FRESNO, Calif. — The California Southern Baptist Convention Executive Board has unanimously voted to withdraw fellowship from a local Southern Baptist congregation after its minister announced his support for homosexuality. As previously reported, Danny Cortez leads New Heart Community Church, a small congregation in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Last year, Cortez concluded that he no […]
Continue reading …Recently released video footage of a sermon delivered at the Huda Mosque in Gaza shows a Muslim sheikh weilding a rifle while declaring that weapons are the only way that Palestinians can establish an Islamic state. The video, shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), provides clips of the message delivered by Sheikh […]
Continue reading …HARTSVILLE, S.C. — Children and their parents, along with pastors and other community leaders, gathered in Hartsville, South Carolina this past weekend to rally in support of putting prayer back in schools. Approximately 450 people flocked to the Hartsville Center Theater on Saturday where they joined together in prayer and listened to words of exhortation from Christians in […]
Continue reading …In a recent conference call with Vision America’s Rick Scarborough, talk show host, author and ordained minister Mike Huckabee stated that Christians need to be more active in resisting evil in the land and “shouldn’t just accept things that are ungodly.” “I’m convinced that the problems are ultimately spiritual; the consequences are political,” he said. […]
Continue reading …The Muslim terrorist group ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has released a third beheading video, this time executing a British aid worker who had been providing humanitarian assistance in Syria. The video, which was labeled “a message to the allies of America,” begins with footage of UK Prime Minister David Cameron condemning […]
Continue reading …VENTURA, Calif. — The principal of a high school in California has banned the booster club for the school from selling Chick-fil-A sandwiches for its football fundraiser due to the company’s stance on the institution of marriage. Val Wyatt, principal of Ventura High School, recently told the Ventura County Star that she wanted to refrain […]
Continue reading …STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Pennsylvania State University is pulling Gideon Bibles from its guest rooms and moving them to its libraries and other public spaces following a complaint from a prominent atheist activist organization. University spokesperson Lisa Powers told the Centre Daily Times that officials made the move “in the spirit of recognizing other religions and […]
Continue reading …DENVER — A Colorado teenager plead guilty on Wednesday to a charge of conspiracy to assist the Islamic terror group ISIS. Shannon Conley, 19, was first turned into police last fall when she was seen acting suspiciously while visiting Faith Bible Church in Arvada, and has been investigated on several occasions. Reports state that she […]
Continue reading …Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s firebrand Protestant leader, who vowed never to compromise with Irish Catholic nationalists, then, in his twilight, accepted a power-sharing agreement that envisioned a new era of peace in Northern Ireland after decades of sectarian violence, died on Friday in Belfast. He was 88. In failing health in recent years, Mr. Paisley […]
Continue reading …JONESBORO, Ark. — Members of the Arkansas State University (ASU) football team, also known as the Red Wolves, will be removing or altering a cross decal from their helmets following a complaint from a local attorney who alleged that the symbol is unconstitutional. The decal, which was recently affixed to the helmets, was meant to serve […]
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