Once dedicated by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on March 1, the Harare temple will become the church’s first operating temple in Zimbabwe and will help serve the roughly 49 ...

Torrential rains have killed more than 200 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across Southern Africa since late December, as churches across the region open their doors as emergency shelters ...

Nearly 2,500 participants—most of them children and youth, alongside families and adults of all ages—convened in Baltimore Dec. 26–30, 2025 for Elevate 2025: Flourish and Thrive, the African Methodist ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — An Albany congregation plans to welcome the New Year by hosting a Watch Night Service—and you’re invited to attend. Mt. Zion Baptist Church’s Watch Night Service starts at 9 p.m.

Officers barged in on a Sunday church service. They handcuffed a pastor during a retreat for elderly church members. They showed up at that pastor’s home in the middle of the night. This is how the ...

Zion Lutheran Church will hold two Christmas Eve services on Wednesday, Dec. 24, in the church sanctuary, 74 First St. The Family Christmas Eve Service at 4 p.m. features a pick-up Nativity Pageant ...

HOLYOKE – Congregation Sons of Zion now meets in a former mill building, reusing a remnant of the industrial capacity that brought its immigrant founders to the Paper City at the dawn of the 20th ...

Ezra Jin, founder and pastor of Zion Church, and more than 30 of his associates and church staff were detained in China on Oct. 10. They have been charged but not yet sentenced for their alleged ...

with splintering in the United Methodist Church, fueled in part by disagreements about LGBTQ+ rights, and a landmark restructuring, African leaders have pushed for restoration of normalcy.

Chinese authorities formally arrested 18 leaders of a major underground church, clearing the way for their prosecution and potential prison sentences of up to three years. According to Reuters, which ...

BEIJING, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Eighteen leaders of a major Chinese underground church were formally arrested on Tuesday, a Christian NGO advocate told Reuters, meaning they will eventually face trial and ...