Religion Today Archives

Rising fanaticism has seriously damaged Indonesia's reputation as a moderate Islamic nation.

Gay and lesbian advocates celebrated a landmark victory on Tuesday when the Presbyterian Church (USA) opened its ranks.

Pastor James Musa Rike held the hands of his dying wife and told her, “Hold on to your faith in Jesus, and we shall meet and never part again.”

For Coptic Christians, life in post-Mubarak Egypt has taken a turn for the worse.

Police have charged a mentally ill Christian with “injuring religious feelings” under Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws.

“We are a soft target, as they cannot attack America," said Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Pakistan.

Atop the tiny, white-columned 1842 church where Glen Likens has worshipped all his life, the steeple is rotting.

Ginny Owens has been busy penning a new song for the National Day of Prayer, focusing on the theme verse of Psalm 91:2.

Many human Christians have conflicted feelings, but is it calling God "double-minded" to say he both approves and disapproves the death of Osama...

Hundreds of Muslims attacked Christians’ homes, a school and a church building after learning that police had released two Christians accused of...

The death toll continues to rise as search and rescue teams dig through the rubble after the deadliest outbreak of tornadoes in four decades.

The people of Syria have long counted the cost in demanding a change of regime in their Mideast nation. In recent days, more than 300 protesters in...

Relief organizations are quickly deploying assessment teams following storms and tornadoes that killed at least 231 people.

Fewer than 40 days after a Muslim mob left a church’s building in ruins, the congregation celebrated Easter Sunday in a reconstructed building at...

A father and daughter who fled Egypt to Syria after spending two and a half years in hiding have finally arrived in France.