Christian News

A Democrat has become the second Muslim to be elected to the US Congress. Indiana Democrat Andre Carson will replace his late grandmother in representing that state's 7th district.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made clear this past weekend that he is an atheist after European news agencies last week claimed that he had confirmed his Christian faith during a visit to the tomb of ...

The nation's largest Protestant denomination intends to utilize a church planting day to raise awareness among congregants on the need to plant churches in light of declining numbers in the United States.

Militant secularists are becoming apologists for capitalism and war, but the struggle is within faiths, not against them. The two faces of modern religion were on stark display in Britain this week.

The president of the nation's largest Protestant denomination dismissed the idea that politics was too "dirty" for Christians and instead urged believers to be involved in the political process.

To paraphrase Augustine, and subsequently John Caputo , "what is it that we love when we love our God?" I'm constantly amazed by what some people, both non-religious and religious, assume I must be committing ...

The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews-the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and ...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made clear this past weekend that he is an atheist after European news agencies last week claimed that he had confirmed his Christian faith during a visit to the tomb of ...

The Muslim-born journalist baptized by Pope Benedict XVI at the Easter Vigil said he wanted a public conversion to convince other former Muslims not to be afraid of practicing their new Christian faith....

The head of Changing Attitude England, a group of Anglican Christians working for an inclusive church, has exposed a "shocking" act of anti-gay violence in Nigeria and called on the Church there to condemn it ...

The Bible needs to be re-read from the viewpoint of women so as to shatter "institutionalised patriarchy", which is reinforced by "conservative" biblical interpretation, says a leader of a prominent group of ...

In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list.

The Story As Judges opens, Israel has failed to rid their land of the Canaanites as directed by God...

An inquiry has been ordered following claims that faith schools have been breaking laws aimed at making admissions fairer.

The first church permitted in Qatar held its first Mass on Sunday without incident, following threats by ...

Over half of Britons believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, according to new research published over the weekend by Theos, the public theology think tank...Surprisingly, 13% of people claim that Jesus never existed, despite the fact that respected historians unanimously agree that he did...

When the Rev. John Hagee, the televangelist, gave U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona a ringing endorsement in his run for president, the opposite of an "amen chorus" sounded from well beyond Rev. Hagee's evangelical Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. ...

The US United Methodist Church needs to think less about charity and more about social justice, according to the leader of the denomination's mission agency.

As you approach Easter and commemorate Christ's ultimate act of sacrificial love, take some time to join guest contributor, Warren Mueller , and meditate on this rich study of the Passion of Christ .

Christianity in America took a hard-hit in 2007 as the death of several influential and well-respected leaders shocked the nation and the religious community.