Approximately 9,000 German Christians gathered in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany, on 14 to 16 May 2026 for the annual Open Doors prayer event for persecuted believers. The three day gathering featured firsthand testimonies from believers across some of the world's most persecuted...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a historic message to the Cuban people in a speech broadcast on 20 May 2026, Cuba's Independence Day. The administration pledged $100 million in food and medicine to be distributed through religious organisations, deliberately bypassing the...
The former president of Exodus International, Alan Chambers, 54, has been arrested by the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Florida on 21 May 2026 for solicitation of a minor, transmission of harmful material to minors, and unlawful use of a two way communication device.
The World Health Organization has declared the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern. As of 17 May 2026, the outbreak has produced 246 suspected cases and 80 confirmed deaths. Christian medical missions are...
Over two million Christians live in Saudi Arabia, almost all of them migrant workers from poorer nations. There is not a single church in the entire kingdom. Conversion from Islam officially carries the death penalty, although Open Doors notes the punishment has not been executed in...
Christian Post columnist Dr Eric M. Wallace has called on Christian colleges and seminaries to permanently sever ties with the federal student aid system. His op ed, published 21 May 2026, argues that the trillion dollar federal student loan system has produced inflated tuition...
Authorities in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, China have arrested six Christians on the breathtakingly Orwellian charge of "organizing minors to carry out activities disrupting public order." The crime: holding Sunday school, sharing the Gospel with children, and allowing families to...
Nicaraguan Protestant pastor Efrén Antonio Vílchez López has been imprisoned for four years at the notorious Jorge Navarro National Penitentiary System (La Modelo) on what Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls fabricated charges of aggravated rape and psychological harm. He was arrested on...
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This week in Christian history marks three extraordinary events that span centuries of faith, persecution, and church leadership across Europe and the Soviet Union.
Robin Schumacher, a Christian Post contributor, has addressed one of the most uncomfortable questions in the Christian faith: why does God sometimes feel completely absent?
A growing number of Christian counselors and theologians are raising alarms about "spiritual bypassing," a practice where believers use Scripture and religious platitudes to avoid processing genuine emotional pain.
Simon of Cyrene appears briefly in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke as the man Roman soldiers compelled to carry the cross of Jesus on the road to Calvary. He speaks no recorded words, yet his act remains one of the most discussed moments in the Passion narrative.
In the aftermath of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, there have been many opinions shared online. Those against the show mostly criticize the terribly vulgar music or the lack of English spoken in what should be a very traditional American stage. Those in favor argue along the lines...
A growing debate among prominent Christian voices is raising a critical question: should believers withdraw from the political arena or lean into it?
Authorities in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, China have arrested six Christians on the breathtakingly Orwellian charge of "organizing minors to carry out activities disrupting public order." The crime: holding Sunday school, sharing the Gospel with children, and allowing families to...
Nicaraguan Protestant pastor Efrén Antonio Vílchez López has been imprisoned for four years at the notorious Jorge Navarro National Penitentiary System (La Modelo) on what Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls fabricated charges of aggravated rape and psychological harm. He was arrested on...
Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association just pulled off what no other evangelical event has ever managed in Belarus. The two day Festival of Hope at Chizhovka Arena in Minsk on 18 to 19 May 2026 drew almost 31,000 people: 15,200 on opening night and roughly 15,500...
The Starmer government has just opened submissions for the new Places of Worship Renewal Fund, set at £23 million, after quietly killing the previous Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme (LPWGS). The LPWGS budget was first nearly halved before being completely replaced by the new fund...
Christian attorney and AFA Action Senior Policy Advisor Jenna Ellis has published a blistering op ed in The Christian Post on 21 May 2026 arguing that modern American law is quietly erasing the categories of mother and father in favour of adult preference.
At the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division 3 finals on 16 May 2026 at Jurupa Valley High School, a teenage boy who identifies as female named AB Hernandez took first place in high jump, long jump, and triple jump, beating the girls by margins ranging from...
Joint US Nigeria air strikes obliterated an ISWAP command position near the remote village of Metele in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State on 17 May 2026. Over 20 Islamic State and ISWAP fighters were killed. The operation deployed MQ 9 Reaper drones and AC 130 gunships, with the Nigerian...
Israel has released Layan Nasir, a Palestinian Anglican woman from St Peter's Anglican Church in Birzeit, West Bank, after holding her for eight months without formal charges. She walked out of Damon Prison at Daliyat al Karmel on 21 May 2026.
A new Wheatley Institute report has just demolished the secular narrative that religion is bad for mental health. The comprehensive analysis of over 1,000 high quality studies, drawing on the Oxford University Press Handbook of Religion and Health, found religious involvement was linked...
Britain's foster care system is buckling, and Christian charities are stepping in. A new joint campaign from Home for Good and Safe Families UK, launched during Foster Care Fortnight 2026, has revealed that 51 percent of practising Christians are willing to become foster carers, compared...
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is pressing President Donald Trump to nominate an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The position has remained vacant since Mark Walker's 2025 nomination expired without a Senate vote. The call was issued...
Christian author and True Comfort Podcast host Teasi Cannon has published a sobering reflection in The Christian Post on 17 May 2026: many wounded Christians, especially those harmed by spiritual abuse, are finding more empathy outside the Church than within it. The Church, Cannon argues...
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