International relief agency Tearfund is calling on the UK public to write to the CEOs of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, urging them to reduce the amount of single-use plastic they sell into developing countri...
Sri Lankans commemorated the anniversary of last year's Easter Sunday bomb attacks mainly from their homes on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 260 people were killed when three ch...
Pastor and theologian John Piper has released a new book looking at how God is at work through the coronavirus pandemic. In his publication entitled Coronavirus and Christ, the founder of internationa...
A Myanmar pastor who shunned government orders and continued to hold in-person meetings has tested positive for covid-19. Pastor David Lah is thought to be responsible for a number of coronavirus inf...
The humanitarian relief organisation behind a sprawling field hospital erected in New York's Central Park has been criticised for making employees sign a "Statement of Faith" that outlines their ...
Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors has said that followers of Jesus around the world are being put at risk due to a wave of conspiracy theories blaming believers for the spread of Covid-19. T...
Christian persecution watchdog Release International has called on the Nigerian government to do more to protect Christians after two children and an unborn baby were murdered by Islamic Fulani mili...
Orthodox priests have held Easter services in churches empty of parishioners because of restrictions imposed to block the spread of coronavirus. Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, Archbishop Angael...
Christian international aid agency World Vision has started a £64m plan to help millions of the world's most vulnerable people defeat coronavirus. The children's charity aims to reach at leas...
A US pastor has accidentally delivered his online preach with Facebook filters switched on. Scott Mowery from Missouri unknowingly selected the filters button on the social media site during his live ...
When discussing a plateau in new covid-19 cases across New York, state Governor Andrew Cuomo insisted that people, not God, should not get the credit. Speaking at his Monday press conference, Cuomo s...
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has claimed to have foiled a potentially lethal attack on the Coptic Christian community. The information came to light after a policeman and seven militants were sho...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that it will be stopping production of religious clothing and switching to the manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) for fr...
A state-vetted Chinese church has been demolished over so-called "safety concerns." Authorities bulldozed Donghu Church in China’s Qinghai province on Easter Sunday, much to the dismay of its membe...
The Vatican has replaced the director of its financial watchdog agency, completing a coup that began in October with controversial police raids on the watchdog offices and an investigation into a Lond...
An Iranian Christian woman who was imprisoned after converting from Islam has been released from prison. Fatemeh Bakhteri was arrested in a raid on a house church meeting at her home in Rasht, nort...
A Catholic missionary who was abducted in Niger a year and a half ago is thought to be alive after appearing in a video released by his captors. Father Pierluigi Maccalli was kidnapped in April 2...
More people read and shared Bible verses this Easter from YouVersion's Bible app than ever before. YouVersion, which supplies the whole Bible in several translations on a simple app, reported th...
A new study has found that almost half of Americans believe that the Bible should influence the making of US laws. The survey from Pew Research Center revealed that 49 per cent of participants ins...
A number of Christians from a heavily persecuted protestant megachurch in China have been detained after being caught engaging in an Easter worship service on Zoom. Several key members of Early R...
