Breaking: Andy Stanley Stepping Down as North Point Senior Pastor in 2027
After 31 years, Andy Stanley announces he will step down as senior pastor of North Point Ministries in January 2027. Joel Thomas nominated as successo...
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After 31 years, Andy Stanley announces he will step down as senior pastor of North Point Ministries in January 2027. Joel Thomas nominated as successo...
An estimated 80,000 Christians filled AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on October 10 for ACCESS — a night of prayer led by Pastor Philip Anthony Mitc...
UniteUS ministry reports more than 700 students made decisions for Christ at Appalachian State University this week, with about 100 baptized on the sp...
Open Doors' 2026 World Watch List reveals 3,490 Christians were murdered for their faith in Nigeria alone — 72% of the worldwide total. Sub-Saharan Af...
Fr. John Inalegwu Otache, parish priest of St. Margaret's in Benue State, was kidnapped on October 13 while returning home. The diocese pleads for pra...
Lakepointe Church in Texas baptized 882 people on September 27 — with 182 making spontaneous decisions during the service. Senior Pastor Josh Howerton...
Biltmore Church in North Carolina baptized 458 people in a single day — the largest baptism event in the church's 137-year history. A historic day for...
The viral 'Quiet Revival' survey collapsed when YouGov admitted fraud — but church leaders say something is still happening. What the honest 2026 data...
Boko Haram destroyed an EYN church in Adamawa State on October 8, displacing eight Christian villages and abducting students returning from final exam...
Intersociety claims 7,500 Christians were killed across Africa between January and October 2026, with Nigeria accounting for up to 4,300 deaths. The f...
Armed men attacked the Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria, on October 3 — firing at homes, smashing shops, and shooting at an Orthodox priest's ...
Myanmar's military junta and its allies have occupied the Kachin Baptist and St. Joseph's Catholic churches in Nantmun as military bases, displacing 4...
France recorded 13,234 adult baptisms in 2026 — more than triple the 2019 figure — as Pope Leo XIV's visit spotlighted the surprising growth of faith ...
Spain's bishops project more than 14,000 adult baptisms in 2026 as young Spaniards return to the Catholic faith — with record Easter classes, a sold-o...
South African pastor Joshua Mhlakela, wrong about the Rapture twice in 2025, now says October 12-13, 2026 is the real date — and calls it his final pr...
Nollywood star Hanks Anuku says RCCG General Overseer Pastor Enoch Adeboye ordained him as a pastor when he was young — and challenged skeptics to ver...
Pastor Mensa Otabil's October 18 sermon on the parable of the wheat and tares: not everyone in church is planted by God — fruit, not appearance, revea...
Evelyn Cartwright was told her brain tumor was inoperable. Eight months later it was gone — no surgery, no brain damage, full sight in both eyes....
Ms. N.W. of Gaborone, Botswana, was healed of chronic teary eyes during Joshua Selman's August 2026 Miracle Service — watched online — and her son's m...
Andy Riemersma — pastor, NBA G League chaplain, and DREAM Records artist — released the high-energy worship anthem 'I PRAISE YOU' on October 9, 2026....
El régimen de Ortega y Murillo ha expulsado a 309 religiosos y cerrado más de 1.650 iglesias en Nicaragua. La investigadora Martha Patricia Molina doc...
Más de 5.000 jóvenes llenaron la Revival Conference 2026 en República Dominicana. En Argentina, una generación joven impulsa el avivamiento en la Pata...
René Martínez fue líder de pandillas y sobrevivió a múltiples atentados. Tras un encuentro con Dios, hoy predica en prisiones: 'Si Dios pudo conmigo, ...
Redimi2, Elevation Worship y Kairos Worship encendieron la Revival Conference 2026. La música cristiana en español vive un avivamiento sin precedentes...
Evangélicos no Brasil saltaram de 9% em 1991 para cerca de 35% em 2026. O New York Times destacou o fenômeno; a bancada evangélica tem 210 deputados....
A Nigéria concentra uma das piores perseguições a cristãos do mundo: ataques a aldeias, igrejas incendiadas e milhares de mortos. Organizações pedem o...
14 dos 23 jogadores da seleção brasileira são evangélicos, segundo levantamento de 2026. A fé que nasceu nas favelas hoje marca o futebol brasileiro....
धर्मांतरण कानूनों, प्रार्थना सभाओं पर हमलों और बढ़ती निगरानी के बीच भारत के मसीही विश्वासी 2026 में अभूतपूर्व दबाव का सामना कर रहे हैं — फिर भी कलीसिय...
