Kenya is registering nearly 60 churches every month, Attorney General Dorcas Oduor has said, as she raised concerns over increasingly bitter disputes within some religious organizations, including leadership contests that she said can become violent.
For decades, religious persecution in Sri Lanka was framed mainly as Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist campaigns against Christians and Muslims, but a growing body of research points to a less-examined front: Hindu nationalist or Hindutva-style movements among Sri Lankan Tamils in the northern and eastern provinces drawing ideological and organizational support from India’s Hindu right.
The pastor and professor, who turns 89 today, labored over half a century for conservative Presbyterian doctrine.
A Russian strike on the evening of Friday, Aug. 28, destroyed the warehouse and office used by the humanitarian arm of Ukraine for Christ, a Christian mission that had run the site for four years, the organization said in a statement posted on Facebook.
Zeeneta has experienced things in life that seem almost unimaginable as part of a family that was persecuted for their faith. Her parents' resilience modeled a resilience that Zeeneta now encourages others to have, especially women. The young girl that worried about not having a future is now passing on a powerful legacy.
Officials with a regional body of the United Methodist Church are defending a decision to sue a Dallas megachurch
A man died and at least six others were injured when a sign fell at the Big Church Festival in West Sussex, England, on Friday, and organisers brought the event to a close.
The Holy Land is not merely a collection of sacred sites or ancient stories. It is not an abstract concept but a living homeland shared by peoples carrying different histories, identities, wounds, and hopes. Christians around the world don't need to imagine what the Holy Land is like, we can learn from those who live there today. Here is a corrective starting point for us from someone whose family has lived there for millennia.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The 2026 Replant Summit emphasized the spiritual work of renewal as nearly 400 pastors and church leaders gathered from 24 states and 181 churches, making it the largest Replant Summit the North American Mission Board (NAMB) has hosted.
“No American should ever fear violence for simply practicing their faith,” Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights for the Department of Justice, said.
WHITEVILLE, N.C. — A former pastor has been charged with 16 felony counts of embezzlement after arrest warrants accuse him of misappropriating nearly $58,000 from a Baptist church in southeastern North Carolina where he previously served.
