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A new report found that giving is up at churches, but clergy dissatisfaction is still rising. The report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research came from a five-year study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. churches. The pandemic led to a marked change in worship services and a slow return for […]
Bible on a school desk in a classroom. | Getty Images A school district in California has been accused by a conservative legal group of wrongfully prohibiting a Christian student club from meeting at a local elementary school. Hayward Unified School District allegedly rejected multiple requests from Child Evangelism Fellowship to let one of its […]
Sadie Robertson Huff joins Grammy Award-winning Christian musician Lauren Daigle for a “Whoa That’s Me” podcast episode on Aug. 31, 2023. | Screengrab: YouTube/ Sadie Robertson Huff Grammy Award-winning Christian musician Lauren Daigle joined Sadie Robertson Huff for a podcast episode where the duo shared advice on how they have managed panic attacks and leaned […]
Coach Joe Kennedy at the Bremerton High School football field. | Courtesy of First Liberty Institute The high school football coach at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court battle over his dismissal for praying on the field has announced his resignation one game after being reinstated following his yearslong court battle as he has […]
A Washington state assistant football coach who won a Supreme Court case for praying on the sidelines after public high school football games resigned from his position at Bremerton High School in Bremerton on Wednesday. The coach, Joe Kennedy, returned to his position Friday night following an 8-year-legal battle over his praying and tendered his […]
LAHORE, Pakistan, September 2, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Church and rights leaders in Pakistan are demanding an investigation into anti-Christian rioting in Jaranwala amid illegal arrests of area Christians and a police claim of a “foreign conspiracy” to create religious strife, sources said. Violent Muslim mobs incited by hard-line Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) […]
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Authorities are not investigating an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C., as part of a case involving the discovery of five aborted babies at a residence in the nation’s capital. Last year, five aborted babies were discovered at the home of a pro-life activist in the District of Columbia, with pro-life […]
The football coach whose prayers led to a major Supreme Court case says he believes his story and legal case have opened the door to more religious freedom in the United States than has been seen in decades. Joe Kennedy, the assistant coach at Bremerton (Wash.) High School, was back on the field last Friday […]
Lauren Handy, the director of activism at Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), speaks during a March 2023 rally in Washington, D.C. | The Christian Post/ Nicole Alcindor Reactions from both sides of the abortion divide have come rolling in after the recent convictions of five pro-life activists found guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to […]
Tim Ross explains his decision to stop cussing on his podcast, August 10, 2023. | Screenshot: YouTube/TheBasementwithTimRoss Preacher Tim Ross has received substantial criticism in recent months for using profanity on his new podcast platform, and although he initially defended his decision to use strong language, he recently announced he will no longer cuss on […]