नागालैंड के पहाड़ों से दिल्ली के कैफ़े तक — भारत में मसीही विश्वास की एक अनकही कहानी। जनगणना के आंकड़े, मिशनरियों का इतिहास और आज की युवा पीढ़ी की तला...
Baptêmes en hausse, jeunes de retour, églises qui se remplissent : la France vit un frémissement spirituel inattendu en 2026. Enquête sur un réveil di...
Five straight years of growth, packed baptism beaches, record Bible sales — church leaders gathered in Woking, England, to ask what God is doing in Britain, and how to make room for the young people showing up.
Read story →Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris return October 23–25, 2026 — the final global edition of the year. Registration is free, and the broadcast will stream live in every language and major dialect.
Read story →Bethel Music's Josh Baldwin has released 'Worth Everything', a 10-song studio album built around surrender — with 'Whole Heart' and a collaboration with Kristian Stanfill. Here's what's on the record and where he's playing it live.
Read story →Gunmen torched a church and burned homes in the Christian farming settlement of Dzangola Kilba, Adamawa State, on the night of October 15, 2026 — killing an elderly believer and sending villagers fleeing into the darkness.
Read story →When Hurricane Isaias battered the Gulf Coast, Christian relief teams were among the first to arrive — clearing fallen trees, serving hot meals, and praying with shaken families. Here's how faith in action looks on the ground.
Read story →After 25 years in worship music, Chris Tomlin just had the biggest streaming week of his entire career with his 18th album — including a song built on a 1,800-year-old hymn. Here is the story behind the milestone.
Read story →Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Christian father Qaisar Ayub for blasphemy while acquitting his brother Amoon on the same evidence — a split verdict that has shaken advocates for religious freedom around the world.
Read story →Reports of packed open-air services and baptisms are emerging from villages across rural Africa, as local pastors describe a fresh hunger for the gospel.
Read story →Bible app downloads have surged to record levels this year, with data showing young adults leading a quiet return to daily Scripture reading.
Read story →Christian communities in Nigeria continue to face violence and displacement. Here is how churches worldwide are praying, giving, and advocating.
Read story →After ten years of painstaking work, a beloved historic cathedral has reopened its doors — a symbol of faith preserved for the next generation.
Read story →Churches and Christian relief teams are on the ground in flood-hit regions of Southeast Asia, distributing food, clean water, and hope.
Read story →Student-led prayer gatherings are multiplying on college campuses, with organizers reporting standing-room-only crowds and lives changed.
Read story →Believers meeting quietly in homes across the Middle East describe courage, growth, and miracles in the face of ongoing restrictions.
Read story →In a candid interview, a well-known athlete opened up about how faith carried him through injury, doubt, and an unlikely return to the top.
Read story →Congregations from different denominations are working side by side to rebuild homes and churches after a devastating earthquake.
Read story →After years of work, translators have completed the first Bible in the language of a remote people group — and the celebration was unforgettable.
Read story →An annual Christmas gift-box outreach is underway, with volunteers packing millions of boxes of joy for children in need around the world.
Read story →Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient church near a site mentioned in Scripture, offering a new window into early Christian worship.
Read story →A team of Christian doctors has opened a free clinic in a conflict-affected region, treating thousands who had nowhere else to turn.
Read story →A humble worship song recorded in a small church has gone viral, topping music charts and uniting believers across continents.
Read story →A Christian foster care network is expanding to twenty new cities, recruiting families to give vulnerable children loving homes.
Read story →Pilgrimage numbers are rebounding as believers return to walk where Jesus walked, boosting local Christian communities along the way.
Read story →A global 24/7 prayer chain now links believers across fifty countries, with every hour of the day covered in continuous prayer.
Read story →A former gang member's raw testimony of transformation brought thousands to their feet at a city-wide crusade — and many to the altar.
Read story →Christian schools are reporting record enrollment as more families seek faith-centered education for their children.
Read story →Millions of Christians joined a global day of prayer, lifting one voice across time zones, languages, and denominations.
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First Baptist Poplarville baptized 59 people during its August revival week, with 52 immersed in concrete troughs outside a packed Mississippi college...
Former family doctor Braden Andersen left medicine in 2022 for a big white tent. His Jesus Tent Revival has now baptized more than 3,000 people in a s...
Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas — the second-largest UMC congregation — votes October 25-26 on whether to sever all ties with the deno...
550 strangers answered one man's social-media invitation and walked into the freezing North Sea at Bridlington to be baptized — what could be Britain'...
