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Iran’s security forces killed at least 19 Christians during a sweeping crackdown on anti-government protests, according to a monitoring group, which said the confirmed toll rose after two more Christian converts died from gunfire during demonstrations last month.
Leaders at Bethel Church announced Sunday that Ben Armstrong, the Prophetic Ministry director at the church and former BSSM Revival Group pastor, has been placed on administrative leave following the release of a YouTube video in which a former student publicly alleges clergy sexual abuse dating back to 2009.
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee over allegations that its policies discriminate against Jewish students.
India’s Supreme Court has set the stage for a landmark constitutional review of anti-conversion laws across 12 states, as Christian bodies mount parallel legal challenges to legislation they say has been systematically weaponized against religious minorities.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio received sustained applause Saturday after his speech at a major European security conference in which he praised Christianity as a central part of Western identity and urged tighter border controls.
The public perception of the honesty and ethical standards of clergy reached a record low over the last 50 years, according to Gallup’s annual honesty and ethics survey. Just 27% of the American public ranked clergy as high or very high on the scale.
Local churches could run government-supported marriage bootcamps for cohabiting couples with children in a bid to get them to formally walk down the aisle with the promise of a “wedding bonus” of up to $5,000, researchers suggest in a new report.
A Florida pastor and his wife, who used an addiction recovery center as a front to run a multimillion dollar retail theft scheme, have been convicted and are now facing possible sentences of up to 150 and 30 years in prison, respectively.
An Episcopal Church charitable organization has received an $8 million grant to expand its work to combat violence against women and girls in hard-to-reach African communities, hoping to reach half a million people with "proven approaches and interventions."
A Tennessee school district has agreed to tighten oversight of guest speakers following accusations that a high school assembly featuring a Memphis rapper crossed into unconstitutional religious promotion.
A Brazilian student who's facing four to 10 years in prison over social media comments about gender identity appeared before a federal court this week. The hearing addressed whether the posts constituted criminal “transphobia” under Brazilian law.
Actor James Van Der Beek, who portrayed Dawson Leery on the television drama “Dawson’s Creek” and died Feb. 11 at age 48 after living with Stage 3 colorectal cancer, shared an evangelistic reflection about God during the final phase of his life.
Faith plays a key role in “Midwinter Break,” a drama starring Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds as a longtime married couple whose winter trip to Amsterdam becomes a reckoning with belief, regret and unfinished promises.
Events from this week in Christian history include the debut of “Rise Up, O Men of God,” the death of Fra Angelico and Adoniram Judson setting sail for Southeast Asia.
The Church of England’s General Synod has voted to end plans for standalone blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples in churches after extended debate. The decision also closes a years-long process that had examined whether such ceremonies could be introduced.
Most visitors to France never look beyond Paris. That is a mistake.
Grammy Award-winning Christian hip-hop artist, activist and CEO, Lecrae Moore, popularly known by his first name, is unapologetically free and he’s no longer worried about pleasing everyone in the room.
For much of its history, the U.S. has engaged in various efforts to influence or change the regimes of other nations, either through invasion, multinational intervention or covert backing of factions.
