DENVER — The Colorado Civil Rights Commission has upheld an administrative judge’s ruling that a Christian baker in the state must service same-sex ‘weddings’ despite his biblical beliefs not to be a partaker in other men’s sins. As previously reported, Dave Mullin and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood, Colorado in July 2012 to look […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Officials for a North Carolina school district are condemning Christian prayers at a recent event honoring war veterans a violation of district policy. The North Buncombe High School Band Boosters hosted the ceremony this past weekend as a kick-off to its “Field of Honor” flag display in honor of those who have served […]
A company known for publishing books of interest to Christians has generated criticism for agreeing to publish a memoir from Jennifer Knapp—a former contemporary Christian singer who now describes herself as a lesbian. Jennifer Knapp, now 40, was a popular Christian singer who won Dove Awards and a Grammy Nomination during the late 1990s and […]
MT. DORA, Fla. — A school board in Florida has reversed its decision to disallow the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) equal access to school facilities and benefits. In April of this year, the Christian legal organization Liberty Counsel had filed suit on behalf of FCA of Lake County, Florida after officials at Mount Dora High School allegedly […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — An Iowa-based federal judge has granted an injunction to two Christian colleges who are seeking an exemption from the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett, nominated to the bench by then-President Bill Clinton, issued the restraining order on Wednesday, allowing Dordt College in Iowa and Cornerstone […]
Iranian-born Muslims who converted to Christianity are breathing new spiritual life into communities across Germany, where they are fleeing to in increasing numbers to escape persecution back home. Men and women, who have been sentenced to the lash or worse for apostasy – converting from Islam – are forming a thriving community of Christian ex-pats […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists set off two bombs in a mainly Christian area of the central Nigerian city of Jos today, causing massive destruction of human lives and property, sources said. Two days after a suicide bombing in northern Nigeria killed an estimated 20 people, Islamic extremist Boko Haram rebels […]
MANASSAS, Va. — A recognized Christian book publisher has parted ways with the organization National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) after it was confronted about its involvement in printing the pro-homosexual book God and the Gay Christian. The book, which was written by Matthew Vines of the homosexual activist Reformation Project and published by Convergent Books, asserts […]
After an uproar from conservative customers, SunTrust Banks announced Friday afternoon that the decision to end its relationship with real estate entrepreneurs David and Jason Benham had been reversed. Earlier Friday, The Daily Caller reported that SunTrust Banks had pulled all of its listed properties with the Benham brothers’ bank-owned property business. The move came […]
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A sixteen-year-old Christian Florida teen is making headlines after she graduated high school and college in the same week. Grace Bush of Hollywood recently received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with a 3.8 GPA, one week before she graduated from high school. She now plans to pursue her master’s degree and […]