The World Council of Churches is planning to host an inter-religious dialogue between Muslims and Christians this fall in a bid to address conflicts fueled by religion in predominantly Muslim countries.
A church council fighting for the rights of Dalit Christians in India has called on churches and Christian organizations to observe Aug. 10 as "Black Day."
As flood waters continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan, the country\'s leading ecumenical church body has called upon the worldwide Christian community to pray for the more than three million people affected and in need of emergency assistance.
The Church in China is experiencing tremendous growth like never before, says an official with the World Council of Churches (WCC).
More than a thousand people have been killed by heavy monsoon rains that lashed through Pakistan's north-west region last week.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill hailed members of the Church this past week for remaining firm in their belief in God in the face of \"aggressive atheism\" and \"resurgent paganism.\"
A leading minority rights organization states in its 2010 report that religious minorities are facing attack, detention, torture and the repression of their fundamental freedoms on every continent.
One of the main suspects in the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa, India, was been sentenced to seven years in prison for murder.
Thousands of Tamil people, including scholars and language experts, paid homage to Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, the first Protestant missionary to India, for his immense contributions in the development of Tamil language.
In marking World Environment Day on Saturday, the National Council of Churches in India urged churches, related-organizations and agencies to celebrate and respond to environmental concerns that are due to human activities.