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Viacheslav Bublyk/Unsplash An executive pastor in New Hampshire pleaded guilty in federal court to using Journey Baptist Church’s debit and credit cards without authorization to pay off his gambling debts, according to U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. Gregory Neal, 45, of Rochester, admitted to a “one-count information alleging wire fraud” during his appearance in court, […]
Multiple people sit in pews inside of a church. | Getty Images/Exkalibur While a significant number of American adults say religious faith is important to their everyday lives, many fear that religious institutions are “watering down” or abandoning traditional beliefs, according to a recent survey. On Thursday, Rasmussen Reports released a survey of 1,056 American adults, with […]
YouTube/Christianbook One of the largest Christian book retailers in the United States is recovering from a network outage that began earlier this month and prevented it from fulfilling orders. A spokesperson for the Peabody, Massachusetts-based Christianbook emailed The Christian Post an update Thursday, reporting that things were returning to normal. “We are in the process […]
A welcome sign sits at the base of the steps to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily lifted tighter restrictions on the abortion pill, allowing itself more time to review lower court decisions temporarily blocking the distribution of the […]
A Virginia high school teacher has been instructed by school officials that she must remove a Bible verse from the signature of her work email messages. For years, since she was first hired by the district, she has included John 3:16 with her signature. However, the district’s acting superintendent claims that emails sent in her capacity […]
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe the nation is in moral decline, although they’re not in agreement on the cause, according to a new study. The poll by the American Bible Study found that 86 percent of U.S. adults believe the nation is in moral decline, with 26 percent of this group blaming the decline […]
Tyre Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells (R) and his stepfather, Rodney Wells (L) talk about his passing at the National Action Network Convention in New York City on April 12, 2023. | The Christian Post/Leonardo Blair NEW YORK — RowVaughn Wells, the grieving mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man who died three days after […]
Joe Raedle/Getty Images Nearly one-third of Hispanics in the United States identify as “religiously unaffiliated,” a sharp increase compared to a decade ago, according to a new report by Pew Research Center. In a report released Thursday morning, Pew found that 30% of Hispanic respondents identified as “religiously unaffiliated,” which was defined as respondents “describing […]
Saint Augustine famously observed that the human heart is restless until its rest is found in God. That applies not only to individuals but also to cultures and entire generations. Practically speaking, this “restlessness” can take many forms, including an unprecedented mental health crisis. The recent and much talked about report from the Centers for Disease […]
The first three months of 2023 saw a dramatic increase in the number of attacks on churches nationwide compared to the same timeframe last year, according to a new report that found such attacks took place in nearly 30 states. The report by the Family Research Council found 69 acts of hostility against churches between January […]