Religion Today Archives

North Korea is ranked the No. 1 persecutor of Christians for the 10th straight year, followed by Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.

An attack on a church in Ahwaz, Iran, resulted in the arrest of a number of Christians and their children.

Amid anguish and mourning, church leaders distinguish between defense and retaliation.

Iranian Christians grieve from the aftermath of Christmas raids and fear what is possibly to come in the new year.

Sudan's militant Islamic regime has driven about 280,000 people from their homes, producing another humanitarian crisis.

Burns threaten the eyesight of a church leader who opposed Islamic courts.

Christmas Day church services throughout Nigeria were shattered by coordinated terror attacks on Sunday.

Here are the stories Crosswalk's editors believe most affected Christians around the world during the past 12 months.

Yousef Nadarkhani, sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith, may have to wait another year for a ruling.

The Christmas season represents a window for abuse of Christians by persecutors.

After a Christmas gathering, one pastor was fined and seven were placed in the stocks.

At Christmas, let us join North Koreans in mourning, not for a monster and tyrant, but for the horrific results of the great lie.

Two North Korean refugees to China commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ this season. What does their Christmas look like?

Open Doors asks Christians around the world to pray for North Koreans during the transitional period after Kim Jong Il's death.

Just two years after the disaster, there are signs that things still aren’t improving much in Haiti.