Pastor Rick Warren has issued a passionate call for African churches to take the lead in global mission, saying: “Africa is now the most Christian continent on Earth... The Church in Africa must lea...
An Orthodox monk has been hospitalised with facial and rib injuries following a violent altercation at Mount Athos, the historic monastic peninsula in northern Greece. The clash is part of a long-runn...
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland has officially rejected a proposal to recognise same-sex marriages alongside heterosexual unions in its constitution. The measure fell 15 votes short of th...
Church of England bishops have renewed their call for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, calling the suffering a “grave moral failure” and “a violent assault on God-given human dignity”. In ...
Christian apologist Wesley Huff has said that podcaster and UFC commentator Joe Rogan is now attending church consistently. “I can tell you for a fact he is attending church,” Huff told Relevant...
The Supreme Court has concluded two days of hearings in a legal case challenging a school’s religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland, with claims that provision is too Christia...
The former drummer of a Christian rock band has died in a plane crash in San Diego. The collision occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning, around 3.47am, when a small private plane crashed int...
A split U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a bid led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a major case involving rel...
Eight Christians were killed and more than 740 acres of farmland destroyed in a series of coordinated attacks by suspected Fulani militias on Christian farming communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, ...
A former nightclub in Hull could be turned into a church if planning permission request is accepted. The Piper was a popular hotspot The building originally opened as the Monica Cinema in 1914 and wa...
The Diocese of Truro has confirmed that a plaque hung from a church in Falmouth in protest at a slave-trader memorial inside has been taken down. The blue plaque outside King Charles the Martyr Church...
The Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay nearly $180m to survivors of clergy sexual abuse as part of a proposed settlement. The payout, totalling $179.2m, would be distributed through a trust ...
Kay Arthur, internationally known Bible teacher, author and co-founder of Precept Ministries International, has died at the age of 91. Arthur authored more than 100 Bible studies and books, championin...
The US Department of Education has officially dropped a proposed $37.7m fine against Grand Canyon University (GCU), bringing an end to a lengthy dispute over alleged deceptive practices. The universit...
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave "yet more worrying and saddening". "I renew my fervent appeal to...
Christians in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato are mourning the deaths of seven young people killed during a church-organised event. Gunmen opened fire at the gathering in the town of San Barto...
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are urging Pope Leo XIV to implement a global zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP...
International charity Christian Aid is supporting a call for the UK Government to intensify efforts to end the siege in Gaza, as campaigners take part in a 24-hour fast in solidarity with those affect...
Alpha, the internationally recognised Christian course designed for exploring faith, has reported its most successful year since its inception in 1977. In 2024, more than two million people participat...
Church leaders from Manipur, north-east India, have issued an urgent plea to the UK’s new special envoy for freedom of religion and belief, David Smith MP, calling for international intervention to ...
