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Billy Graham died Wednesday at the age of 99. The world renowned evangelist, who has been listed on Gallup's most admired list 61 times since 1955 — more than any other person — passed away peacefully at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, after struggling with various health problems linked to his advanced age.

The third annual Global Hymn Sing is expected to reach up to a million people in churches all over the world this Sunday.

Condemning the infamously famous manner of totally fixing one's eyes to his smartphone, Pope Francis asked Christians not to ignore others walking along in the journey of faith. He said open your hearts and share your faith with those who are longing for the Word of life.

A well-known evangelical church has been demolished by the officials in northern China after the church collided with the government.

After unusual water droplets were emerging from a portrait of Jesus Christ at St. Anne's Church in Wattala in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the parishioners considered it as the Lord showing signs of sweating. The parish priest Rev. Fr Sanjeev Mendis said the incident depicts something more than a miracle.

The World Council of Churches has called Christians to participate in a global campaign, "A Light of Peace", a move seeking a world free from nuclear weapons. The church body has also urged the Christian community to observe the first Sunday in Advent, Dec. 3, and express solidarity "for the Korean people and to support efforts to ease tensions and sustain hope."

Pope Francis has arrived at Myanmar, the country widely accused of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, and has met with Myanmar's military chief, Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who has denied any "religious discrimination" in a military campaign in Rakhine state.

Chinese police have broke into a house church service in Guangdong province and arrested at least 13 worshippers for holding a Sunday service, as the officials of the Communist Party continue to crackdown on Christian activities.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has condemned the attack on a packed mosque in Egypt's restive North Sinai province on Nov. 24, killing least 235 worshippers in a bomb and gun assault, in the country's deadliest terror attack in recent memory.

Former general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Bishop Dr Yap Kim Hao, passed away in Singapore on Nov. 16.

The Adventists leaders and members in Pakistan have said that a three-day evangelistic meet held from Oct. 26 to 28 marked a change in the predominantly Muslim country as more than 2000 people attended the event.

The sixth Buddhist-Christian talk on the theme "Christians and Buddhists: Let's walk together the Way of Nonviolence" has commenced in Taiwan on Nov. 13. The talk signifies an urgent need to promote a culture of peace and nonviolence.

Thousands of Christians in rural China have reportedly been asked to replace images of Jesus Christ with those of President Xi Jinping if they want to receive government benefits to alleviate poverty.

Calling the recent report about Nepal criminalizing religious conversion as false news, a church body in the country has said that Christians don't favor forced conversion.

A gunman went into a Baptist church in Texas, U.S., on Nov. 5 during Sunday morning service and shot dead 26 worshippers and wounding at least 20 others.