ISIS affiliate strikes Pentecostal baptismal service amid longstanding conflict in Central African region rich in natural resources.

Their plight moved a (mostly prayerless) war correspondent to prayer and mourning.

As Erbil Christians finally get to govern themselves, Chaldean Catholic archbishop Bashar Warda explains to CT how ISIS freed Christians from the centuries-old understanding that they are second-class citizens.

Family mourn yet celebrate martyrdom of Coptic grandfather who financed the only church in his city, so as to build “a home in heaven.”

Francis’ personal visit to damaged churches in Nineveh Plains caps historic trip.

Landmark trip will include Qaraqosh, where most families fled ISIS yet some are now trying to restore the Christian heartland of the Nineveh Plains.

How Christians are celebrating the holiday in the town of Jesus’ birth—and across the broader Middle East.

CT interviews Stephen Rasche on Erbil’s Catholic presence, the need for Christian unity, and why Christians will “no longer be shy” with the gospel.

Whether COVID-19 or ISIS, believers from Iraq, Syria, and Egypt know “neither plague nor persecution can snuff out the church of Christ.”

Martyrdoms by Boko Haram splinter group occur as US finally adds West African nation to religious freedom watch list.