Religion Today Archives

Ramtin Soodmand was released on bail Oct. 22 after more than two months in a Mashhad prison, having originally been charged with “proselytizing.”...

Pastor "Bike" Zhang Mingxuan, his wife and his wife's sister were declared "free" by government officials on October 27, 2008 at 1 p.m. in Nanyang,...

Last November, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved a set of guidelines for Catholics to consider before they went to the...

As the famous evangelist turns 90 today, the Rev. Billy Graham leaves footprints across half a century and much of the globe.

Terrified Christians already ravaged by more than two months of violence in Orissa state’s Kandhamal district braced for more carnage as suspected...

Just a 15-minute metro ride from the trendy shops and quaint cafés of the Champs-Elysees, a virtual sea of North and West African Muslims spills...

Iraq's president on Sunday pledged nearly $900,000 to help Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul because of killings...

After a 6.4 quake struck southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday morning, relief groups launched meetings with international and national aid...

Those who convert to Christianity may not face outright physical persecution, but their faith comes with a real price-tag. In Senegal, they often...

An Iranian judge has ordered the release of two pastors charged with “apostasy,” but the defendants said the ruling was based on the court’s false...

Eritrean officials imprisoned about 20 Christians belonging to the underground Faith Missions Church on Sunday, October 12, 2008, in Deki-Zeru, a...

Among at least 24 aid workers killed in Somalia this year was one who was beheaded last month specifically for converting from Islam to...

Over 1,000 students forced from the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in East Jakarta have now moved into an abandoned mayor’s...

Oct. 26 through Nov. 2 is Pornography Awareness Week, and the makers “Somebody’s Daughter” hope the DVD will not only promote awareness but also...

The Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board has requested that participants in its short-term mission trips pass background...