KIRKLAND, Wash. — A church in Washington State has filed suit to challenge a law that requires insurance plans that cover maternity care to “also provide a covered person with substantially equivalent coverage to permit the abortion of a pregnancy.” Cedar Park Assembly of God, a fellowship with more than 600 members, says that Senate Bill 6219, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Speaker and author Francis Chan has responded to concerns surrounding photographs that recently surfaced of Chan with Todd White and Benny Hinn at “The Send,” whose practices and teachings are at odds with biblical orthodoxy. Chan advised that he will still attend “certain events” with the intention of being the “most […]
LONDON — Police in the United Kingdom have admitted that they drove an arrested street preacher miles away from the location where he had been speaking in order to prevent him from returning. “As the man indicated that he wished to continue his activities at Southgate tube station, officers felt it necessary to take the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Arkansas failed this week in a House committee, as none made a motion to advance the legislation to the full House. House Bill 1536 was introduced by Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, and would have allowed patients who are “diagnosed with a terminal condition” to […]
(The Washington Post/MSN) — Manacled and barefoot, Brenton Harrison Tarrant walked into a courtroom on Saturday and flashed an “okay” sign, a gesture meant as a dark joke to online extremists, as he stood defiantly to face murder charges less than 24 hours after brutal assaults on two mosques in this city left at least […]
CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has against dealt a blow to a legal challenge by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) as it ruled for the second time on Friday that tax-free housing allowances for pastors do not violate the U.S. Constitution. “We conclude § 107(2) has a secular legislative purpose, […]
SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Senate has rejected an effort to repeal an existing, unenforced law that criminalizes abortion in the state. Eight pro-life Democrats joined with the 16 Republicans in the Senate to defeat the measure 24-18. The New Mexico Senate has a Democratic majority. According to the Albuquerque Journal, Sen. Gabriel Ramos, […]
BYRON CENTER, Mich. — In a move that some would say is counter to its mission of “calling the church … to repent of its worldliness,” The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals has invited an unorthodox pastor and podcaster who espouses a love for all things dark—from horror movies to death metal to dark fiction—and whose […]
EL PASO, Texas — Prosecutors in Texas have dropped their case against an evangelist who was arrested in 2017 while preaching on the sidewalk outside of “A Drag Queen Christmas: The Naughty Tour” as he refused to relocate due to the complaints of the hearers. As previously reported, Ryan Denton of Christ in the Wild Ministries, who preaches […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a prior ruling from three of its judges and has determined that the State of Ohio may lawfully exclude the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood from receiving funding for federal health programs. The court ruled that while mothers have a so-called “right” to […]