Category: Religious Freedom

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the European Evangelical Alliance (EEA), and the United Evangelical Churches (UEC), which gathers 13 registered denominations from the Evangelical-Protestant community and 14 non-governmental organizations in Bulgaria, submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the 50th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Bulgaria, scheduled for November 2025. The joint report “examines why Bulgaria must strengthen freedom of religion” and protect minorities from Roma Evangelical communities “from unfair treatment concerning their fundamental rights”.

India’s Christian minority fears that the central government might be planning to bring their institutions under state control, following a series of recent developments that suggest the administration and its ideological affiliates are preparing to target church-owned properties. Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader in India’s main opposition party, the left-of-center Indian National Congress, warned that the Waqf law has set a precedent for state interference in minority-run institutions. He said the focus on Christian landholdings appears to be a continuation of an agenda to weaken the autonomy of religious minorities.

For Salamatu, terror was a way of life. In an earlier wave of violence, the jihadists had swarmed her Nigerian church, shooting the pastor in cold blood. Then, she says quietly, they came for her family. “My husband told me we should pray,” Salamatu remembers of that horrible night. “We said a short prayer and then ‘Amen.’ As soon as we said ‘Amen,’ we heard people pulling at the handles of our gate.” Quickly, her husband ushered her, the children, and grandchildren upstairs. “Don’t cry,” he told them. “Don’t make a noise — not even if you hear gunshots.” He walked outside to face the armed men, and it was the last time she saw him alive.

Demonstrators in Southend targeted a partly Jewish district after deliberately avoiding compulsory consultations with local police as part of organising the protest. Their action passed outside a synagogue, and ran close to several others in the area.

Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will ensure religious adoption and foster agencies do not have to place children in same-sex homes.

China’s communist dictator Xi Jinping has tightened his grip on religious activity in the world’s second most populous country, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced last week that starting May 1, foreign missionaries will be prohibited from sharing their faith or preaching, as well as establishing religious organizations.

A new survey is showing dramatic church growth among young adults in the United Kingdom.

The Bible Society study, “The Quiet Revival,” which surveyed more than 13,000 people, tracked a 12% uptick since 2018 among 18- to 24-year-olds who report attending church at least monthly. And, over the last six years, that number among men has shot from 4% to 21%.

There’s no doubt that the so-called “woke” march toward cultural domination suffered a setback after the 2024 presidential election. But any suggestion of a major vibe shift may be premature. In England, an elementary school decided to cancel its Easter celebrations in the name of “diversity and inclusion,” reminding us of the enduring institutional strength of this ideology.

“Millennials saw a 29% increase in Bible Use from 2024 to 2025 and men saw a 19% increase, closing the long-time gender gap in Bible Use,” a press release reads. “In recent years, Millennials and men were among the least likely to use the Bible.”

China is stepping up restrictions on foreign faith groups with new rules restricting religious...