An American missionary has lost an appeal against his conviction in Russia. Baptist minister Donald Ossewaarde has been charged under Russia's Yarovaya Law, or anti-terror law, of "unlawfully condu...
An American missionary working in Cameroon was shot in the head and killed in front of his family on Tuesday - less than a month since his arrival in the countr Charles Wesco from Warsaw in Indiana w...
A Kansas pastor has been forced to apologise after a video he filmed of a disabled woman being towed by a truck went viral on Facebook. In the video, viewed over 1 million times on the social media s...
A pastor from American has been charged with aggravated battery after a man who was stealing from his church was shot. Pastor Willie Littleton from Louisiana was arrested on Thursday amid accusations...
An American Methodist pastor who presided over the marriage of his gay son without his church's permission is awaiting his fate after a hearing. Frank Schaefer was pastor of Lebanon County United Me...
The appeal of an American pastor charged under anti-terrorism laws in Russia resumed on Friday. Baptist minister Donald Ossewaarde (above, with his wife Ruth) was working in the city of Oryol, southw...
An American pastor was arrested on Wednesday and charged over his alleged involvement in nine armed robberies. John Thomas Lindsey, 47, a pastor of True Love Church of Refuge in Charlotte, North Caro...
Andrew Brunson, an American pastor, who is facing 35 years of prison in Turkey, has been ordered to remain behind bars until at least October after a court hear Brunson, who led a church in the city ...
Andrew Brunson, who was arrested in 2016, has told his wife that "prison has stretched me far more than I ever would have imagined". The Pastor of the protestant Izmir Resurrection Church in Western ...
A pastor in the US state of Arkansas who admitted raping two girls at his church has been given two life prison sentences. A court heard how former children's pastor, Anthony Waller, attacked the y...
An American pastor accused of terrorism offences in Turkey and held in detention for more than 60 days without access to a lawyer has been jailed. Rev Andrew Brunson was taken from the Harmandali Det...
An American pastor has reportedly been offered his freedom from Turkish prison in exchange for a man accused of starting a military coup. The Turkish president has suggested he may free Pastor Andr...
An American pastor has broken down during an emotional court appearance when he denied alleged links to a failed coup in the country. Andrew Brunson, who faces up to 35 years in prison, was also said...
An American pastor has been permanently reinstated by the United Methodist Church after he was punished for presiding over the wedding of his gay son. Frank Schaefer was pastor of the United Methodis...
An American Pastor is reportedly receiving death threats in his Iranian prison cell. Saeed Abedini was jailed last year for compromising national security although it's understood his arrest was orig...
The 27-year-old is understood to have committed suicide after battling with mental illness US pastor Rick Warren says he's overwhelmed by the support given to his family following the death of his so...
The lawyer for an American pastor held in Turkey on spying and terror charges has petitioned Turkey's highest court for his release. Andrew Craig Brunson was arrested following a failed coup in 201...
Five pastors in the US are mounting a legal challenge against a state law they say hampers their work with children experiencing a same-sex attraction. The Illinois church leaders from Pastors Protec...
A police department in the US must pay $41,000 after its sheriff published messages about the Bible and Easter on an official Facebook page. Posts by Eric Watson from the Bradley County police depart...
A Democrat senator from Missouri has apologised at her church after she said on Facebook she hoped Donald Trump would be assassinated. Giving a statement at Wellspring Church in Ferguson, Maria Chapp...
