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US military intervention in Nigeria didn’t stop escalating attacks on Christians, lawyer says

BY  :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter    A lawyer who advocates for Christian women and girls abducted and forced to convert to Islam says the United States military intervention initiated in Nigeria in the last year has not been “helpful” in stopping the escalating […]

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Germany, France lead Europe in anti-Christian hate crimes: Woman stabbed at prayer, church desecrations

BY  :  Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter    More than three dozen attacks targeted Christian churches, symbols and worshipers in Europe throughout the month of July, with the most heinous examples involving the desecration of churches with bodily waste and the stabbing of a woman […]

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Haitian bishop warns gangs are targeting Church as violence forces parish closures

BY  :   Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   The Catholic Church in Haiti is facing mounting attacks from armed gangs seeking to weaken one of the country’s few remaining institutions willing to challenge them, according to a Haitian bishop. Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste of Jérémie told […]

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Global Baptism Trends: Where the Church Is Quietly Growing

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By: TODD JACOBSON | SAVED News Senior Correspondent | Faith & Global Church Baptism remains one of the most visible markers of Christian commitment, yet the patterns surrounding it are shifting in ways that are not always immediately apparent from traditional reporting. In regions where Christianity is […]

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Pakistani court slaps Muslim crane operator with 10-year prison sentence over anti-Christian riots

BY  :  Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    A Pakistani anti-terrorism court issued a 10-year prison sentence Monday for a Muslim crane driver connected to the anti-Christian riots that roiled the country’s largest province in 2023. Irfan Yousaf was slapped with the steep sentence by […]

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13-year-old Christian girl fights in court to escape custody of Muslim abductor: ‘Serious injustice’

BY :  Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    A 13-year-old Pakistani Christian girl is fighting in court to reunite with her family after a judge returned her to the custody of the 30-year-old Muslim man who abducted her last year. Maria Shahbaz was kidnapped from […]

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From Doubt to Belief: A Journey Back to Faith

By Miriah James | SAVED News Staff Writer | Faith and Community Returning to faith can be challenging. When Jordan Ellis describes his return to faith, he is careful not to frame it as a single turning point. There was no defining moment, no dramatic […]

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Church must resist ‘us vs them’ politics, warns Bishop of Leicester

BY  :  Staff Writer  Christian Today   A session at the Church of England’s General Synod on Saturday heard concerns about divisions in society and the role the Church can play in reconciliation. Opening the discussions, the Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow, said the task […]

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Digital Church vs. Physical Church: Where Do People Actually Grow?

Todd Jacobson | Senior Correspondent | Faith & Global Church | SAVED News The expansion of digital church platforms over the past decade has introduced a structural shift in how religious participation is defined. What was once considered supplemental has, in some contexts, become primary. […]

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Church of England urged to reject ‘antisemitic’ document on Israel-Gaza conflict

BY :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   The Church of England’s General Synod is set to debate a motion asking it to formally receive the “Kairos Palestine II” document, a contested Palestinian Christian statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The document has drawn sharp criticism from […]

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