The theologically conservative Global Methodist Church is appealing a ruling from a Nigerian court in a legal battle over the registration and resources of the United Methodist Church
An American aid worker held by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than six years and a French journalist abducted almost two years ago were both freed Monday, authorities said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Monday for three days of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Xi is the first leader to meet with Putin since the International Criminal Court...
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for punishing an American Evangelical pastor for organizing a peaceful prayer gathering in his home, ruling that Moscow violated the pastor s ...
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government faces two no-confidence votes Monday, following the passage of a pension reform bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Last week, Macron pushed ...
During Israel's winter rainy season, parts of Israel are covered with beautiful anemones, small flowers that grow wild here. Artists from 1,500 years ago may have noticed and appreciated them as well, because floral artwork on the mosaic floor of a 1,500-year-old Byzantine church, found between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, strongly resembles the anemones. The church floor was discovered in the 1980's but has been covered over since that time. Now, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), working with the Shoham Regional Council near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport has once again uncovered the mosaic floor, making it a visitor's site on the Israel National Trail.
A 37-year-old Christian theology lecturer at the Methodist-run Cliff College in England has been dismissed after he shared his views in a tweet saying homosexuality is invading the church
An American-Israeli former U.S. Marine was shot in the head at point-blank range in his car Sunday in the West Bank town of Huwara. David Stern, 44, was driving with his family when a terrorist opened fire. Stern managed to fire back at the terrorist, wounding him. His wife, Rachel, was treated for shock. The couple's children were also in the car but were uninjured. This is the second shooting in less than a month in Huwara. Two brothers were murdered in their car there in February.
A Christian theology lecturer is considering legal action following his dismissal by a Methodist Bible college after tweeting an evangelical perspective of human sexuality.
For leaving Islam to accept Christ, a young mother in Sudan was chained in her home, subjected to electrical shocks at a psychiactric hospital and has lost her children, a local source said.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in Ukraine. Xi’s government gave no details of what the Chinese leader hoped to accomplish in his visit that starts Monday. Xi and Putin declared they had a “no limits friendship” before last February’s attack on Ukraine, but China has tried to portray itself as neutral in the conflict.
