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A Muslim mob attacked the homes of Christians in a village in Minya, located about 240 km south of Cairo, on Thursday and burned three houses. The attack was carried out while the country is still under a state of calamity.

Beth Herman, sister of pastor Andrew Brunson, said she and the rest of the family believe God is with him. Brunson has been detained six months ago in Turkey, where he had been working as a pastor for more than 20 years.

Evangelical churches in Brazil are rapidly growing, and the growth is found mostly in favelas or slum communities.

The former Archbishop of Canterbury accused the government of being biased against Christian refugees from Syria. He said Christians, who are being “disproportionately persecuted” in the Middle East, should be given priority by the government, but this is not happening.

A Colombian nun kidnapped in Mali in February remains missing, and authorities still have no information regarding her whereabouts.

Wherever you are in your walk with God, whether you are on fire, or joyous, or weary, or doubting, or hurting, or in lack, or sick, you can go back to the Word of God, be encouraged with the goodness and faithfulness He has displayed from the beginning and be assured that He will finish His work in your life. It all starts with the cross.

A report has uncovered that U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, operated a child sex ring-but none of them was ever arrested.

Deaf Christians often find it a challenge to locate a church they can attend because not all churches offer deaf accessible services. To address this need, an organization has set up a database that provides information for deaf Christians looking for churches that can accommodate them.

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina proposed a bill that would make gay marriage illegal in the state, just like the way it was before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015.

Facebook has allegedly censored millions of people from reaching the page of a “Facebook pastor” who has been growing in popularity over social media.

Mr. T may have been recently voted out of “Dancing with the Stars,” but his last performance—a waltz to the famous Christian hymn “Amazing Grace”—left some of the judges emotional and teary-eyed.

After the attacks on two Coptic churches on Sunday, Christians in Egypt said they will attend services on Easter Sunday despite the risk of more attacks.

The targeted Palm Sunday bombing of two Coptic churches in Egypt left more than 40 people dead and more than a hundred injured, yet Coptic church leaders and members refuse to respond to their attackers in anger.

Archaeologists have finally found evidence that could prove the existence of King Solomon’s mines, and they found it in donkey dung that is thousands of years old.

More than 3,000 former Muslims were recently baptized as Christians in various sites of the Assembly of Living God Church across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. However, the church sent out an urgent call for prayer for the recovery and protection of a ministry leader who suffered from damage to the skull after being stoned by extremists.

A new survey conducted in Great Britain showed that one in four of those who considered themselves as Christians do not believe the resurrection of Jesus really happened.

The chief of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared that Jerusalem is the “capital of David” and recognized the importance of protecting its heritage.

Ho Yeow Sun, co-founder of Singapore-based City Harvest Church and wife of pastor Kong Hee, revealed their family is going through a difficult time after the High Court on Friday handed down the jail terms for Kong and five other leaders of the church.

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The Islamic State or ISIS released a new video threatening to launch more attacks against Egypt’s Christians. The 20-minute video said the December attack in Cairo by a suicide bomber was “only the beginning” and vowed more will come. The video also said Coptic Christians are the extremist group’s “favorite prey.”

A pastor from South Africa faced intense backlash when he told his congregation during a worship service earlier this month to drink water with rat poison as a demonstration of their faith and God’s power.

A Muslim man from South Asia, who once led a group of extremists to attack Christian churches, was brought to the end of his rope when his only child was diagnosed with leukemia. He planned to commit suicide with his family, but God intervened and saved them, and healed his son.

Franklin Graham, CEO of the humanitarian aid organization Samaritan’s Purse, said the hospital they set up outside Mosul in Iraq is treating not only civilians but wounded ISIS soldiers as well.

The Wall of Answered Prayer, made of a million bricks—each representing how Jesus answered someone’s prayer—will be built as a national landmark in the U.K.

Some congregations of the United Methodist Church have been under “stress” and have lost members and financial support since the consecration of openly lesbian bishop last summer.