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It is feared a ban on evangelism and controls on where Bibles can be read will continue to go unchallenged in Uzbekistan, once the central Asian country announc The regime of Islam Karimov, who had b...

A Christian anti-persecution charity has told Premier that it is worried there is a refreshed effort to silence Christian believers and those that defend them i It was speaking after at least fifteen...

There are concerns of an exodus among Christians in northern Iraq if aid assistance dries up, a lawyer representing local church leaders has told Premier. Stephen Rasche, who represents the Chaldean ...

An international Christian charity has claimed there is a renewed crackdown against religion in China. Bob Fu from US-based non-governmental organization China Aid said the rapid growth of people bec...

There is concern the election of an openly lesbian bishop in the US could prompt a split within the United Methodist Church. Defying it's own rules which disqualify "self-avowed practicing homosexual...

An arson attack on a church in the Indian state of New Delhi has raised worries that the country's Christians could be the target of a new campaign of violence. The interior of St. Sebastian church w...

Christian Solidarity Worldwide concerned Pastor Benham Irani could die if he doesn't receive medical treatment. There's growing fear for the well-being of a pastor imprisoned in Iran.Christian Solida...

Concerns have risen for the religious freedoms of Christians in China following a BBC Panorama programme on the oppressive treatment towards minority Muslims. The documentary, "How to Brainwash a Mil...

Spanish tourist authorities are becoming increasingly concerned for the preservation of a church after 75,000 tourists recognised it from the TV show Game of Th The show features a steep and twisting...

A formal complaint has been made against the most senior lawmaker in the United States from within his own church denomination. More than 600 members of the United Methodist Church (UMC) say Attorney...

Christian woman are the most persecuted group and make up most of the church according to a Christian anti-persecution charity.  Release International has been holding a conference in London.It ...

A church leader in Spain has said some branches of feminism are more harmful than good as women in the country hold a national strike on International Women's D Jose Ignacio Munilla, Bishop of San Se...

The people behind a Christian festival in Vancouver are defending the invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham amid mounting objections to his attendance. The Festival of Hope will take place in Marc...

The procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus through streets in the Philippines during an annual Roman Catholic festival brought around 1.5 million people The lifesize model, called The Black N...

Fewer than one in four Americans believe the Bible is the literal word of God, the lowest proportion in Gallup's 40-year trend. Fewer than one in four Americans (24%) now believe the Bible is 'the ac...

Belief in God is declining despite more people thinking there is an afterlife, a major new study in the United States has concluded. Research by Florida Atlantic University found a three-fold increas...

The fiancé of British Olympic medalist Tom Daley has called on the Church in the USA to do more to open its doors to gay people. Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for directing Milk - a movie abo...

An anti-persecution charity has said a Chinese Catholic priest has been arrested - the fifth to be detained in his province this month. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) Fr Yang Jianw...

More than two hundred vehicles carrying troops from Chad and Niger have entered Nigeria to fight Boko Haram, the terrorist group that has recently pledged alleg Boko Haram has killed tens of thousand...

Neither side in the brutal civil war in Syria actually want peace, Pope Francis has said. He said it is "unacceptable" that civilian victims of Syria's civil war are paying the price for the "the lac...