A messianic pastor in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel has told Premier how his house was hit by a missile while he and his wife were sleeping in the flat's shelter. "We were at...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
One of the most popular churches in western Nigeria is warning against spiritual perfumes after a man died during a private prayer meeting. Prayer events normally include traditions such as spr...
The Chinese authorities have taken down online Bible apps from app stores across the country, according to a tweet from a priest. Father Francis Liu of the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousnes...
The Dean of St George's College in Jerusalem says the pandemic has highlighted the stark inequalities between Israel and Palestine. The Very Reverend Richard Sewell told Premier that while Israel ...
New administrative regulations have been imposed on religious staff in China, generating concerns from religious leaders and human rights lawyers. The new regulations include specific requirements reg...
The dean of St George's College in Jerusalem has told Premier Israeli authorities have consistently ignored health and safety warnings over large gatherings. Very Rev Richard Sewell says serious q...
One person was killed, another injured and four women kidnapped, after heavily armed men, of Fulani ethnicity, attacked a church service in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) in southern Kaduna state....
For the first time, MPs in the House of Commons have declared China's treatment of the Uighur people and other religious minorities as genocide. It's believed more than a million people ...
The eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) who were abducted while on a church trip to evangelise have been freed. The General Overseer of RCCG announced the news on Twitte...
Zhang Chunlei, an elder of Love Reformed Church in Guiyang in China's Guizhou province is in detention following a police raid on a Christian retreat. Mr Zhang was detained after he went to make i...
It has been reported eight Christians have been abducted while on their way to evangelise in Kaduna State, Nigeria. On Friday, a group of church members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God were tr...
There are reports five men, at least two of whom are Christians, have been detained by the Islamist militia in Syria. CSW has learned that the self-named Syrian National Army detained the men in the t...
This week marks ten years since peaceful protests against Syrian President Bashar Assad's government erupted in March 2011, sparking a popular uprising that quickly turned into a full-blown civil ...
Thirty-five leading aid agencies have joined to warn of the suffering and increased, irreversible, damage if the growing humanitarian needs in Syria are not met and a political solution is not found.&...
Archbishop Justin Welby has yet to comment on the revelation that he officiated over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's vows three days before their royal wedding at Windsor Castle. Accord...
Most Rev Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury has publicly condemned a series of homophobic remarks made by a Nigerian Archbishop. In a 26th February statement, Most Rev Henry C ...
