LEBANON, Penn. — A United Methodist minister from Pennsylvania has been summoned to stand before the Eastern Pennsylvania Methodist Conference for officiating his son’s same-sex ‘wedding’ against the denomination’s prohibitions against it. Frank Schaeffer, 51, oversees Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon. In 2007, he traveled to Massachusetts to officiate a ceremony between […]
Continue reading …TOPEKA — Christian parents in the state of Kansas have filed a lawsuit challenging newly-adopted educational standards that would mandate children as young as five to be taught about evolution and global warming as if scientific fact. In June of this year, the Kansas Board of Education joined 25 other states and the National Research […]
Continue reading …LIBERAL, Kansas — A school board in Kansas has voted unanimously to allow student-led prayers at school functions, restoring a practice that had been discontinued due to a fear of appearing to endorse a particular religion. While prayer was not on the agenda for this month’s meeting in Liberal, Kansas, members agreed that it was […]
Continue reading …BALTIMORE — The United Methodist Judicial Council is set to decide on whether resolutions passed at regional conferences regarding the homosexual lifestyle are permissible according to church doctrine or are a violation of the denomination’s rules. Specifically, the council will decide whether churches within the denomination may support homosexual causes, whether ministers can officiate same-sex […]
Continue reading …EUGENE — A minister in Oregon has a launched a sermon series entitled ‘Church S*cks,’ and is announcing seeker-friendly changes to his Sunday services, as a way to attract people who dislike church. Tony Crank, who leads One Love Church in Eugene, claims that churches talk too much about sin, and are not welcoming enough to […]
Continue reading …FORT WORTH — A Texas mother is crediting answered prayer for sparing what police believe could have been a massacre this week at a McDonald’s restaurant in Fort Worth. According to reports, 24-year-old Jestin Joseph entered the fast food restaurant on Tuesday and asked for a cup. Moments later, he pulled out a handgun and […]
Continue reading …TRENTON — A judge in New Jersey has ordered state officials to allow same-sex ‘marriages’ to be performed and recognized in the state. On Friday, Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court released the order, citing the recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court, which struck down key parts of the Defense […]
Continue reading …Barack Obama has called for the release of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran, reports state. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) outlines that a senior Obama administration official confirmed to reporters that Obama referenced the pastor while speaking on the phone with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Friday. The ACLJ has been […]
Continue reading …Rob Bell, author of the best-selling and controversial book Love Wins, which challenges Christian teachings on Hell, is set to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday to discuss his new book What We Talk About When We Talk About God. The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has announced that Bell recently sat down with Winfrey […]
Continue reading …A church in Pennsylvania has fired their pastor for officiating a same-sex ‘marriage’ ceremony contrary to the congregation’s stand on the Biblical definition of marriage. While the name of the church has not been revealed, State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham has spoken to several outlets about the circumstances surrounding the recent termination of Ken Kline […]
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