A number of Sunday night services were moved or canceled this past weekend to accommodate members who wanted to watch the Super Bowl, after it presented a conflict with regular service times. NewSpring in Anderson, South Carolina, a megachurch with five campuses, held services Saturday night as it anticipated that most members would skip Sunday […]
NEW YORK — Scores of Christians from across the country have touched down in New York City to share the word of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ with the thousands that have arrived to attend Super Bowl XLVIII as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Denver Broncos. Bill Adams of Sports Fan Outreach […]
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A high school football coach in North Carolina has been ordered to cease leading his team in prayers following a complaint by a prominent atheist activist organization. Officials with the Mooresville Graded School District recently told Mooresville High School football coach Hal Capps to stop leading the Blue Devils in prayer, and […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Senate voted unanimously on Friday in favor of SB 2681, also known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, sending the bill to the House for consideration. Like legislation introduced in other states, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act prohibits the government from burdening the free exercise of religion without a compelling […]
NASHVILLE — Contemporary Christian music artist Natalie Grant has issued a response to critics who are blasting her for walking out of the Grammy Awards show last Sunday, or as she characterized it—she left early. “We left the Grammy’s early,” Grant, who was nominated for two awards, posted on Facebook Sunday evening. “I’ve many thoughts […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Appeal proceedings have begun in the case of a Mennonite pastor who was sentenced to 27 months in prison last year for allegedly helping an ex-lesbian flee the country with her daughter. As previously reported, Kenneth Miller of Stuarts Draft, Virginia was convicted in August 2012 for helping Lisa Miller (no relation) […]
FORT WORTH — The husband of a pregnant Texas woman who was recently removed from life support upon court order has announced that he has named his unborn baby girl Nicole. Erick Munoz told reporters this week that he gave his 23-week-old daughter his wife’s middle name after he requested that the hospital conduct one […]
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison on Monday for tricking his girlfriend into ingesting an abortion-inducing drug last year. As previously reported, John Andrew Welden, 29, accepted a plea deal in September after admitting to giving his girlfriend, 27-year-old Remee Jo Lee, the pill Cytotec (misoprostol) to […]
LOS ANGELES — A mass homosexual ‘wedding’ was officiated live during the 56th annual Grammy Awards show on Sunday. The event featured both homosexual and heterosexual couples–34 in all–who exchanged vows on stage, which was decorated to resemble a wedding chapel and featured a large choir. During the occasion, the popular rap/hip hop duo Macklemore […]
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. – A mother in the Detroit area is alleging that school officials told her 8-year-old autistic son to stop bringing his Bible to class. Jessica Cross of Dearborn Heights told WJBK that her autistic son, Jason, would frequently take his Bible to Highview Elementary. According to his mother, Jason enjoyed reading his […]