The founder of one of the United Methodist Church's fastest-growing congregations in the US has announced plans to retire at the age of 43. Olu Brown launched Impact Church in Atlanta in Georgia 1...
A Christian journalist based in Bethlehem has told Premier that the unrest between Israel and Gaza is partly a "spiritual battle". Paul Calvert says the situation continues to be very tense and riotin...
A Spanish politician's Twitter account was temporarily suspended after tweeting that "man cannot get pregnant" because he has "no womb or eggs". Francisco José Contreras was tweeting in response ...
The Christian organisation Release International has told Premier the world needs to wake up to a Jihad which is moving across Africa. More than 1470 Christians have been massacred in Nigeria in the f...
The pastor of a Baptist church in the city of Calgary in Canada has become the third church leader to be arrested for hosting in-person services surpassing the attendance cap imposed by covid regulati...
A Catholic church in the village of Mehr in Turkey has been attacked and ransacked by unknown assailants. Marta Shimoni Church, a cave church built into the mountains, was destroyed along with crosses...
Churches in Ireland have opened their doors again after almost a year of strict lockdown restrictions. Ireland was the last remaining European country with restrictions preventing people from gatherin...
The US government has committed to addressing religious freedom as it publishes its annual report outlining the situation of religious freedom and persecution across the world. In its International Re...
A priest in the Palestinian city of Ramallah has told Premier that, despite escalating violence, he wants Jerusalem to be a house of prayer, not a house of conflict, as increasing numbers of people ga...
A Christian pastor, held in police detention in the Southeast Asian country of Laos for a year, has been spared jail after he was made to sign documents swearing not to preach until 2022. A court con...
A special gospel song has been written to mark the 18th birthday of one of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria three years ago. Leah Sharibu is still being held by an offshoot of the terrorist group...
The only person to survive the Atlanta mass shooting that left eight people dead in the city of Georgia has said he wants the killer to be "ultimately judged by God". Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz made the ...
The European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) is urging the Finnish government to respect religious freedom after MP Päivi Räsänen was charged with inciting hatred for expressing biblical views on marriage ...
Rev Megan Rohrer has become the first openly transgender pastor to be appointed as a bishop in any major Christian denomination in the US. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected Re...
A Palestinian Christian living in Jerusalem is urging Christians and the Church to speak out against the violence engulfing the region. Dr Salim Munayer was speaking to Premier in a week that airstrik...
Pope Francis has returned to doing audiences with the faithful in person after a nearly six-month interruption due to Covid-19. Francis greeted several hundred socially distanced and masked visitors i...
A Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem has told Premier the current violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza is the worst she can ever remember. Rana was speaking as the United Nations Mi...
Four Christian men have been beheaded in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The attack on Tuesday is the second in the last six months, after four Christians were killed at a Salvation Army outpost in Sigi ...
One of the most popular churches in western Nigeria is warning against spiritual perfumes after a man died during a private prayer meeting. Â Prayer events normally include traditions such as spraying...
A Palestinian Christian living in East Jerusalem is urging the international community to pray for reconciliation in the region. Katie Madanet was speaking in a week of heightened violence which has l...
