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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 […]
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 […]
Movie Cover for “Divine Influencer,” 2023 | Pure Flix Director Shari Rigby and actress Lara Silva have been successful in Hollywood in recent years, and the entertainers are giving all the credit to God, who divinely intervened on their behalf when no one else believed in them. Rigby (“Overcomer”) is the director of the new […]
Pastor Rick Morrow of Beulah Church in Richland, Missouri. | Screengrab: YouTube/Beulah Church A Missouri pastor who recently told his congregation that autism is a demon that can be cast out by Christians and pointed to many examples of this recorded online, has resigned as a member of the board of the Stoutland School District […]
LAHORE, Pakistan, September 12, 2023 (Morning Star News) – The three young children of a Christian couple jailed on baseless charges of desecrating the Koran in Lahore, Pakistan last week have no relatives to care for them and are extremely upset, a rights advocate said. Shaukat Masih, 33, and his 28-year-old wife Kiran have been […]
Rev. Dean Nelson, vice president of government relations at Human Coalition, speaks to a crowd on Sept. 12. 2023, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. | Samantha Kamman/The Christian Post WASHINGTON — Congressional and religious leaders gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss how the pro-life movement can reach minority communities on the […]