The Church of England reported 1.023 million regular worshippers in 2025 — the fifth straight year of growth — as around 500 clergy gathered in Woking...
A pastor and 12 believers in Rajasthan spent four months in prison for attending a worship convention. This week, Open Doors confirmed they are finall...
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri spent 266 days in a Chinese detention center sustained by the words of Jonah. Now free in America, he preached in Los Angeles f...
Rapper Nicki Minaj told a packed Texas audience her Nigerian pastor inspired her advocacy for Christians under attack in Nigeria — and called on other...
Five days after surgeons removed part of his right lung and confirmed lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican and greeted thousands at the A...
Bethel Music dropped 'All The Glory (Live)' featuring John Wilds — a song that started as a voice memo — as the first single from a 2027 live album an...
El papa León XIV salió caminando del Gemelli cuatro días después de su cirugía de cáncer de pulmón y reapareció en el Ángelus para agradecer las oraci...
Veinte sacerdotes de Ibiza y Formentera, asesinados en 1936 por odio a la fe, fueron beatificados. La CEE confirma: 3.040 mártires esperan la beatific...
O muro da Assembleia de Deus Belém, em Dourados (MS), amanheceu pichado com 'morram cristãos'. O CONSEPAMS denunciou o ataque como intolerância religi...
Lançada em 2025, 'Você Viverá' explodiu em outubro de 2026: 7 milhões de streams somando Spotify e YouTube, 100 mil vídeos no TikTok e tudo de forma o...
9 अक्टूबर को नदिया के जलालखली में ईंटें और बांस की छड़ें लिए 200 हमलावरों ने 1,900 संताली ईसाइयों के बाइबल सम्मेलन पर हमला कर दिया। सम्मेलन अधूरा छोड़...
More than 700 Appalachian State students committed their lives to Christ in one night — and about 100 were baptized on the spot in pickup tr...
After 31 years building North Point into a megachurch network, Andy Stanley is stepping down — so he can say yes to his grandchildren withou...
Everett, Washington must pay $275,000, rewrite its religious-activity policies, and post a public apology after forcing students to seal the...
Two tractor-trailers of Christian volunteers poured into Florida and Alabama after Hurricane Isaias, logging nearly 800 work orders in days ...
A sitting bishop told his own clergy the decline narrative is dead: young adults are walking into Lancashire churches, and confirmation rows...
In officially secular Germany, 30,000 billboards are asking strangers whether God loves them — paid for by 6,000 ordinary Christians in the ...
Boko Haram destroyed an EYN church in Hong, Adamawa, and displaced eight entirely Christian communities. Survivor Tabitha Yusuf tells what h...
Kamran Gill Masih, a 40-year-old Christian father of three in Gharyal Kalan, Pakistan, lost his clinic to a mob fire over a blasphemy allega...
Bear Grylls posted a video on October 11, 2026, telling followers he found in Jesus everything he had spent a lifetime seeking — and calls h...
Called out for 'changing,' Brandon Lake answered with a song by that exact name — and made change itself the point.
A Nigerian rights group says 7,500 Christians were killed across Africa in nine months — and survivors say their only crime was their faith.
Ordered to report to Tehran's Qarchak prison within five days, 36-year-old Christian convert Elnaz Ghorbani chose exile with her husband instead.
A federal probe reviewed 100,000 complaints and 420,000 pages of documents — and found America's biggest banks cut off customers for their beliefs.
Five longtime members say McLean Bible Church leaders rewrote the rules to silence their votes — and the court refused to end their four-year fight.
A federal judge just shielded nearly every Catholic health institution in Illinois from the state's assisted-suicide mandate — and the fight is not...
While Josiah Queen preps his Oct 23 album Damascus Road, wife Trinity's daily habit of telling strangers about Jesus at airports and checkout count...
Banned from preaching with loudspeakers over warnings about hell, an Essex church takes its fight to court on Oct 22 — with 27,000 supporters behin...
The man behind the Alpha Course joins the Church of England's parliament, declaring 'a new season' with evangelism at the center of the national ch...
John Cooper reveals an iconic rock star found Christ after years of addiction — and shares his own story of surviving spiritual abuse without losin...
22 years sober after crack and heroin, Russell Brand tells Hannity only surrender to Jesus keeps him clean — as he pleads not guilty to charges he ...
D.C. Circuit rules 2-1 that 27 churches and synagogues likely face imminent harm from immigration raids at houses of worship — reviving their fight...
More than 800 people walked forward for Christ at Franklin Graham's God Loves You Tour in Manchester — and Graham says the UK is seeing pockets of ...
