans need to be aware that they may potentially see the End Times within their lifetime, suggesting that the U.S. "cry out to a Holy God" to avoid punishment when the End Times do happen.
Sources have reportedly claimed that the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been \"seriously wounded\" in a recent airstrike in Iraq.
A U.S. aircraft carrier was sent to the coast off of Yemen early this week to help other American ships block Iran from shipping weapons to Shiite Houthi fighters in Yemen.
Christian football player Tim Tebow has reportedly signed a one year contract with NFL team the Philadelphia Eagles this week after the player took a break from professional sports to serve as an analyst for ESPN.
Nearly 80,000 people gathered with Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell and 2819 Church at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday for a large-scale evening of prayer and worship. Ed Newton, senior pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, attended the event, known as “ACCESS — That Powerful Hour of Prayer.” Free tickets for the gathering were claimed within eight hours.
A South Carolina judge is preparing to dismiss lawsuits filed by the United Methodist Church’s South Carolina Conference against nearly 70 congregations seeking to leave the denomination while retaining their properties. The conference said Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Brian M. Gibbons had informed the parties that he intends to dismiss the cases.
A Christian pastor who has spent years building relationships with Muslims and a historian who has studied Islamic history and doctrine debated whether Islam’s theological and political teachings allow the religion to coexist with Western society. Roberts said he once feared things like Sharia, or Islamic law, but realized the U.S. Constitution wouldn’t allow it.
A Christian teacher with 28 years of experience has filed a discrimination claim against a school in northeast England after being dismissed following a pro-life response to a student’s question about abortion. Anita Meston, 63, is suing Biddick Academy, a state-funded secondary school in Washington, Sunderland, according to ADF International, which is supporting her case.
A Christian pastor is facing a criminal charge after refusing to leave a sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington while protesting China’s treatment of religious minorities. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, leader of the Christian Defense Coalition, said in a Sept. 28 Facebook post that he was “arrested by the United States Secret Service for peacefully praying on a public sidewalk in front of the Chinese Embassy.”