Religion Today Archives

After intense diplomatic pressure last week, authorities released Afghani Christian Said Musa, who had been in prison for nearly nine months on...

Iranian authorities have released about half of the Christians arrested for their faith across the country in December and January, as well as one...

The monumental changes taking place in Egypt should be a clarion call for Western Christians to "run toward Egypt" and take advantage of an...

Even as we are pressing our efforts to help, news comes that just a few mountain ranges away, hell's fury has again been turned loose on a large...

On the chopping block is the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), President George W. Bush’s 2003 initiative to fight the disease...

After decades of on-again, off-again civil war in Africa’s largest country, the long-awaited democratic process has yielded amazing fruit.

While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships of Pentecostal traditions are on the...

Christian leaders in Bauchi state said religious violence here sparked by a row over a billiards table on Jan. 27 bore signs that Muslim extremists...

In Haiti the labor is plentiful but the harvests are few. What kinds of programs work toward long-term change?

Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife have been beaten by police after a video in which they describe their conditions...

Asking for ongoing prayers, Ramez Atallah sent this report when internet access was restored to the nation in turmoil.

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh yesterday directed the state government to ensure the safety of Christians during a massive Hindu nationalist...

If she had listened to her parents, Sister Jenn Graus might never have professed vows last month to join the Congregation of St. Joseph.

The cycle of attacks sparked by Christmas Eve bombings leaves growing list of victims.

Violations of Christians’ religious freedom in Indonesia jumped from 12 incidents in 2009 to 75 last year, according to a report from the Setara...