Myanmar's military bombed a Presbyterian church in Mindat and burned a Baptist church near Bhamo in October 2026 — condemned as a grave crime again...
At least 71 killed in Rumbek, South Sudan as intercommunal fighting leaves churches wounded — congregations too afraid to gather for worship.
Saudi doctor Ahmed Joktan memorized the Quran by 13, then lost 13 teeth in beatings after Jesus appeared to him in a dream — 'my name is now in the...
Josiah Queen's 'Dusty Bibles' — written after an hour of doomscrolling — took Song of the Year at the 57th Dove Awards; Phil Wickham named Artist o...
Billy Crystal, 78, told CBS he no longer trusts God after losing his home to wildfire and his friend Rob Reiner to murder — a painful reversal from...
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe is selling the Episcopal Church's $52 million Manhattan headquarters — 'I'm selling the actual house' — to fund church p...
Senate candidate Adam Hamilton is under fire from evangelicals after a resurfaced 2024 clip showed him saying Christians don't have to believe in t...
House church preacher An Yankui walked free October 14 after 15 days detained for leading worship — the latest chapter in China's crackdown on unre...
Less than two hours after preaching a revival sermon on Lazarus and declaring "I can't wait to get to heaven," North Carolina pastor Justin Heath was killed in a...
At the NHCLC 25th Anniversary Summit at the Museum of the Bible, Pastor Marco Garcia told Hispanic church leaders that "America needs to be discipled again" —...
Father Stephen Wang, a teenage convert who founded the Sycamore faith-formation program and led the Venerable English College in Rome, was ordained and installed...
Evangelist Canon J John warned at the Church Resources Exhibition that UK churches spend over 95% of their resources on worship and existing congregations — and...
A Borno State High Court has sentenced Christian mother Liyatu Samuel Dawa to 14 years in prison — the maximum under Section 210 — for sharing her faith with an...
Masked settlers attacked Christian farmers and European diplomats during the olive harvest in Taybeh, one of the last Christian villages in the West Bank....
Chris Pratt says narrating the Vatican documentary 'Pétros Ení: Discovering the Origins' — filmed with IMAX drones inside St. Peter's tomb — was a 'profound'...
Actress Danica McKellar says Candace Cameron Bure invited her to church in 2022, where the Holy Spirit 'just chose that moment to make everything make sense.'...
Hillsong Worship will release three new songs on October 23, 2026 — 'Praise the Lord, Hallelujah, Amen,' 'As You Are,' and 'Flood' — as a preview of a live...
Nigerian gospel saxophonist Funmi Sax ends a nine-year hiatus with 'Funmi Sax Live in Concert: Praise Feast Mandate' in Lagos on October 24, 2026. 'The return...
Panthers QB Bryce Young went viral after stopping mid-game to pray for an injured Eagles player during Carolina's 25-14 win on October 18, 2026. 'F...
'Songs Inspired by The Chosen: Seasons 1–5' arrives October 30, 2026, with 11 original tracks from Phil Wickham, Lady A, Boyz II Men, Anne Wilson, ...
'Songs Inspired by The Chosen: Seasons 1–5' arrives October 30, 2026, with 11 original tracks from Phil Wickham, Lady A, Boyz II Men, Anne Wilson, ...
Westminster's draft conversion practices bill could jail parents and pastors for up to five years, British Christians warn, as a Joint Committee be...
An intruder carrying concealed gasoline set fire inside the Church of the Virgin Mary in Barak al-Khiyam, Giza, on Thursday morning, October 22, 20...
A landmark 2026 Evangelical Alliance study finds two in three practising UK Christians are evangelicals. Gavin Calver: 'The evangelical church in t...
Pastor Ezekiel Dachomo buried four congregants — a father and his three sons — killed in a midnight attack on Shurum village, Plateau State, days a...
Kirk Franklin's first-ever double album 'I Am What I Am' drops October 30, 2026. Lead single 'This Time' feat. GloRilla just gave him a record-sett...
Jonathan Roumie has filmed his final scene as Jesus in The Chosen. Asked what he'd do if Christ returned tonight: 'On my knees in prayer.' Season 6...
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments November 3, 2026 in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy — whether Colorado can bar two Catholic preschools from ...
Josiah Queen's third album Damascus Road is out today — 14 tracks about an encounter with God that leaves you changed.
Bread of Life Community Church in Essex is in court this week fighting a council order that bans its street preaching — 27,000 people signed a peti...
Southern Baptist churches mark Student Baptism Sunday on October 25 — and leaders say Gen Z students are stepping forward like never before.
