Christians in Sri Lanka have cautiously welcomed the sentencing of 15 men to more than two centuries each behind bars for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings, which killed at least 267 people at churches and hotels.
Nearly two years after a devastating fire that destroyed its historic sanctuary, First Baptist Dallas held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the official start of their rebuilding process.
An Egyptian court has rejected a petition seeking to establish Easter as an official national holiday, leaving in place conditions that force the country’s Christians to choose between observing their faith’s holiest day and facing civil, professional and academic penalties.
Russia struck a Baptist church in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia during a prayer meeting this week, killing at least one person, a minister, and injuring at least eight others.
A former pornographic actress is expressing concern about a church’s use of a Playboy bunny silhouette to promote its Easter service in the latest example of the church using provocative advertising.
A 90-year-old man who suffered a “massive” cardiac episode and collapsed at First Congregational Church in Branford, Connecticut, says Jesus told him it wasn’t his time and sent him "back to Earth" as church members stepped in to keep him alive on Easter Sunday.
Nearly two dozen incarcerated mothers spent Easter weekend with their children thanks to a collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Prisons and a Christian ministry that ministers to prisoners, allowing reunited families to participate in Easter festivities in a relaxed setting.
Political commentator Tucker Carlson on Monday denounced President Donald Trump's profane, bellicose social media post on Easter as "vile" and warned that Trump's spiritual advisors such as Paula White-Cain may have convinced him that he plays an eschatological role.