US decries Islamic State ‘genocide’ of Christians, others
The Trump administration denounced the Islamic State group on Tuesday for carrying out “genocide” against Christians and other religious minorities in areas under its control.
Militants attack Christians in Egypt, killing at least 28
Masked militants riding in three SUVs opened fire Friday on a bus packed with Coptic Christians, including children, south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 28 people and wounding 22, the Interior Ministry said.
Egypt’s Christians bury dead after IS church bombings
Egyptian Christians are burying their dead a day after at least 44 people were killed in twin suicide bombings at Palm Sunday services in two separate cities.
Divided America: Evangelicals feel alienated, anxious
Pastor Richie Clendenen stepped away from the pulpit, microphone in hand. He walked the aisles of the Christian Fellowship Church, his voice rising to describe the perils believers face in 21st-century America.
Franklin Graham: Christians should deepen political work
Evangelist Franklin Graham, on a 50-state prayer rally tour for more Christian involvement in politics, made clear in Mississippi Wednesday that he supports the state’s incoming law to let churches and some private businesses deny services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
Blasphemy cases rise in Egypt and Christians bear the brunt
In the video, the Egyptian Christian teens laugh playfully as a couple of them kneel down, imitating Muslim prayers, then another slides his hand under one boy’s neck, imitating the trademark beheadings of the Islamic State group.
AP-NORC Poll: Religious rights most vital for US Christians
Americans place a higher priority on preserving the religious freedom of Christians than for other faith groups, ranking Muslims as the least deserving of the protections, according to a new survey.
Pope to Christians: Put aside divisions amid persecution
Pope Francis appealed on Friday to faithful from all Christian churches to put divisions aside and concentrate on what unites them amid the persecution and slaying of Christians in parts of the world.
Patrick Buchanan: The decline of Christian America
“This is a Christian nation,” said the Supreme Court in 1892.
Activists: Number of Christians abducted by IS rises to 220
he number of Christians abducted by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria has risen to 220 in the past three days, as militants round up more hostages from a chain of villages along a strategic river, activists said Thursday.
Fate of militant-abducted Christians unclear
Kurdish and Christian militiamen battled Islamic State militants on Wednesday in northeastern Syria, where the extremist group recently abducted at least 70 Christians after overrunning a cluster of villages.
Activists: IS militants kidnap dozens of Christians in Syria
Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Christians, including women and children, after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, two activist groups said Tuesday.
Some Christians arm as Mideast perils mount
Every day around sunset, dozens of residents of this small Lebanese Christian village on the border carry their automatic rifles and deploy on surrounding hills, taking up positions and laying ambushes in case Muslim extremists from neighboring Syria attack.
Chinese police remove church cross amid crackdown
Hundreds of police took down a church’s cross Monday in a city known as “China’s Jerusalem” for its many houses of worship amid a crackdown on church buildings in a coastal region where thousands of people are embracing Christianity.
The race of Jesus: Unknown, yet powerful
For two thousand years, he has been worshipped and adored. Multitudes look to him each day. And yet nobody really knows the face of Jesus.
Trying times for Christian adoption movement
To many Christian evangelicals, their commitment to finding homes for the world’s orphans is something to celebrate — and they will, gathering at hundreds of
Pakistani Christians protest church bombing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Angry Pakistani Christians on Monday denounced the deadliest attack ever in this country against members of their faith as the death toll
Slimantics: Christians only? Lack of inclusiveness taints local Day of Prayer observance
Late this morning, people of a faith gathered on the lawn of the Lowndes County Courthouse to observe the National Day of Prayer.
Christians mark Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday
Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City today, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus.
Syrian Christians fear bleak future
With Christmas just days away, 40-year-old Mira begged her parents to flee their hometown of Aleppo, which has become a major battleground in Syria’s civil war.