France reports a 26% jump in baptisms, a Harvard study shows Gen Z Catholics rising — and the Vatican's new document warns against triumphalism.
From practicing Satanist to Catholic comedian: Shayne Smith tells Bryce Crawford that faith made him happy — and life harder.
A new Intersociety report says 7,500 Christians were killed across Africa in the first nine months of 2026 — and a Nigerian survivor describes Boko...
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Christian Qaisar Ayub on October 7 while acquitting his brother Amoon after a decade in priso...
More than 100 police surrounded Beijing Jiaquan Church's 20th anniversary preparations on September 4 — Pastor Zhou Zixun was ordered to report to ...
Saudi-born Ahmed Joktan memorized the Quran by 13 and was meant to become a mufti — until a dream of a man made of light led him to Jesus, costing ...
Rabbi Tovia Singer told Israel365 News the sacrificial altar for the Third Temple is built and ready for the Temple Mount — and claims Daniel's 1,3...
Boko Haram destroyed an EYN church in Hong, Adamawa State on October 8, 2026, abducted students and farmers, and emptied eight Christian villages —...
Thousands gathered at the Oceanside Pier Amphitheater on October 17, 2026 for Movement San Diego's mass baptism event with Circuit Rider Music and ...
Grammy-nominated singer Mike Posner says dedicating his life to Christ made him less judgmental, closer to his family, and changed his life 'in une...
The Rev Dr Jitesh Patel, a physicist-turned-theologian and Acting Director of St Mellitus College East Midlands, will become the next Suffragan Bis...
Oxford mathematician John Lennox, 81, told a Solas interview that 'the New Testament knows nothing of silent Christians' — urging ordinary believer...
Josh Baldwin releases 10-song Worth Everything album October 2026 and returns to the Grand Ole Opry stage.
Australia's orthodox Anglican diocese grows toward twelve churches as Brisbane ordinations and a Torres Strait congregation join.
Scotland's first woman bishop is automatically suspended again over a pro-cathedral dispute, four months before her February 2027 retirement.
Pastor An Yankui arrested September 2026 as China's church crackdown reaches classrooms and universities.
Sara O'Meara was given three months to live — then God healed her cancer at a Kathryn Kuhlman service.
Evangelist Andrew Palau leads the six-day Love Ghana Festival in Kumasi, climaxing Oct 24-25, 2026 at the Kumasi Racecourse, with organizers aiming...
Padre Reginaldo Manzotti leads the 19th Evangelizar é Preciso Fortaleza on Oct 31, 2026 at the Aterro da Praia de Iracema — with a Hemoce blood don...
Around 550 people were baptized in the North Sea at Bridlington on October 10, 2026 — one of Britain's largest mass baptisms in living memory.
At Liberty University's Freedom Uncensored, chancellor Jonathan Falwell said America's hope is found in the church, not the White House — urging Ch...
Nine Christians killed as Fulani extremists on motorbikes attacked Tse-Biliji and neighbouring villages in Benue State on October 9, 2026.
Baba Beshe, 82, and his son Bitrus were killed in Kebbi State; another son was freed after a N5 million ransom. A pastor still in chains faces an e...
Haitian pastors and community members are leading a four-day, 40-plus-mile pilgrimage from Springfield to Columbus, Ohio — demanding dignity and pr...
Chris Pratt told Fox News his faith is 'the most important thing' he will pass on to his four children — and described filming a Vatican documentar...
Nollywood star-turned-evangelist Tonto Dikeh told Real Talk With Kike she knew God at 17 and was nearly ordained a pastor — pushing back on the mis...
Ten days after being named New Artist of the Year at the 57th Dove Awards, Jamie MacDonald released a 30-track deluxe album — and launched the 17-d...
Andy Stanley, 68, announced on October 18, 2026 that he will step down as senior pastor of North Point Ministries in January 2027 and as lead pasto...
Bread of Life Community Church in Essex is challenging a Colchester City Council order that bans its members from using loudspeakers and from what ...
A new report from Intersociety claims 7,500 Christians were killed across Africa between January 1 and October 10, 2026, with Nigeria accounting fo...
At 86, Sir Cliff Richard has revealed he is learning reggae for a new version of 'The Lord Is My Shepherd' with songwriter Chris Eaton — a Bible ps...
The 18th edition of the Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome opened on October 23, 2026 — the final edition of the ye...
Bishop Brendan Cahill and Rev. Walter Kim issued the first joint Catholic-evangelical statement on immigration in US history, calling for humane en...
Church leaders from across Europe met in Prague on October 20-22, 2026, under the theme 'Europe and churches in a changing world,' asking how churc...
