Christians worldwide are gathering today to pray for the release of an American pastor who has been imprisoned in Iran simply because of his Christian faith. From the United States to Mexico and Kenya, over 500 gatherings are scheduled for Friday to lift up Saeed Abedini in prayer, as well as other Christians suffering or imprisoned […]
TEMECULA, Calif. — A Christian legal organization in California is denouncing officials at a charter school in the state for removing books from its library simply because they were deemed to be Christian. The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), based in Sacramento, reports that Springs Charter Schools, also known as River Springs Charter Schools, recently targeted […]
VENTURA, Calif. — At least two Christian legal organizations have sent a letter to a California principal after she banned her school’s booster club from selling Chick-fil-A sandwiches for its football fundraiser due to the company’s stance on the institution of marriage. As previously reported, Val Wyatt, principal of Ventura High School, recently told the Ventura […]
Christian groups across the country are angered after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week, which outlines that many Americans are indeed paying for abortion through Obamacare. The report, Health Insurance Exchanges: Coverage of Non-Excepted Abortion Services by Qualified Health Plans, was posted to the organization website on Monday and features extensive information […]
NIGERIA — A Christian man in Nigeria recently stood firm for his faith despite Muslim attempts to force him to convert to Islam by threatening him with death. As previously reported, the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram has been attacking the Gwoza area for several years, with violence intensifying throughout 2014. In June, South Africa Today reported that the death […]
In a recent conference call with Vision America’s Rick Scarborough, talk show host, author and ordained minister Mike Huckabee stated that Christians need to be more active in resisting evil in the land and “shouldn’t just accept things that are ungodly.” “I’m convinced that the problems are ultimately spiritual; the consequences are political,” he said. […]
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan have taken into custody a Christian convert from Hinduism and his Hindu co-worker for allegedly burning a Koran and a chart of Koranic verses. The Christian’s family and attorney, however, said Islamist extremist groups have falsely accused the two men in response to an increasing number of […]
Student groups in the California State University system that identify as Christian are being labeled discriminatory for requiring leaders to be Christian and are beginning to be stripped of official recognition. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, which identifies as an “evangelical campus mission,” recently lost recognition at 23 schools across the state over the decision, which is […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Security agents in Sudan padlocked a 500-member church’s building on Aug. 24, said Christian sources who fear the government may try to sell it. In the latest incident in a nearly two-year wave of church demolitions, closures and confiscations, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) forcibly closed the Sudan […]
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Christian leaders sent a letter this week to the Pentagon in support of allowing Gideon Bibles to remain in Navy lodges despite a complaint from a prominent atheist organization. As previously reported, in March of this year, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to the Navy Exchange Service Command […]