A deadly earthquake striking China's Ludian county in the country's south killed at least 398 people and injured over 1,800 Sunday, with numbers expected to rise. Rescue efforts are expected to be hampered by oncoming rainstorms.
A Thai surrogate mother tells media outlets that she asked doctors if they were "still humans" when they suggested aborting her seventh-month old fetus because he had Down syndrome and a congenital heart condition.
An American Christian being held in North Korea says his health is failing and he feels abandoned by the U.S. government.
A Tennesee man has completed his mission of walking 444 miles to raise awareness for God and the homeless.
In a recent airing of VH1's new reality series "LeAnn and Eddie," country music singer LeAnn Rimes reconnected with her estranged father and reflected on the first song the two sang together when she was young, "Jesus Loves Me."
Actress Octavia Spencer recently spoke on why she prefers television roles over film roles, "thanking God" for the opportunity to act on television because she believes it renders a more diverse cast.
A tech columnist recently explained why he has chosen to back the new Kickstarter campaign that seeks to reinvent the format of the Bible so it can be more easily read, looking for like a novel than the traditional Holy Book.
Gene Strahan, father to former NFL player Michael Strahan, said he was doing "God's work" when he and his relatives traveled from Germany to war-torn Yugoslavia to deliver goods to people in need.
Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian mother who faced deatha mere month ago, safely arrived in the U.S. on Thursday after spending time with Pope Francis in Rome.
Actor Chris Pratt said in a recent interview that the birth of his premature son restored his faith in God.
The official launch of the Atheist TV channel happened this week, with nonbelievers promoting the new television station and Christians denouncing the need for such a creation.
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.”