6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (498+ words) (Worthy News) " The Department of War has officially reduced the number of recognized religious affiliation codes available to U. S. service members, cutting the list from more than 200 faith codes to 31 in a sweeping reform of the Military Chaplain Corps. The change,…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (420+ words) (Worthy News) " Nearly 18, 000 people were baptized across 49 countries and all 50 U. S. states on Pentecost Sunday, as more than 1, 600 churches joined a coordinated global baptism movement organizers described as one of the largest synchronized baptism events in modern church history. The "Baptize…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (326+ words) (Worthy News) " Armenian Christian leaders and global religious freedom advocates are condemning Azerbaijan after satellite imagery confirmed the demolition of two Armenian churches in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region Armenians have long called Artsakh. According to International Christian…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (421+ words) VATICAN CITY (Worthy News) " Pope Leo XIV warned Monday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) threatens humanity, comparing the rapidly advancing technology to "a new Tower of Babel" that must be "disarmed" to prevent "digital slavery," "digital colonialism," manipulation, and devastating wars....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1066+ words) BIDDINGHUIZEN, NETHERLANDS (Worthy News) " Tens of thousands of evangelical Christians gathered in the Netherlands for one of Europe's largest multi-day Christian events, with organizers and participants expressing hopes for spiritual revival in the nation and across Europe. More than 60, 000 people,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (488+ words) VLISSINGEN, NETHERLANDS (Worthy News) " Several Syrians who converted from Islam to Christianity while staying at a Dutch asylum seekers" center in the southwestern port city of Vlissingen were threatened after publicly professing their faith through baptism, church leaders and politicians…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (401+ words) (Worthy News) " A 79-year-old Protestant missionary remains missing in southern Mexico more than six weeks after armed men reportedly abducted him while he was preaching and distributing Bibles in Guerrero State, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Benito Guevara Arcos was…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (487+ words) by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent JERUSALEM (Worthy News) " An Israeli Christian leader is urging the government to formally recognize Christians as a distinct community with stronger political representation, citing what church leaders and advocacy groups describe as…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (634+ words) MINSK/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) " Evangelist Franklin Graham said Sunday that "God did a miracle" in Belarus after he held what organizers described as the largest evangelical Christian gathering in the country's modern history and met authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Graham…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (776+ words) by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief reporting from Budapest, Hungary BUDAPEST (Worthy News) " Hungary's new center-right government has pledged to restore the church status of the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (MET), headed by 74-year-old Pastor G'bor Iv'nyi, a longtime…...