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A defector from North Korea is risking his life to share the Gospel with citizens of the isolated country via a small radio station in Seoul, South Korea.

Christians around the world have a mission to convert Muslims - even the most violent of jihadis - to Christianity, one of Pope Francis's most senior aides has argued.

One month after a 7.8-magnitude quake rocked Ecuador's coast, killing hundreds and injuring thousands, Christian relief groups are working tirelessly to provide aid to the devastated region, and are urging the international community to continue praying.

A district in India once known for its extreme persecution of Christians is now hosting massive evangelistic events where hundreds of Hindus and tribal animists are embracing Jesus Christ.

During Sunday's (April 10) Regina coeli prayer, Pope Francis appealed for the immediate release of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, SDB, who was taken captive on March 4 during the murderous terror attack on a home for the elderly operated by the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen. Uzhunnalil, 56, was a Catholic priest from India rumored to be heading toward crucifixion by radical Islamists on Good Friday. No one publicly has unequivocally stated his whereabouts.

A new survey by Lifeway Research found that two-thirds of Americans (63 percent) said Christians face increasing intolerance, up from half (50 percent) in 2013. One advocacy group, Faith Driven Consumer (FDC), is trying to affect a different future pattern by launching a new "#GodsNotDead2Us grassroots movie to movement campaign" that targets and challenges five, top diversity and inclusion leaders -- AT&T, Comcast, Allstate, Marriott and Wells Fargo -- to treat Christian employees and customers with the same equality as they treat other consumer segments.

Canadians make up the majority of foreign visitors to Cuba, and have been cheering for church congregants who are flourishing under difficult conditions on the Caribbean isle. One group decided to do more than just cheer for their fellow Christians. Canadian Bible Society (CBS) representatives plan to provide the Cuban Church, and Cuban Christians, with a million bibles in the next 18 months.

While GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigns to "Make America great again," Evangelist and social conservative Franklin Graham said he wants to make it Christian again. That's partly why Graham is taking his Decision America rallies to all 50 U.S. state capitols.

Pastor Saeed Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, said in a Fox interview that, "I couldn't stop my tears and I'm ready to welcome him home. I'm getting ready to fly out to Germany to see him." She added that the children are also really excited to see him and that they've made welcome home signs.

Patrick Fung believes the Word of God is indispensable to the revival, transformation and mission of God’s people. At the Urbana 15 Student Missions Conference being held this week by InterVarsity in St. Louis, Mo., Fung is emphasizing passages of Scripture from the Gospel of Matthew. Urbana combines worship, seminars, speakers and exhibitors for five days among 16,000 participants.

A pastor in eastern Uganda was hacked to death on Wednesday (Dec. 23) as he and other church members resisted an effort by Muslims to take over their land, area church leaders said.

Pastor Nancy Ortberg, a respected author and teacher on leadership and spirituality, shared with The Gospel Herald in an interview on how Transforming the Bay with Christ (TBC) might help the local church be a catalyst to transform the San Francisco Bay Area, the least Bible-minded and least-churched metropolitan areas in the nation, for Christ. The ministry has set an ambitious goal of planting 1,000 churches and converting one million new believers in the next decade.

Indiana Governor Mike Pence has the best interests of the residents of Indiana in mind when he joined a move among many other governors in the nation to block Syrian refugees from entering the US. The Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, however, isn't seeing eye-to-eye with the Governor.

At The Dream Center in Los Angeles, Calif., volunteers specialize in the impossible by reconnecting an estimated 30,000 isolated people each week to God and a community of support to address immediate and long-term needs resulting from homelessness, hunger, poverty, addiction, lack of education and human trafficking.

Faith-based chaplains and pastors of multiple entities are flocking to San Bernardino, Calif., to provide spiritual care to victims and their families after a shooting during a holiday party at a social services center there left 14 people dead and 21 injured.

The first Mission China 2030 Conference was convened in Hong Kong on 28 September - 1 October 2015. This conference was led by urban house church leaders and attended by 900 participants from mainland China. The Mission China 2030 vision is for China to send out 20,000 missionaries by the year 2030. 200 missionary commitments were made as the first step toward fulfilling this vision.

A new report from Catholic group Aid to the Church in Need has documented the dramatic decline of Christian communities in a number of countries in recent years and warned that if current trends continue, Christianity will cease to be a global religion.

The Christian community in Indonesia's Aceh province is asking for prayers after a group of Muslim extremists torched their church building on Tuesday. The criminal act reportedly followed a social media message spread by Muslim extremists on Friday urging others to take action against Christian churches in the region.

Just a few weeks after being blessed Pope Francis, hundreds of generous strangers united to donate over $100,000 to a young boy with cerebral palsy who is in desperate need of a new wheelchair-accessible van.

In an amazing story of redemption and hope, an Islamic State militant who sought to kill a group of Christians providing aid to those displaced by the terrorist group ended up surrendering his life to Christ after hearing the Gospel and witnessing the love of the believers.

Syrian militants hidden among those fleeing to other countries have brought violence, harassment, and intimidation tactics into some refugee camps, the director of a Christian ministry in the Middle East has revealed.

Engage, a nonprofit based out of Islamabad, Pakistan, has launched a new campaign seeking to challenge the legality of the country's notorious blasphemy laws, which have caused the deaths and unjust imprisonment of scores of people.

A prominent Christian pastor in the Central African Republic has narrowly escaped an assassination attempt after a mob of angry Muslims stormed his house, branding machetes and automatic weapons.

Asia Bibi, the Christian mother of five who was sentenced to death in Pakistan, needs fervent prayer more than ever, as she is faced with constant pressure to embrace Islam. Despite constant persecution, Bibi refuses to deny her Christian faith.

Three years after a pastor moved his family from a war-torn town in Syria to the more serene city of Sweida, a deadly bombing there last week brought the violence home. Along with other Christian leaders in Syria, the pastor must decide whether to stay or flee.