TEHRAN, Iran (BosNewsLife) — Iran has freed evangelical pastor Farshid Fathi after he spent five years in prison for his faith, fellow Christian workers said early Tuesday, December 22. “We are overjoyed and celebrating!” about Monday’s release, added David Yeghnazar, executive director of Christian mission group Elam Ministries. His group, founded by Iranian church leaders, […]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) has announced that it will investigate federal oversight of the use of aborted babies for scientific research after members of Congress sent a letter earlier this year requesting the review. According to reports, 35 Senators signed a letter this past October requesting […]
BEAUMONT, Texas — City officials in Beaumont, Texas have reversed their initial prohibition against police officers using the police station for a Bible study. According to reports, a group of officers had been holding the Bible study at the police station during their lunch break one to two times a month for the past two years. […]
BOSTON — A state court in Massachusetts has ruled that a religious school in the state can’t decline to hire homosexuals for non-teaching positions despite their lifestyle being contrary to the school’s mission and beliefs. In 2013, Matthew Barrett accepted a job as food service director at Fontbonne Academy in Milton, an all-girls school that is […]
TOMBALL, Texas (Yahoo News) — A father who was released from jail after facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon says his actions were committed purely out of love. George Pickering’s son had a history of seizures when he suffered a massive stroke in January and was put on life support at Tomball […]
JERUSALEM — Archaeologists have uncovered a rare marble slab near the Sea of Galilee that some believe provides evidence of a city mentioned in Scripture where Jesus cast a legion demons out of a man who lived among the tombs. The 1,500-year old slab was found in what is believed to have once been a […]
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Officials in a Tennessee county are calling upon the state to interpose against the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion regarding same-sex “marriage” and to uphold the biblical definition of marriage. According to reports, the nearly unanimous resolution had been introduced by local resident Steven Warhurst. He provided sample text and exhortation to Sullivan County Commissioners. “[T]o […]
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A prominent group of professing atheists has appealed a court ruling finding that a Pennsylvania teenager did not and her mother did not have standing to challenge the presence of a Ten Commandments monument because the teen hadn’t had been near the display enough to claim that it harmed her. As previously […]
MANDERA, Kenya (CNN) — Their M.O. is a tried and terrifying one: Launch a raid, single out Christians, and then spray them with bullets. But when Al-Shabaab militants ambushed a bus Monday, things didn’t go according to plan. A group of Kenyan Muslims shielded the Christian passengers and told the attackers they were prepared to […]
MIAMI, Fla. — A new reality show that follows the life of a so-called “celebrity pastor” who married Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, and whose congregation attracted a visit from pop star Justin Bieber, is being characterized as “heartbreaking” by a pastor who speaks and writes about the glorification of ungodliness in Hollywood and the secular […]