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New Documentary, SUPERSPREADER, Follows the Worship Leader Who Championed Revival and Liberty During COVID-19 Despite Intense Criticism from Politicians and Mainstream Media Iconic Events Announces Documentary Featuring Sean Feucht and Let Us Worship Events In Select Theaters Nationwide August 19th NEWS SOURCE: EPIC PR June 22, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn (June 22, 2022) […]
A trustee for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is facing criticism for comments he made at a 9Marks event during the annual SBC meeting in Anaheim, California. According to ChurchLeaders.com, Kevin Smith, who is also the campus pastor for Family Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, is being criticized for questions […]
The U.S. Supreme Court handed supporters of religious liberty a landmark victory Tuesday, striking down a Maine tuition assistance program that excludes religious schools from eligibility. The justices, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Free Exercise Clause by not remaining neutral in the decision that parents make. Under Maine’s […]
The ex-wife of a well-known Iranian American pastor alleges in a new Washington Post story that evangelist Franklin Graham encouraged her to undergo counseling and return to her husband after being told that her husband abused her. The woman, Naghmeh Panahi, was at the center of an international religious freedom case a decade ago when […]
JUBA, South Sudan, June 20, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Police in Sudan walked into a church Bible class on Tuesday (June 14) and arrested two Christian leaders for “violating public order,” their attorney said. Officers in Omdurman, across the Nile River from Khartoum, took Pastor Kabashi Idris of the African Inland Church and evangelist […]
Gallup first asked the question in 1947 and then twice in the 1950s and the 1960s. Each time, 98 percent answered they believed in God. Then in 2011, that number dropped to 92 percent, and in 2013, 2014, and 2017, the number fell to 87 percent. “Belief in God has fallen the most in recent […]
A Christian factory worker in Scotland has won over $26,000 in a religious discrimination suit after he was fired from his job for refusing to remove his cross necklace. According to The Telegraph, Jevgenijs Kovalkovs was fired from chicken wholesalers 2 Sisters Food Group Limited in Coupar Angus for refusing to take off a silver […]
HANOI, Vietnam, June 14, 2022 (Morning Star News) – When the “Government of Vietnam” posted two draft religion decrees the first week of June, even ranking staff members of the Government Bureau of Religious Affairs were taken by surprise and encouraged religious leaders to strongly object. The decrees with ancillary documents were posted online for […]
For much of history, people have marked deaths and marriages with religious ceremonies and sacraments. In a time of rapidly declining religiosity, some are now looking to alternative spiritual authorities to give meaning to their most important moments. Spiritual authorities like, say, Mickey Mouse. Recently, a Reddit post by a newlywed couple went viral […]
An atheist activist group is calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to retract remarks he made at a recent press conference suggesting that people without a “religious foundation” are politically radical and prone to violence During a press conference in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, on June 9, DeSantis addressed the recent assassination attempt on Justice […]