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Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images An elderly pro-life volunteer is recovering after she was shot during an apparent dispute while canvassing a Michigan neighborhood. The 83-year-old woman from Ionia County was passing out pamphlets on behalf of Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) on Sept. 20 when police say she was shot in the shoulder after an […]
Members of the Oakwood Adventist Academy at Oakwood University Church in Huntsville, Ala., after forfeiting a semifinal game in a state tournament on Feb. 19, 2022. | Screenshot: YouTube/Oakwood University Church A historic Seventh-day Adventist Church-affiliated private school in Alabama will be exempt from sporting events that fall on their Sabbath observance after being denied […]
Demonstrators in Keene, New Hampshire, gather at a “Save the Children Rally” to protest child sex trafficking and pedophilia around the world, on September 19, 2020. | JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images A U.S. district judge has sentenced a 31-year-old woman in Washington state to 23 years in prison for sex trafficking her 6-year-old girl […]
Ohio Valley University, a Christian private school in Vienna, West Virginia, closed in December 2021. | Screengrab: YouTube/Ohio Valley University The trust overseeing the business of a Christian university in West Virginia that closed down last year is facing criticism for failing to process students’ transcripts in a timely manner. Ohio Valley University shut down […]
Don Ogden, the late founder of the music department at Grace College & Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, was well-liked and by all accounts a Christian leader, but, according to allegations, he purportedly abused scores of young boys over the course of decades. “Ogden, who fathered two daughters and a son, and served a combined […]
Houston Christian University | Courtesy Houston Christian University A private Christian university in Houston is dropping the word “Baptist” from its name. Houston Baptist University, which was founded in 1960, has changed its name to Houston Christian University (HCU) to expand its brand of Christian education, university officials announced. While the university’s official name no […]
Joshua Broome and family | Courtesy of Joshua Broome A former porn star who became a pastor recently shared tips for Christians on overcoming lustfulness and loneliness, stressing that lack of awareness can lead Christians down a path of temptation that they can take steps to avoid. Joshua Broome, the 40-year-old pastor at The Good […]
A new poll found that about 70 percent of Americans believe the U.S. Constitution does not allow for the country to be declared a Christian nation. Meanwhile, 61 percent of Republicans said they favor “the United States officially declaring the United States to be a Christian nation.” “Our new University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll […]
Hundreds of Christians marched on Washington D.C. this weekend to raise awareness for the persecuted church worldwide. The third-annual March for the Martyrs was held at the National Mall on Saturday and featured live worship and messages from religious leaders. The event also included a 1.2-mile march that started at the National Mall and ended […]
Participants in the 2022 March For The Martyrs hold a banner and walk together in solidarity for persecuted Christians globally, Sept. 24, 2022. | Nicole Alcindor/ Christian Post WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Americans from around the country gathered on the National Mall Saturday for the third-annual March for the Martyrs. Religious freedom advocates called on […]