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Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains closed amid coronavirus pandemic
The three denominations that share custody of the church had announced that it would open again to the public on Sunday but it remains closed.
Evangelical leader casts doubt on some social distancing measures
Thomas Bucher, General Secretary of the European Evangelical Alliance, said churches "should watch and pray to determine if we need to challenge certain official measures".
70 churches granted legal status in Egypt
After a government committee headed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly gave legal status to 70 churches this week, the number of Christian houses of worship legalized in the country has reached 1,638. However, the threat to churches in this Muslim-majority country remains.
Man sentenced to 26 years after abducting Christian girl and forcing her into Muslim marriage
A federal court in Nigeria sentenced a man to 26 years in prison after he abducted a Christian teenager from her home and forced her into an Islamic marriage in 2015.
Trump declares churches are 'essential,' orders them to reopen: We need more prayer, not less
Donald Trump has declared that churches are "essential services" and ordered governors to allow places of worship to reopen.
Ban on religious gatherings is unlawful, France's top court rules
France's supreme court for administrative justice has ruled that the government's absolute ban on religious gatherings in hopes of stopping the spread of COVID-19 is unlawful.
Paul's warning to the Galatians applies to modern-day America, says Os Guinness
"'Who's bewitched America?' It's in the process of switching from the Gospel that came from the American Revolution to the gospel that came from the French Revolution, which is not good news but bad news," the apologist said.
Pastor who laid hands on COVID-19 sufferers, claiming to heal them, has died from the virus
A pastor who claimed to have 'healed coronavirus sufferers by laying his hands on them' has died from Covid-19, sparking fear among his followers.
Ravi Zacharias 1946 - 2020
Once Zacharias found the truth of the gospel, his passion for sharing it burned bright until the very end.
Christian leaders pay tribute to Ravi Zacharias
Christian leaders worldwide are paying tribute to Christian apologist, author and speaker, Ravi Zacharias, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. He was 74.
Hundreds of Christians killed in Nigeria this year - report
About 620 Christians have been killed and hundreds of homes and churches damaged in Nigeria since the start of the year as attacks carried about by Fulani radicals and Islamic terrorists continue, a Nigerian NGO has warned.
Fears for Rohingya refugees as Covid-19 reaches camps
There are fears for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported in the camps this week.
Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity
Leah was one of over a hundred schoolgirls abducted by a faction of Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state on 19 February 2018.
Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy
Samaritan's Purse has discharged the last of its patients from an emergency field hospital set up in Italy to treat people with coronavirus.
Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19
Two churches serving the Latino community in New York are mourning the deaths of over 100 congregants combined to COVID-19.
Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians
Donald Trump was "anointed by God" to his position as the United States president. This is the belief of a growing number of American churchgoers, according to a new report.