The US government has committed to addressing religious freedom as it publishes its annual report outlining the situation of religious freedom and persecution across the world. In its International Re...
A priest in the Palestinian city of Ramallah has told Premier that, despite escalating violence, he wants Jerusalem to be a house of prayer, not a house of conflict, as increasing numbers of people ga...
A Christian pastor, held in police detention in the Southeast Asian country of Laos for a year, has been spared jail after he was made to sign documents swearing not to preach until 2022. A court con...
A special gospel song has been written to mark the 18th birthday of one of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria three years ago. Leah Sharibu is still being held by an offshoot of the terrorist group...
The only person to survive the Atlanta mass shooting that left eight people dead in the city of Georgia has said he wants the killer to be "ultimately judged by God". Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz made the ...
The European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) is urging the Finnish government to respect religious freedom after MP Päivi Räsänen was charged with inciting hatred for expressing biblical views on marriage ...
Rev Megan Rohrer has become the first openly transgender pastor to be appointed as a bishop in any major Christian denomination in the US. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected Re...
A Palestinian Christian living in Jerusalem is urging Christians and the Church to speak out against the violence engulfing the region. Dr Salim Munayer was speaking to Premier in a week that airstrik...
Pope Francis has returned to doing audiences with the faithful in person after a nearly six-month interruption due to Covid-19. Francis greeted several hundred socially distanced and masked visitors i...
A Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem has told Premier the current violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza is the worst she can ever remember. Rana was speaking as the United Nations Mi...
Four Christian men have been beheaded in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The attack on Tuesday is the second in the last six months, after four Christians were killed at a Salvation Army outpost in Sigi ...
One of the most popular churches in western Nigeria is warning against spiritual perfumes after a man died during a private prayer meeting. Â Prayer events normally include traditions such as spraying...
A Palestinian Christian living in East Jerusalem is urging the international community to pray for reconciliation in the region. Katie Madanet was speaking in a week of heightened violence which has l...
Climate change is putting the much-loved British cuppa at risk as extreme weather and rising temperatures hit tea-growing countries, according to Christian Aid. The UK and Ireland drink more tea per p...
Church leaders in Jerusalem are urging the international community to pray for peace after violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors. A statement, by leaders of the city's...
Popular American televangelist Rev Ernest Angley, whose sermons were watched by audiences in the U.S. and internationally, has died. Rev Ernest Angley was famous for his healing ministry and running a...
The pastor of a church in the U.S. state of Oregon has decided to keep the building open despite an outbreak of coronavirus in the church. Peoples Church has been holding in-person services with no so...
A Canadian pastor who went viral for chasing health authorities and police officers out of his church whilst calling them 'Nazis' and 'Gestapo' has been arrested. Artur Pawlowski, lea...
A house church leader in China has been officially arrested and charged after nearly seven weeks in detention.  Zhang Chunlei, an elder of Love Reformed Church in Guiyang in China's southwestern...
Churches are opening their doors again in Ireland on Monday after nearly a year of a gathered worship being strictly prohibited. Church buildings will be allowed to have services again from 10th May ...
