The 12 days of Christmas tell of martyrdom, pain, and sacrifice as much as life, joy, and salvation. This is no accident.

Covering tragedy, controversy, and culinary signs of hope, here is a chronological survey of Christian news from the region.

Twenty people were attending the Baptist church on a Sunday in July when a missile exploded only 500 yards away. Most judged ...

Global Methodist bishop John Pena Auta is heading home to Nigeria with an overwhelming assignment. He has to find the words ...

Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion. The author, sociologist Samuel Perry, will help you understand how social ...

Tightening restrictions on Indian Christians, the testimony of a president’s daughter, and thoughts on when pastors should ...

For Marcos Witt, writing Christmas music is about more than capturing seasonal sentimentality or warm memories. It’s about ...

Santa Claus, the modern icon of Christmas, is derived from traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop ...

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the ...

The toll of war is particularly evident in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza under double siege: The east-west Netzarim ...

Motherhood is your highest calling.” At the time, this felt true—I’d left a career I loved to stay home with my child. Yet ...

Holidays have an uncanny way of exposing how messy our lives really are. The juggle of expectations from different family ...