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Getty Images A Pennsylvania constable faces over 700 charges related to human trafficking as a result of a two-year joint investigation conducted by the Chambersburg Police Department and the Franklin County District Attorney’s Office. Authorities arrested Timothy Raye Heefner, 64, on Wednesday. He’s being held at the Franklin County Jail with bail set at $1,250,000. […]
A military chaplain in Missouri recently shared that he baptized more than 150 U.S. soldiers during basic training this summer. Logan Lair, a chaplain associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, told the Baptist Press he baptized 84 new trainees at Fort Leonard Wood in July and 73 in August. “Trainees, typically from my perspective, have […]
Actress Danica McKellar recently talked about her faith in a live stream on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. “Whether or not you are Christian or whatever your faith is or isn’t, I find something very interesting about the Lord’s Prayer,” said McKellar during the live stream, according to ChurchLeaders.com. “There’s praise, there’s […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, September 13, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (Sept. 10) killed 10 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria, where 27 others were slain in August, sources said. The terrorists attacked Kulben village, Mangu County, at about 8:40 p.m., an area resident said. “Armed Fulani herdsmen alongside terrorists attacked Kulben community, […]
Post-pandemic trends mirror nationwide surge in homeschooling A teacher interacts with students virtually while sitting in an empty classroom during a period of Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI). Many school districts in the U.S. switched to NTI in response to severe staffing shortages caused by the prevalence of COVID-19. | Jon Cherry/Getty Images Students are withdrawing from […]
A sociologist at Gallup is warning that the strong demographic ties between religion and politics in the United States may have a detrimental impact on the country’s future. Frank Newport, a senior scientist at Gallup and the polling company’s former editor-in-chief, notes in a new analysis headlined The Politics of Religion that Republicans are much […]
Eduardo Verástegui, the filmmaker behind the hit movie Sound of Freedom, has announced that he has filed to run for President of Mexico as an independent candidate in 2024. Last Thursday, Verástegui shared that he registered with the Instituto Nacional Electoral and decided to run for president following a “period of discernment,” The Christian Post reports. […]
Wooden cross in London, England. | Getty/Stock photo A federal appellate court has ruled that a Michigan township cannot prevent a Catholic group from building a Stations of the Cross trail on land it owns. In a decision released Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sided with Catholic Healthcare International, […]
State officials in California are settling a lawsuit from Right to Life of Central California and agreeing to honor the group’s free speech rights and pay nearly $200,000 in attorney fees. The lawsuit, brought by the nonprofit religious rights law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, was filed in October 2021 after Gov. Gavin Newsom of California […]
Surprised by Oxford For those who love C.S. Lewis, Carolyn Weber’s conversion story sounds familiar: Like the Chronicles of Narnia author, she was a skeptical Oxford scholar who didn’t see faith as compatible with intellect — until she discovered Christ as the only solution to the “inconsolable longing” every human experience. “I was very skeptical […]