MISHAWAKA, Ind. — An American man who had just moved his wife and eight children to Cameroon to serve as a missionary in the country was shot and killed on Tuesday while driving into town to go shopping. According to reports, Charles Wesco and his wife Stephanie, moved to the African nation two weeks ago […]
Conservative, Christian-identifying churches nationwide are hosting Halloween-themed events throughout the month of October, some featuring or including Halloween-centered sermons and performances, haunted hayrides, and/or costume contests with children and adults alike dressing up up as skeletons, ghosts, witches and other images of death or evil. Chet Gallagher, a missions pastor who formerly served as a […]
PITTSBURGH (New York Times) — Armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and at least three handguns, a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, killing at least 11 people and wounding six others, officials said. President Trump described the shooting as a “wicked act of mass murder” that was […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — All nine members of Pittsburgh City Council have signed an opposing letter to the leaders of the Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon after learning that the fast food chain Chick-fil-A will be the title sponsor for next year’s children’s marathon. The letter argues that “[t]he leadership of Chick-fil-A has openly and passionately promulgated […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio chapter of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice will be holding an interfaith gathering next month outside of a Planned Parenthood facility to “bless” its work and the mothers who come for an abortion. “Anti-abortion advocates do not have the monopoly on faith or God,” the event page claims. “Many […]
DUBLIN — A liberal politician in Ireland recently asserted that a proposed bill to legalize abortion in the country is problematic as it refers only to “women” being able to obtain an abortion, and suggested that the legislation should rather read “pregnant person” so as not to leave out women who identify as men or […]
(The Telegraph) — Students at the University of Oxford have voted to ban a controversial Christian group from one of their colleges because it would threaten their “physical and mental safety.” The JCR at Lady Margaret Hall voted overwhelmingly in favour of banning Christian Concern from hosting a residential summer camp on the premises because […]
BARTOW, Fla. — Two Florida middle school students, ages 11 and 12, are facing criminal charges after acknowledging to police that they had brought knives to school to murder over a dozen younger children and then kill themselves so that they could “be with Satan.” According to reports, the two girls came up with the […]
(The Christian Institute) — A majority of people oppose children being allowed to “self-define” their gender, a new poll has found. But some respondents say they back choosing your own species. In the new poll for the Coalition for Marriage, 51 percent say under 18-year-olds should not be able to self-define their gender. Among the […]
TORONTO — Pro-life groups are expressing concern after employees with Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children recently penned an essay outlining that they had been asked to develop a policy on how to respond to Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) requests at the hospital, and noting that the policy—although applying to those 18 and older—was also […]