Some 88 locations involved in translating and sending Bibles across the world are at threat of closure due to funding, with a £5 million scheme being launched to maintain people’s access to the w...
The Church of Sweden has announced that the majority of its priests are now women.  Of the 3,060 priests currently ministering in the denomination, 1,533 are female, which equates to 50.1 per cent...
A number of Christians have died after a spate of attacks across Nigeria's southern Kaduna state. Armed Islamic assailants have laid siege to several villages in the region over recent days, with ...
A California church has filed a federal lawsuit after the state's governor enforced a total ban on "in-person religious gatherings", meaning indoor services and even home Bible studies are now pr...
Pope Francis has issued a warning to priests who continue to charge for hosting weddings and funerals. The Vatican said priests must not "commercialise masses" or"give the impression that the celebra...
Christian children's book author Matthew Paul Turner has announced that he is gay. In a post on social media, Turner said that he and his wife would be splitting up but still remain friends. "W...
More information is emerging about a traffic collision which claimed the life of a well-known pastor and church planter in the US state of Texas at the weekend. John Powell, a husband and father o...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has invited Pope Francis to the former Byzantine-era church, Hagia Sophia, after the government was given the go-ahead to convert it into a functioning mosque...
In some countries Christians are having to decide between keeping their faith and eating a meal as local authorities are denying them coronavirus emergency aid unless they renounce their faith. Persec...
A pastor who was stabbed along with one of his church members during a Bible study has survived after an off-duty police officer stepped in to apprehend the suspect. The horrific attack occurred at G...
The Chinese government continues to crack down on those seeking to share the gospel, arresting two believers who were engaging in evangelism. The pair were reported to have been evangelising on the st...
A well-known pastor and church planter has been killed in an accident in the US state of Texas. John Powell, who was the lead pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in New Caney, Texas, died after being st...
Humanitarian charity CAFOD has criticised G20 finance ministers for not offering developing any assurances on a debt relief extension. Many Christian charities as well as the World Bank, Internation...
A church in the US state of Florida is reeling after suffering horrific vandalism attack in which a statue of the Lord Jesus was beheaded. The incident took place sometime between last Tuesday night a...
Rapper Kanye West has held a campaign rally in a bid to drum-up support for his presidential run. Speaking in South Carolina at the weekend, the outspoken artist addressed the issue of abortion throu...
 ​The persecution charity Open Doors is calling on the oppression of practising Christians around the world to be a problem for everyone not just churchgoers. ​ ​CEO Henrietta Blyth has said t...
Christian converts in Morocco are being repeatedly arrested by police as part of a campaign to clamp down on the growth of the religion in the country. Â Christian charity Aid to the Church in Need s...
​ An arson inquiry has been launched after a fire broke out in the Gothic cathedral of the western French city of Nantes, shattering stained glass windows and sending black smoke spewing from betwee...
The Iranian authorities have charged a group of Christians with “acting against national security by promoting Zionist Christianity" after raiding their homes two weeks ago. Some 17 people were det...
Persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity Worldwide has joined over 50 organisations urging the US to declare crimes against Myanmar's Rohingya people as genocide. Â In 2017, the Myanmar army lau...
