President Donald Trump said he has deemed churches and other houses of worship "essential" and called on governors to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the coronavirus threat. "Today I'm i...
The Egyptian Government has legalised 70 churches this week, meaning they cannot be prosecuted for being used for worship. In Egypt, the construction and renovation of Christian churches is not permit...
US federal investigators are seeking to confiscate an ancient artefact from the Museum of the Bible and return it to its country of origin. Prosecutors with the Department of Justice say that the pre...
More than 600 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the start of the year, according to a human rights organisation. A report from the Nigeria-based International Society for Civil Liberties...
The mayor of a small Texas suburb has told a fellow city council member that women should not be allowed to pray at public meetings. Wylie Mayor Eric Hogue issued the directive and an invitation was...
Faith leaders have expressed concern about a spate of abductions in Zimbabwe, including one incident that involved three female members of an opposition political party. Democratic Change-Alliance (...
A powerful cyclone has ripped through densely populated areas of India and Bangladesh. Wide swathes of the coasts of the two countries were flooded and millions of people were left without power after...
A pastor who drew attention for claiming he could heal sufferers of coronavirus has himself died of the disease. Pastor Frankline Ndifor of Kingship International Ministries Church in Cameroon was ...
The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) has called on the European Commission to extend its support for religious freedom outside the European Uni...
A pastor who was accused of avoiding tax in India has returned home to his town in Tennessee. Pastor Bryan Nerren tucked into a McDonalds at JFK airport on Tuesday as he headed home after seven mont...
A Christian humanitarian worker India has urged people to pray for the safety of people whose communities have been hit by a powerful cyclone. Cyclone Amphan slammed ashore along the coastline of In...
Internationally-recognised scientist Francis Collins, the current director of the National Institutes of Health, who has become known for his advocacy of the Christian faith among the sciences, has...
YouTube has decided to reintroduce pastor John Piper's audiobook 'Coronavirus and Christ' after initially removing it for "violating" the platform's content standards. The audiobook ve...
People from across the globe have been paying tribute to famed apologist and Christian author Ravi Zacharias after it was announced that he passed away this morning. Mr Zacharias had been suffering ...
World-renowned apologist and author Ravi Zacharias has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 74. Mr Zacharias had been suffering from an aggressive form of sarcoma and was recently told that t...
The ministry of Pastor Greg Laurie, one of the most well-known evangelists in America, has been thriving ever since the coronavirus lockdown began. With a heavily digitalised presence prior to viral o...
A Roman Catholic priest in a US city is using a water pistol in a bid to maintain social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photos posted on social media by St Ambrose Church in Detroit show Fr ...
A conference for evangelical leaders, normally by invitation only, has been made free and open for everyone to attend online. The European Leadership Forum is an annual conference that seeks to equi...
The Christian charity Samaritan's Purse is packing up its pop-up medical tents in Cremona this week as Italy starts to recover from the peak of coronavirus. From Monday, Italy will start to re-...
A new study from a research team at Harvard University has found that those who attend church on a regular basis are at a lower risk of dying from alcohol, drugs or suicide.  The research, whic...
