An Islamist cleric presided over the forced conversion of two Christians in Sialkot District, Pakistan after they were tortured into reciting the Islamic conversion creed, sources said.
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson urged the Biden administration to take stronger action against the Chinese Communist Party as the ruling government's treatment of the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority group continues to invite allegations of human rights and religious freedom violations.
Russian soldiers and occupation officials have committed at least 76 acts of religious persecution in Ukraine since the invasion of February 2022 as part of an attempt to destroy national identity, official and church sources said at the International Religious Freedom Summit.
Vietnam improved from 24th to 35th place in Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List (WWL) of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian, but the U.S. government was not so generous regarding its religious freedom record, placing the country on its Special Watch List on Jan. 4 for the second year in a row.
Peru’s Unborn Life Protection Law, championed by the controversial figure Milagros Aguayo, has sparked intense debate and diverse reactions within the country. This article delves into the complexities of this law, its societal impact, and the role of Peru’s socio-economic and religious landscape in shaping public opinion on such a critical issue.
Hospice and end-of-life care isn’t a popular subject in media and television, but “Going Home,” a heartwarming series from Great American Pure Flix, seeks to remove the stigma surrounding the topic by following a group of nurses as they treat those dying with dignity and compassion.
Recent Muslim extremist attacks in an area of central Nigeria resulted in dozens of deaths and the closure of 10 Baptist churches, including one now used as a mosque, a denominational leader said.
![[Interview] “Harmony isn’t the absence of tension,” says global mission leader commenting on major trends today](/media/cache/thumbnail/0/03/307sp_799w_469h_1x_1y.jpg)
Relationships define reality for us. Everything is interrelated. The interconnectivity of all things, physical and spiritual, are held together by relationships. So much so, that I believe in and started to develop a relational hermeneutic of Scripture that can better help us understand the purposes of God in the world today.
The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a shooting at a Catholic church service in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday (Jan. 28) that killed a Muslim citizen, news agencies reported.
Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya faces a one-year prison sentence for his religious activities, marking a significant setback for religious freedom in Nepal, after the country’s Supreme Court upheld a previous judgment against the pastor, who now awaits the court’s response to his appeal for converting the sentence into a fine.
Congregations within the United Methodist Church continue to leave the mainline Protestant denomination, even after an official disaffiliation process expired at the end of last year. From 2019 to 2023, the UMC Book of Discipline included a measure known as Paragraph 2553, which created a process for disaffiliating from the denomination due to its years-long debate over whether to bless same-sex unions and ordain noncelibate homosexuals.
A new study reveals that the overwhelming majority of self-identified Evangelicals came to faith as children, and many don't remember the specific moment when they decided to embrace Evangelical Christianity.
Hospice and end-of-life care isn’t a popular subject in media and television, but “Going Home,” a heartwarming series from Great American Pure Flix, seeks to remove the stigma surrounding the topic by following a group of nurses as they treat those dying with dignity and compassion.
Recent Muslim extremist attacks in an area of central Nigeria resulted in dozens of deaths and the closure of 10 Baptist churches, including one now used as a mosque, a denominational leader said.
![[Interview] “Harmony isn’t the absence of tension,” says global mission leader commenting on major trends today](/media/cache/thumbnail/0/03/307sp_346w_243h_1x_1y.jpg)
Relationships define reality for us. Everything is interrelated. The interconnectivity of all things, physical and spiritual, are held together by relationships. So much so, that I believe in and started to develop a relational hermeneutic of Scripture that can better help us understand the purposes of God in the world today.
The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a shooting at a Catholic church service in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday (Jan. 28) that killed a Muslim citizen, news agencies reported.
Pastor Keshab Raj Acharya faces a one-year prison sentence for his religious activities, marking a significant setback for religious freedom in Nepal, after the country’s Supreme Court upheld a previous judgment against the pastor, who now awaits the court’s response to his appeal for converting the sentence into a fine.
Congregations within the United Methodist Church continue to leave the mainline Protestant denomination, even after an official disaffiliation process expired at the end of last year. From 2019 to 2023, the UMC Book of Discipline included a measure known as Paragraph 2553, which created a process for disaffiliating from the denomination due to its years-long debate over whether to bless same-sex unions and ordain noncelibate homosexuals.
A new study reveals that the overwhelming majority of self-identified Evangelicals came to faith as children, and many don't remember the specific moment when they decided to embrace Evangelical Christianity.
