DES MOINES, Iowa — A 100-year-old woman has exceeded her goal of sewing 1,000 dresses for needy children in Africa as part of her contribution to a Christian charity that assists impoverished families worldwide. Lillian Weber of Iowa has been making dresses for the organization Little Dresses for Africa since 2011. Little Dresses for Africa […]
BOISE, Idaho — Republicans in Idaho have proposed a resolution calling for support for using the Bible alongside public school curriculum. Resolution 2015-P20 was submitted by Idaho County Chairman Marge Arnzen, and uses state history as the basis of the motion. “[I]n 1782, the U.S. Congress voted this resolution: ‘The Congress of the United States […]
NASHVILLE — A Bible Belt state is among the latest to consider legalizing assisted suicide, in part due to the efforts of an activist who asserts that the choice to end one’s life is the “ultimate civil right.” On Tuesday, those both for and against physician assisted suicide spent two hours presenting their thoughts about […]
WASHINGTON — Administrators from Christian and Catholic schools nationwide have signed on to a letter urging Congress to pass a law that would protect religious schools from punishment over their biblical beliefs on marriage. Daniel Egeler, the president of the Association of Christian Schools International, Al Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, […]
AUSTIN — A federal appeals court has upheld several abortion restrictions encapsulated in a Texas law known as H.B. 2 that may close most of the abortion facilities in the state. “[T]he State truly intends that women only receive an abortion in facilities that can provide the highest quality of care and safety—the stated legitimate […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — A resolution of sorts has been reached in a lawsuit against a Colorado school that prohibited a student from leading a group that met to sing, pray and discuss religious topics during their morning free period. As previously reported, now former Pine Creek High School student Chase Windebank had been leading […]
(WORLD Magazine) — Thanks to a shortage of women created in part by China’s one-child policy, the country has become a hotbed of human trafficking. Desperate men pay exorbitant rates to marriage brokers who trick women into coming across the border and sell them like slaves. Despite the country’s failure to crack down on the […]
A new report compiled by the Associated Press (AP) states that abortion rates have declined 12 percent on average in the United States since 2010, but also shows that hundreds of thousands of unborn children are still being killed each year. The AP gathered the information from the 45 states who have reporting requirements with […]
The Islamic barbaric group ISIS has kidnapped 86 Eritrean refugees from Libya, the majority of whom are believed to be Christians or of other non-Muslim religious beliefs. “86 Eritrean refugees most from one town in #Eritrea got kidnapped by #ISIS in #Libya two days ago,” Meron Estefanos, the co-founder of the International Commission on Eritrean […]
PHILADELPHIA — False teacher Tony Campolo announced on Monday that he has decided to endorse and speak out for the inclusion of open homosexuals in the Body of Christ. “It has taken countless hours of prayer, study, conversation and emotional turmoil to bring me to the place where I am finally ready to call for […]