Anugrah Kumar

Protestant pastor is first Christian clergy imprisoned on charges of sedition in Hong Kong

A judge in Hong Kong sentenced a 59-year-old Protestant pastor to more than one year in prison for sedition, making him the first Christian clergy in the city to be convicted under the draconian national security law that mainland China imposed two years ago.

Christian baker who refused to bake cake for lesbian wedding prevails in court

A court has ruled that the Christian owner of Tastries Bakery in California acted lawfully when she refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple and instead referred them to a different bakery, citing her sincere religious belief that marriage is intended to be between one man and one woman.

European court says feminist who pretended to abort Jesus on church altar was exercising 'freedom'

Overturning the verdict of a French court, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that a feminist who interrupted the rehearsal of Christmas carols to perform a topless act of aborting Jesus on the altar of a Paris church was exercising "freedom of expression."

Archeologists find tomb of Saint Nicholas

St. Nicholas was persecuted for his faith under Emperor Diocletian but lived to see Constantine rise to power

Victims of religious oppression in Turkey reveal why Christian population is dwindling

Victims of religious oppression in Turkey shared their stories at an event on religious freedom at the European Parliament where the speakers suggested that political and social atrocities in that country were behind the Christian population's decline from 20% to a mere 0.2% over the last century.

Archaeologists find rare burial caves dating back to time of the Exodus

Israeli archaeologists say they have discovered a 3,300-year-old intact burial cave from the time of Pharaoh Ramesses II.

Museum of the Bible returns 1,000-year-old Gospel manuscript to Greece

Leaders from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., traveled to Greece this week to formally return a 10th-century, handwritten Gospel manuscript looted by Bulgarian troops in 1917.

Nun murdered, 6 beheaded by the Islamic State in Mozambique

Amid rising jihadist violence in Mozambique, an 83-year-old Italian nun was shot and killed and six others were beheaded earlier this month by suspected militants aligned with the Islamic State.

5 priests among Christians kidnapped in Cameroon

Gunmen kidnapped five priests, a nun and two churchgoers after setting a Catholic church on fire in western Cameroon.

Nearly half of evangelical leaders have been blacklisted over beliefs - survey

Nearly half of Evangelical leaders said in a new survey that they have been disinvited, blacklisted or excluded because of their point of view or "guilt by association," according to the National Association of Evangelicals.

Evangelist and missionary queued 7 times to pay respects to Queen

Inspired by Queen Elizabeth II's strong Christian faith, a 43-year-old evangelist and missionary stood in long queues seven times to see the monarch's coffin in Edinburgh before it left for London.

Parents warned against letting their kids watch Disney FX's 'Little Demon'

Satan impregnates woman who gives birth to Antichrist daughter.

China releases Early Rain house church member after 12 days in jail

China's Early Rain Covenant Church says one of its members, who was arrested in a raid during a recent worship service and suffered while in detention due to his medical condition, has been released on bail and had a celebratory dinner with his family.