UK government urged to act over persecution of Christians in Nigeria
A petition submitted to the UK government this week is calling for more to be done to stop "genocidal attacks" on Christians in Nigeria.
A petition submitted to the UK government this week is calling for more to be done to stop "genocidal attacks" on Christians in Nigeria.
Church leaders are pleading for peace in South Sudan after a bishop survived a brutal ambush and kidnapping.
Another wave of attacks on Christian villages in Nigeria has left at least 168 people dead, including many children, Release International has said.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has lamented violent attacks on indigenous tribal Christians in north-eastern India.
If Christians in North Korea are found possessing a Bible, they face the death penalty, and family members, including children, are sentenced to life imprisonment, reveals a report by the U.S. State Department.
After enduring seven grueling years of captivity in West Africa, 88-year-old Australian Dr. Kenneth Elliott has finally been released, the Australian government announced. He was kidnapped in Burkina Faso by al Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in January 2016.
A faith-based humanitarian organization is working to nourish the “body and soul” of persecuted North Koreans by sending food supplies and Bibles into the country where believers and their relatives are frequently sent to labor camps under the brutal regime of Kim Jong Un.
A Christian teacher in UK has claimed he was dismissed for 'hate speech' after sharing his beliefs at a diversity and inclusion seminar.
The Church of Scotland has lost more than half of its members since the year 2000, with the average age of worship attendees being 62, according to a recently released report.
In an extraordinary move bridging a historical rift dating back to 451AD, Pope Francis has added the 21 Coptic Christians martyred by Islamic State terrorists on a Libyan beach in 2015 to the Roman Catholic Church’s calendar, declaring them saints.
In a series of attacks on places of worship in Sudan, gunmen opened fire on churchgoers before looting a Coptic church and ousting all clergy from another church last weekend, the U.K.-based group Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported.
The UK has some of the lowest levels of religiosity and belief in God in the world, according to a global study spanning dozens of countries.