GERMANTOWN –– A notorious late-term abortionist will not be punished for the death of a 29-year-old mother and her 33-week-old baby following an investigation by the Maryland Board of Physicians. As previously reported, Jennifer McKenna Morbelli of New Rochelle, New York died this past February following complications from a botched abortion. Morbelli was pregnant with a […]
DENVER — Voters in the state of Colorado are set to vote on a ballot initiative that would declare the unborn as persons as a mother who lost her baby in a tragic accident last year is seeking justice for other children just like her son. As previously reported, Heather Surovick was heading home from […]
OLYMPIA — A Christian judge in Washington was recently reprimanded by the state Judicial Conduct Commission for refusing to officiate same-sex ‘weddings.’ Thurston County Superior Court Judge Gary Tabor had made met with court employees following last year’s election, which legalized the practice in Washington, and informed his colleagues that he did not feel comfortable […]
WASHINGTON — At a symposium hosted last week at Georgetown University by the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and the ecumenical Manhattan Declaration, Commission President Russell Moore explained his belief that Christians should fight for freedom for all religions—not just their own. Andrew Walker, director of policy studies for the ERLC, served […]
STRASBOURG — The European Parliament passed a resolution this past week calling for the release of an American pastor that has been imprisoned in Iran for the past year. As previously reported, Pastor Saeed Abedini of Idaho, a former Muslim, left Iran in 2005 and moved to the United States with his wife and children […]
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Three youth pastors in Washington have been barred from visiting an area middle school after being accused of speaking about Christianity to students during the lunch period. This past Thursday, parents of students who attend Woodward Middle School in Bainbridge Island attended a board meeting to discuss the issue, with over […]
DENVER – A well-known evolutionary professor stated in a recent interview that those who do not accept evolution are “fundamentally irrational” with “a kind of slightly crazy mindset,” and claimed that a Christian apologist’s evolution-challenging film is “a great example” of “Biblical porn.” Craig Stanford is a professor of anthropology and biological sciences at the […]
NEW YORK CITY — A prominent atheist activist group has purchased billboard space in Times Square to counter an advertisement from a nationally-recognized Biblical Creation organization. As previously reported, Ken Ham’s Answers in Genesis launched a billboard campaign last week in prominent locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, including in the heavily-trafficked Times […]
Washington, D.C. — A recent spate of attacks against Christians and house churches in China underlines the country’s relentless habit of persecuting Christians, even at the cost of its own reputation in the international community. Christians Beaten in Hainan Province On Aug. 14, a number of Christians in Lingao town, Lincheng county, Hainan Province, were […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A woman has filed a federal lawsuit saying she was wrongly fired from her job at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship because her marriage broke down. Alyce Conlon said she was aware of at least two men at the nonprofit who divorced their spouses and were not disciplined or fired. Conlon had worked […]