Religion Today Archives

Believers in America and most Western countries know very little of the fires of persecution. But our lack of experience doesn't have to be a lack...

A Pakistani court has sentenced Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of four, to death for "blasphemy" charges thereby becoming the first woman to receive...

Officials in Katin village, southern Laos have ordered six more Christian families to renounce their faith or face expulsion in early January.

We need to be the answer to the prayers for the persecuted. A powerful opportunity to do just that is coming November 14. Millions worldwide will...

Muslim extremists in Islamabad on Monday (Nov. 1) beat with bricks and hockey sticks a Christian clergyman who is the subject of a fatwa demanding...

An unidentified arsonist in Israel set fire to a Jerusalem church building that has long been a focal point for anti-Christian sentiment in a...

Mourners gathered in Iraq today to bury the victims of Sunday's assault on a Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad, one of the bloodiest attacks on the...

Muslim villagers last month beat a 63-year-old Christian convert and his youngest son because they refused to return to Islam, the father told...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged President Obama to pressure Iran to release a Christian pastor facing a death...

A Muslim land owner in Pakistan this month subjected a 25-year-old Christian to burns and a series of humiliations because the Christian refused to...

Americans are being more generous to religious charities, but why are they skimping on their giving to churches?

Muslim neighbors of a Christian family scheduled to be baptized last month allegedly beat them and filed a false charge of attempted murder against...

Police in Sudan evicted the staff of a Presbyterian church from its events and office site in Khartoum earlier this month, aiding a Muslim...

As a deadly cholera outbreak spreads through contaminated waters toward the crowded capital of Port-au-Prince, aid groups are racing to provide...

On January 12, pilot Will White was on the ground to experience the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti. Today, much of his day is spent in the...