SPRING CITY, Pa. – A United Methodist minister from Pennsylvania has been found guilty before the Eastern Pennsylvania Methodist Conference for officiating his son’s same-sex ‘wedding’ against the denomination’s prohibitions against it. As previously reported, Frank Schaeffer, 51, oversees Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon. In 2007, he traveled to Massachusetts to officiate […]
MACON, GA — Funeral services were held on Saturday for a Georgia pastor who shot himself in the driveway of his home on November 10th as his family and congregation awaited his arrival to lead Sunday services. Teddy Parker, 41, was the senior pastor of the 800-member Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia […]
PROVO, UT — The former president of Fuller Theological Seminary appeared at Utah Valley University on Friday, speaking to hundreds about his belief that Christians and Mormons should focus on common ground and “work together for the cause of righteousness.” Dr. Richard Mouw served as president of the California-based seminary for 20 years, until he […]
CHARLESTON, W. Virginia – A mathematician with a historical timeline organization has calculated that there is less than a 1 in 479 million chance that Moses, the author of Genesis, made up the Biblical creation account. Margaret Hunter is owner of Bible Charts and Maps: an organization that produces the Amazing Bible Timeline. The timeline […]
A new Hollywood epic on the life of Noah has stirred controversy among Christians, Jews and others who have pre-screened the film, as they state that the movie largely leaves out one important foundation: the Bible. Noah is the brainchild of producer Darren Aronofsky, who says that he has wanted to make a film about […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the release of an American pastor that has been imprisoned in Iran, as well as all others “detained on account of their religious beliefs.” The resolution, which acts as a statement and does not hold any legislative power, was passed without opposition on […]
TABOR, IA — A grocery store owner in Iowa has been ordered to pay unemployment benefits to a former employee who quit her job after she was questioned about her personal lifestyle and exhorted to read the Bible. Tyler Stille owns Tabor Market and Deli and is known for his strong Christian beliefs. He told […]
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A bus driver for a public university in New Jersey is asserting that he was fired for laying hands on and praying for a handicapped woman that rode his bus. Stanley McNeil was reported to be well-liked among the students at Rutgers University as he was known for delivering motivational speeches […]
The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is calling for a day of prayer and fasting on behalf of a Christian homeschooling family that is fighting deportation to their homeland of Germany. Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the courts for several years while continuing to raise their six children in rural Tennessee. As […]
PORTLAND — A Portland-area teacher who was escorted from his local high school by police over his continued opposition to Planned Parenthood will face a misconduct hearing today as district officials consider declaring him “unfit to teach.” As previously reported, Bill Diss, an 11-year math and computer science teacher at Benson High School in Portland, was removed […]