Religion Today Archives

“Here is my question,” said Jung. “If North Korea has freedom of religion, why does the government arrest, kill or imprison Christians in camps...

In what religious freedom advocates regarded as a breakthrough in Vietnam, authorities granted rare permission to unregistered house church groups...

In the three decades since the end of the Cultural Revolution in China, there has been a surge in Chinese students and scholars like Wang adopting...

After more than two years in a Pakistani jail, two elderly Christian men convicted of “blasphemy” against the Quran were acquitted on Thursday when...

Family members of Alimjan Yimit are increasingly concerned for his safety following reports that police and a prison doctor escorted him in...

In a surprise move, a Saudi Christian arrested in January for describing his conversion from Islam and criticizing the kingdom’s judiciary on his...

Timothy Dolan was installed as the 10th Catholic archbishop of New York on Wednesday (April 15) with all the pomp and ceremony that Manhattan could...

When Halima Bubkier of Sinar town converted from Islam to Christianity last year, initially her husband accepted it without qualms. That soon...

At a time that would normally be characterized by joyous celebrations, people are dealing with loss, and trying to cope with grief. On Good Friday,...

Iran's hostility towards Christians has deep roots, but a recent crackdown is making life for Christians, especially converts, still harder.

Support for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in the wake of an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant is fast turning into orchestrated...

Few people outside Vermont have any idea of how the church is growing in our small state. Even many Vermonters don't realize just how rapid the...

Prominent House Church leader "Bike" Zhang Mingxuan has been re-arrested, and another Chinese believer will stand trial this week.

Police in the central town of Agdash, near Göycay in Azerbaijan, have refused to explain why eight officials raided a peaceful religious meeting in...

Bangladeshi authorities called a five-month halt to construction of a church in northern Bangladesh, for fear of huge conversions. Authorities have...