Gunmen opened fire on mourners at a Greek Orthodox funeral in Hammoud, Karak, on October 23, 2026, killing at least seven people and wounding 34, i...
Mike Posner says going from believing in God to following Christ has made him less judgmental, closer to his family and his Jewish roots, in a new ...
CeCe Winans brings her biggest tour yet to Atlanta on October 23 and New Orleans on October 24, 2026, with Charity Gayle, Red Worship and Terrian o...
Pope Leo XIV, 71, needs no further cancer treatment after localized lung surgery in mid-October 2026, but on doctors' advice he will miss the Assis...
At least nine Christians were killed on October 9, 2026, when Fulani extremists attacked four villages in Ukum, Benue State, Nigeria, with several ...
Myanmar's military destroyed a Presbyterian church in Mindat, Chin State, on October 9, 2026, and burned the Htingnan Kachin Baptist Church in Bham...
Tauren Wells brings the Air1 Worship Now Tour to Lubbock on October 27, San Antonio on October 28, and Tulsa on October 29, 2026, with Seph Schluet...
Thousands gathered at Oceanside Pier on October 17, 2026, for Movement San Diego 2026, a multi-church gathering of worship, prayer, evangelism and ...
In an October 2026 Instagram video, Anne Wilson said her song "Who I Am To You" came from one of the hardest seasons of her life, when she realised...
Evangelist Canon J John told UK churches at the Church Resources Exhibition in October 2026 that they spend less than 5 percent of their resources ...
The Reverend Dr Jitesh Patel has been named the next Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow in the Diocese of Durham, announced on October 23, 2026, in success...
Praise Unlimited Live Concert takes place at BK Arena in Kigali on October 25, 2026, with gospel stars from Rwanda, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, ...
Pastor Marco Garcia called for a discipleship revolution at the NHCLC 25th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2026, urging chur...
Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at St George's Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud, Karak, Jordan, on October 23, 2026, killing nine people and wou...
384 faith leaders from 53 countries meet in Assisi from October 25 to 27, 2026, for the 40th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace, whil...
Pastor Cristian Popescu, 46, of Kirkland, Washington, pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges over an alleged $13 million sch...
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse have agreed to an $800 million settlement with the Archdiocese of New York, resolving claims from about 1,300 peop...
More than 10,000 delegates from over 100 countries gathered in Accra for the 10th World Assemblies of God Congress, the first ever held in Africa, ...
Thousands gathered in Hamoud on October 25, 2026, as eight victims of the attack on St George's Greek Orthodox Church were buried beside the church...
Erika Kirk received a surprise honorary Doctor of Humanities from Liberty University on October 23, 2026, during the Freedom Uncensored event, a ye...
Bread of Life Community Church's court challenge to Colchester's street-preaching ban was delayed on October 21, 2026, after a 27,000-signature pet...
Pope Leo XIV told crowds in St Peter's Square on October 25, 2026, that love for God must overflow into love for neighbours, and appealed for peace...
Canadian Christian artist Shekinah Grace Moyes has released second versions of 'Rise As One' and 'Light Of The Night' through Angel Gospel Music, b...
A new Intersociety report says at least 7,500 Christians were killed across Africa between January 1 and October 10, 2026, with Nigeria accounting ...
Christian country singer Curt Brickley released his 13-song album 'The Father's Hand' on October 23, 2026, a Scripture-rooted collection about stru...
Pope Leo XIV appealed for an end to violence in Yemen on October 25, 2026, praying for the people of Taiz and for victims of the attack on Orthodox...
Jordanian security forces arrested three suspects on October 26, 2026, over the deadly gun attack on St George's Church in Hamoud, as hundreds of m...
The predominantly Christian village of Al-Suqaylabiyah in Syria suffered its second attack in six months on October 3, 2026, when armed men from ne...
Donnie McClurkin has released FINALLY, his last studio album, on October 16, 2026 — a 13-track farewell featuring Tramaine Hawkins and Michael W. S...
Worship leader Roosevelt Stewart steps forward with Memory (Live), his debut full-length solo album — 14 live tracks recorded with Naomi Raine, Ann...
After 45 years leading Crossings Community Church, the Rev. Marty Grubbs told members on October 25, 2026, he is stepping down as senior pastor and...
The Bible Access Initiative's 2026 Bible Access List finds more than 500 million Christians face restrictions on obtaining or using a Bible, with A...
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk handed Pope Leo XIV a list of hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia during their October 23 au...
