An assistant pastor in Mississippi has died after his house caught fire when a small plane crashed into it while him and his family were sleeping. Gerry Standley, 55, was an assistant pastor at his c...
Christians in Colombia have taken to the streets to pray and worship despite a backdrop of political instability in the country. "There is prayer taking place in the streets, but also virtually. It r...
Tributes are being paid to a man in India regarded as the world’s longest serving Bishop. Dr Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the Metropolitan Emeritus of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, passed away o...
Laura Lentz, the wife of former Hillsong church pastor Carl Lentz, has made her first public statement months after her husband was fired for "moral failures". "I have taken time away from social med...
US pastor and author, John Piper, has spoken for the first time about the late apologist Ravi Zacharias' scandal. Speaking on his weekly podcast, 'Ask Pastor John', he said he had been sl...
The Bishop of Hertford says the world's wealthiest countries have a moral obligation to help vaccinate their poorer neighbours. Rt Rev Dr Michael Beasley was speaking to Premier as the G7 group of...
The trial for a Canadian pastor who spent 35 days in jail for encouraging his church to breach coronavirus restrictions has started. James Coates, lead pastor of Grace Life church, is facing a charg...
The European Commission has appointed a Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU after the position was left vacant for two years. Christos Stylianides, a speci...
The Chinese authorities have taken down online Bible apps from app stores across the country, according to a tweet from a priest. Father Francis Liu of the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousnes...
India's pandemic is devastating rural communities and highlighting inequality, according to a bishop working with the country’s poorest communities. Joseph D'Souza, from the Church of the Good...
A church in the Spanish city of Barcelona has opened its doors to Muslims who are currently celebrating Ramadan, to eat and pray together. Current coronavirus restrictions in the city mean that the u...
The wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is urging Chinese authorities to return the remains of her husband as she believes he has been “persecuted to death”. "I don't have any dreams ...
The creative director of a Hillsong church in New Jersey has resigned after it was revealed he shared explicit pictures with a church volunteer through Instagram. Daniel Barret posted the photos in an...
The Dean of St George's College in Jerusalem says the pandemic has highlighted the stark inequalities between Israel and Palestine. The Very Reverend Richard Sewell told Premier that while Israel ...
A new prayer post feature is being tested on Facebook that will allow members of Facebook groups to ask for and respond to prayer requests. The move by the social media giant was confirmed to the Reli...
It's emerged ministers from Church of Scotland partner churches in India are asking for prayers as they battle a deadly second wave of Covid-19. The Church of Scotland is sending a £5,000 emergenc...
The Christian development agency Tearfund has expressed its gratitude to former president, theologian René Padilla, who's died aged 88. As president, Padilla steered Tearfund to replace the concep...
New administrative regulations have been imposed on religious staff in China, generating concerns from religious leaders and human rights lawyers. The new regulations include specific requirements reg...
There's calls for Mexico's Ministry of Public Education (SEP) to work with state authorities to ensure that no religious minority child is banned from attending school because of their religio...
Margie Zacharias has broken her silence to defend her late husband, the apologist Ravi Zacharias, from sexual and spiritual abuse findings which caused Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) t...
