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Leaders at 2023 International Religious Freedom Summit Say 'China Poses Greatest Threat' to Religious Freedom

Leaders at 2023 International Religious Freedom Summit Say 'China Poses Greatest Threat' to Religious Freedom

The 2023 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington D.C. determined that China "poses the greatest threat" to religious freedom.

Christianity Isn't a Western Faith

Christianity Isn't a Western Faith

Last month, according to the Congolese military, a militant group attacked a Pentecostal church, killing at least 10 and wounding scores of others. Though incidents like this are hardly new, they rarely make the news. Many in the Western world simply don’t realize how prevalent Christianity and Christian persecution are outside of Europe and North America. Plus, the creeping influence of “the critical theory mood” leaves the impression that because Christianity has been so influential in Western history, Christians must always be villains and can never be victims.

This caricature of Christianity as a sort-of tribal faith of Westerners is flawed at the core.

16 Million Women Have Left the Church in the Past 10 Years, Author Says

16 Million Women Have Left the Church in the Past 10 Years, Author Says

Throughout the past decade, millions of women have left the church despite considering themselves Christians.

Suspected Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

Suspected Herdsmen Kill 12 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria

After authorities in Nigeria ignored warnings that thousands of cattlemen were arriving in Benue state, suspected herdsmen on Saturday (Jan. 28) attacked two villages there and killed 12 Christians, sources said.

At Least 59 Dead, 170 Injured in Suicide Bombing at a Mosque in Pakistan

At Least 59 Dead, 170 Injured in Suicide Bombing at a Mosque in Pakistan

At least 59 people were killed and some 170 were injured when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a crowded mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday. Twenty-seven police officers were among those killed.

Pastor Slain in NE Nigeria, Two Christians Killed in Delta

Pastor Slain in NE Nigeria, Two Christians Killed in Delta

A church pastor in northeast Nigeria was slain on Thursday (Jan. 26), and anti-Christian violence continued to grow in the southern part of the country with the killing of two Christians in Delta state, sources said.

Fear Strikes UK Community after Remnants of Suspected Occult Ritual Are Discovered near Local Church

Fear Strikes UK Community after Remnants of Suspected Occult Ritual Are Discovered near Local Church

A United Kingdom community is worried after finding remains of what looks to be a suspected occult ritual in a national park.

Dolly Parton Says Her New Song about God's Warning Came to Her in a Dream

Dolly Parton Says Her New Song about God's Warning Came to Her in a Dream

Famed Country singer Dolly Parton recently released a song that she says God gave to her in a dream. She released the song on her 77th birthday.

Suspected Islamic Extremists Kill 4 Christians in Sudan

Suspected Islamic Extremists Kill 4 Christians in Sudan

A church pastor and three other Christians were killed in Sudan on Monday (Jan. 23) when suspected Islamic extremists shot them to death, an area source said.

Bill in Pakistan Would Expand Misused Blasphemy Law

Bill in Pakistan Would Expand Misused Blasphemy Law

Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed legislation to make the country’s blasphemy laws stricter even as their blatant misuse again came to light in a threat to falsely charge a Christian woman.