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia celebrated his first Mass at Baltimore's historic Basilica on October 25, 2026, preaching that ordinary believers — not ...
More than 90% of churches applying to the UK's new Places of Worship Renewal Fund have been turned down, leaving historic congregations like St Sam...
At least 43 Orthodox Christians were killed in attacks on villages and churches in Ethiopia's Shirka district on October 24, 2026, with the Ethiopi...
Gospel singer Tope Alabi has threatened legal action against Canada-based Pastor Tayo Kumuyi over social media posts linking her to the death of go...
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome closed the final Healing Streams Live Healing Services of 2026 on October 25, with three days of worship, teaching and test...
Pastor Enoch Adeboye and his wife Folu flew to Baltimore to bless their granddaughter Oluwafunmilayo Adubi as she married David Joseph at House of ...
Bread of Life Community Church is challenging an unprecedented council order against its street preaching, after its court appeal hearing was delay...
Six young Coptic Christian men aged 17 to 23 have spent more than two weeks in Egyptian detention over a TikTok video that recreated a scene from t...
Josiah Queen released his third album Damascus Road on October 23, 2026, a 14-track folk-rock record about struggle and redemption, and pledged its...
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome closed the 18th Healing Streams Live Healing Services on October 25, 2026, where a Senegalese man named Travail told how tw...
A major Evangelical Alliance survey of more than 8,400 UK adults finds 5.5 million evangelicals — two in three practising Christians — younger and ...
The Evangelical Alliance survey of 8,400+ UK adults finds evangelicals are two in three practising Christians — 5.5 million people, over 40% under ...
Four months after Northview Church fired CJ Johnson over leadership concerns, the Indiana pastor launched Patmos Church in Noblesville, holding fir...
Truth Nigeria reports bandits killed Baba Beshe, 82, and his son Bitrus in Kebbi State, kidnapping another son who was freed after the family sold ...
Bishop Crispin Varquez is installed as the eighth bishop of Tagbilaran on October 27, 2026, returning to his home province of Bohol after 19 years ...
Father John Inalegwu Otache is rescued with seven other captives in Benue State, Nigeria, after five days held by kidnappers, as police free the gr...
Jordan carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Syria and arrested three suspects after the October 23, 2026, attack on St. George's Greek Orthodox Ch...
Southern Baptist churches marked Student Baptism Sunday on October 25, 2026, highlighting student baptisms, with leaders pointing to relationships ...
Colton Dixon released "Bones" on October 9, 2026, a song about Ezekiel's valley of dry bones that he fought for more than a year to put out — a bla...
Around 550 people were baptised in the North Sea at Bridlington Beach on October 10, 2026, after Merlin Kraft, known as BibleLadUK, put out an onli...
At least 60 Christians were killed in two attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region on 20 and 24 October, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church says, with homes ...
Nine Christians were killed when gunmen fired on mourners at a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Karak, Jordan, on 23 October, and three suspects we...
Twelve Catholic bishops prayed over President Trump in the Oval Office on 22 October, and two bishops have since apologised, saying the private mee...
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff on 25 October with 51.79% of the vote, a historic fourth term after trailing in the firs...
Christian blogger Samuel Sey, who publicly defended ICE enforcement, was arrested by ICE at Columbus airport on 21 October over an alleged visa ove...
Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas voted overwhelmingly on 25-26 October to leave The United Methodist Church after a governance and p...
Bread of Life Community Church in Essex is challenging a March 2026 council order that bans amplified street preaching in Colchester, after its app...
Billy Crystal told CBS he no longer trusts or speaks to God after losing his home in the Palisades fire and the murder of Rob Reiner, and Franklin ...
Colton Dixon released Bones on 9 October, a single drawn from Ezekiel's valley of dry bones, and in a 26 October interview called it a Christian re...
An anti-trafficking nonprofit has renewed attention to FBI fugitive Teresita Dandan, 64, a senior official of Apollo Quiboloy's church wanted on US...
ACN says Christian persecution worsened in 10 of 18 countries and improved in none, with 220 million directly exposed.
Manhattan's St. Mary the Virgin agreed to sell its final air rights for $23.9 million, pending New York Supreme Court approval.
Pope Leo XIV told 400 leaders from 53 countries in Assisi there is no such thing as a holy war, in a video message.
A possible Eucharistic manifestation in Guatemala is under investigation; the Church urges prudence and no findings are out.
Davido and Kirk Franklin release Hope in You on 30 October, part of Franklin's 14-track double album I Am What I Am.
Six young Christians in Egypt were ordered released on 26 October after detention over a TikTok comedy clip, pending further proceedings.
