Following public outcry, Democrats took a vote today regarding whether or not to restore the mention of God and Jerusalem to the party platform. Much to the confusion of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who presided over the voice vote, delegates were just as strongly opposed to reinstating the mentions as they were in favor of […]
A national research network that primarily serves to assist with church growth efforts recently released a new study on megachurch salaries. Leadership Network, led by Warren Bird, says that it studied salary trends from 209 of what it calls “game changer” megachurches across the United States in order to analyze the annual income of their […]
The Democratic National Committee released the text of its party platform earlier this week, which many are noting has undergone significant additions and subtractions since the last election. Some state that the most glaring exclusion from the platform, called “Moving America Forward,” is the mention of God. “We need a government that stands up for […]
A number of evangelists from across the country have descended upon the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina to reach out to attendees of the Democratic National Convention. As thousands gather in preparation for Thursday’s acceptance speech of Barack Obama, the evangelists state that they are using the opportunity to call the nation to repentance. “We […]
Over thirty Christians gathered outside of a Planned Parenthood rally this afternoon at the Democratic National Convention to be a voice for the thousands of children that are murdered everyday in America through abortion. The rally, entitled “Women Are Watching,” which is part of a nationwide tour, was meant to speak on political issues pertaining […]
Cult leader Sun Myung Moon has died, according to confirmed reports. Moon, 92, recently came down with a cold and pneumonia, which worsened. He had been lying unconscious for over two weeks. Last week, Moon was transported to a rural hospital that he owned in Gapyeong County, an hour outside of the South Korean capital […]
The family of a 24-year-old Chicago woman who died in July along with her second trimester baby during an abortion procedure at Planned Parenthood has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the abortion giant. Dorsey Jones says that Planned Parenthood’s Loop Health Center, located at 18 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, was careless in properly […]
A group of nine men that attended the Southern Decadence Festival in New Orleans yesterday were arrested and jailed for violating a new city ordinance that prohibits religious and other free speech after sundown on the city’s famed Bourbon Street. The ordinance, which was passed in October 2011, is called “Aggressive Solicitation.” While it aims […]
An atheist delivered the invocation at Thursday night’s city council meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Instead of praying to God, Dan Nerren, a founder of the Humanist Association of Tulsa, “prayed” to those gathered. Some heads were bowed and some eyes were closed as Nerren offered a contemplative moment from his secular, humanist perpective. “I’ll be invoking […]
Nils Pickert’s 5-year-old son likes wearing dresses. If anyone thinks that’s odd, they can take it up with Nils. He’s the guy in the skirt. The German dad has become a role model not only for his son, but for parents around the world, after a photograph of the pair holding hands in red skirts […]