In recent decades, Uganda has witnessed some of the most shocking abuses of Christian language and imagery anywhere in the world, as fringe movements wrapped violent agendas in the language of prophecy, the Ten Commandments and the end times. From the Lord's Resistance Army in the north to the Movement for the Restoration of the
UN human rights experts and Christian advocacy organizations are warning that Christian girls in Pakistan face a growing pattern of abduction, forced conversion to Islam, and child marriage, with courts and police frequently failing to intervene on their behalf. In an April 2024 statement, a group of UN Special Rapporteurs reported that Christian and Hindu girls
A new Evangelical Alliance study suggests that many young adult Christians in the UK are not retreating from public faith but are actively sharing Jesus, immersed in Scripture and deeply planted in local church life, even as they navigate a contested cultural landscape. In its Faith in Action report, the Evangelical Alliance surveyed just over 600
Standing in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol on July 22, an interfaith coalition of clergy and lay leaders called on state officials to assert stronger oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a series of deadly encounters in Texas, Maine and Florida. The gathering, organized by the advocacy network Texas Impact as part of
Parents, pro-life advocates, and religious freedom groups are rallying behind Sarah Morse, a Catholic history teacher in Scotland who says she was summarily dismissed after answering pupils’ questions about abortion from the perspective of her faith, turning a single classroom exchange into a national test case for conscience rights at school. Morse, a 66‑year‑old American-born Catholic
Tim Tebow is moving further into faith-based filmmaking as an executive producer with Lighthouse Verticals, a new mobile-first streaming platform that plans to deliver short, vertical scripted series for faith-and-family audiences when it launches publicly in November 2026. According to a launch announcement distributed by PR firm Shore Fire Media, Lighthouse Verticals is positioning itself as
Netflix is bringing Laura Ingalls Wilder’s frontier world back to screens this week with a reimagined Little House on the Prairie that leans into survival drama, expands its cast, and engages more explicitly with race and history. For many Christian families who grew up with the books and the 1970s TV series, the reboot raises
On the eve of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, used a live video address to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and a formal letter to Americans to argue that true liberty must be measured by how a nation protects human life, welcomes immigrants and safeguards religious freedom.[3][2] Speaking
As Iranian authorities again restrict internet access and tighten their grip on dissent, Christians inside the country say they feel more cut off than ever from the outside world, even as they continue to worship, serve their neighbors, and quietly share the gospel. Diaspora pastors and ministries report only fragmentary contact with underground house churches,
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