Syria broke into the top 10 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian for the first time in nearly a decade in Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List (WWL) as more than 388 million Christians worldwide faced high levels of persecution or discrimination last year.
The Trust commissioned the report after facing criticism for its handling of the Smyth scandal and the subsequent abuse scandal around Rev Jonathan Fletcher, former vicar of Emmanuel Church Wimbledon.
SMITHFIELD, Va. (BP) – Joy Stamey, an 86-year-old member of Liberty Live Church in Hampton, Va., described finally being baptized as “the best thing I have ever done.”
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A state panel agreed Monday (Dec. 6) to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role.
The same God who sent those angelic tidings more than 2,000 years ago has also told us that His character, message and mission remain unchanged through eternity.
A plumber who claims to have found wads of checks and cash inside of a wall in Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston says he deserves an award for the finding as authorities believe it may be linked to a 2014 theft of over $600,000 from the church.
The New Jersey-based multisite megachurch Liquid Church recently oversaw an outreach event in which approximately 800,000 meals were packed for those in need in Haiti.