Archbishop Sarah Mullally hosted South Sudanese church leaders at Lambeth Palace on 23 October to discuss conflict and elections in December.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on 3 November over two Denver-area Catholic preschools excluded from Colorado preschool funding.
Twenty-five faith leaders urge Chancellor John Healey to make the wealthiest pay their fair share in the Budget on 28 October.
Pastor Israel Ford told his Cleveland-area congregation on 25 October that he has lived with two wives for almost three years.
A pastor was killed and at least 40 people were abducted when armed men stormed an evening service in Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Mozhda TV, described by its founders as the first Afghan Christian television channel, began broadcasting in Dari and Pashto on 24 October 2026.
Archaeologists in Altino, near Venice, identified the likely site of an early Christian church and bishop's palace known previously only from St Je...
Cape Town gospel legend Simon Seekoei died aged 70 after aggressive stage 4 prostate cancer, a week after celebrating his birthday in hospital.
Ella Langley posted a cover of the hymn Jesus Paid It All days after returning to the stage in Lubbock following a security threat that canceled he...
Forrest Frank released the teaser for The Jesus Generation, a documentary about his record-setting 2026 tour, coming to theaters in 2027 through Ki...
Church of the Resurrection in Kansas circulated guidance to children's ministry workers encouraging gender-neutral terms instead of boys and girls,...
Mel Gibson asked churches to pray for The Resurrection of the Christ Part One, due in theaters on 6 May 2027, in a video message to Pastor Samuel R...
Hulvey won Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year at the Dove Awards for Could Be Tonight. In a ChurchLeaders interview on 28 October he said fans tell him ...
OpenAI reports ChatGPT receives more than 70 million religion-related requests a week, with 22 million a week about studying religious texts. The a...
About 2,000 Texas churches took part in Black Out Sunday on 25 October, organisers say, in a drive for voter participation ahead of the 3 November ...
Police in Zamfara State arrested 22-year-old Umar Ibrahim Gandi Maradun over a viral video showing uniformed youths chanting threats against Christ...
The Dean of Southwell Minster has warned the 900-year-old cathedral could run out of funds in 2027 and needs £20 million for repairs, raising the r...
Forrest Frank has announced his new album The Jesus Generation for 4 December 2026, with Lecrae, KB, JVKE, Michael W. Smith, ZVC and Elevation Rhyt...
Russell Brand took the witness stand at Southwark Crown Court on 28 October and denied all charges; no verdict has been reached and he remains pres...
Gospel singer Guy Penrod, 63, told Mark Lowry on 26 October that he is facing a serious health diagnosis he described as blood trouble in the bones...
At least 68 people were reported killed in a high-speed train collision near Toledo, Spain, on 28 October 2026, and Spanish evangelical churches of...
Six young Christian men from Minya, Egypt, were released on 26 October 2026 after weeks in detention over a TikTok video, but they remain subject t...
Chynna Phillips, 58, told her husband Billy Baldwin on their Holding On podcast that she longs for him to call upon the Lord, while Baldwin said he...
Jonathan Roumie explained in a 26 October Instagram reel why he wears skull rings almost every day, linking them to the Christian practice of memen...
Rev. Richard Storey pleaded guilty on 27 October 2026 to an amended theft charge, with restitution set at $159,362.92 to his former Leawood parish,...
Church charities welcomed the Autumn Budget energy relief on 28 October 2026 but warned it covers only about half of the expected January rise, wit...
The Arise Africa petition had secured more than 919,600 signatures as of 28 October 2026 toward 1 million, with a 2 November 2026 deadline for the ...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments, in coverage dated 28 October 2026, in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a Colorado preschool case testi...
The Founding Freedoms Law Center sued in Prince William County Circuit Court for Pastor Ben Purves, challenging Question 2 on procedural grounds, i...
Pope Leo XIV met Mercedes-Benz executives on 28 October 2026 and called the popemobile an instrument of encounter, as the Vatican Museums opened a ...
Drummer Boy, a Revolutionary War Christmas musical from Angel Studios directed by for KING + COUNTRY's Joel and Ben Smallbone, opens 6 November 202...
The Lilly Endowment's $300 million campus ministry initiatives, announced 1 October 2026, were confirmed on 24 October as open to Catholic campus m...
Archbishop Paul Gallagher told journalists in Rome on 27 October 2026 that the imperfections of the 2018 Vatican-China agreement are evident, but t...
Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado invited Pope Leo XIV to visit Costa Rica during a Vatican audience on 29 October 2026, the first papa...