TEHRAN — A pastor from California was arrested on Monday while conducting a protest in Iran surrounding five Christians that he believes have been unlawfully imprisoned in the country. Eddie Romero of La Puente was taken into custody as he spoke outside of Evin Prison, where the Christians are being held. Reports state that he […]
NEWARK — The mayor of Newark, New Jersey ordered the removal of a Christian man from city hall on Monday for raising an objection in the name of Jesus Christ against one of the first-ever homosexual ‘weddings’ in the state. As previously reported, the Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously ruled on Friday to uphold […]
FLORENCE, Colo. — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group is demanding that a Colorado high school protect female students students from a boy who is using the girls’ restroom and allegedly making harassing comments. The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), based in Sacramento, California, recently sent a letter to officials at Florence High School to ask that […]
OLYMPIA — A Christian judge in Washington was recently reprimanded by the state Judicial Conduct Commission for refusing to officiate same-sex ‘weddings.’ Thurston County Superior Court Judge Gary Tabor had made met with court employees following last year’s election, which legalized the practice in Washington, and informed his colleagues that he did not feel comfortable […]
WASHINGTON — At a symposium hosted last week at Georgetown University by the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and the ecumenical Manhattan Declaration, Commission President Russell Moore explained his belief that Christians should fight for freedom for all religions—not just their own. Andrew Walker, director of policy studies for the ERLC, served […]
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Three youth pastors in Washington have been barred from visiting an area middle school after being accused of speaking about Christianity to students during the lunch period. This past Thursday, parents of students who attend Woodward Middle School in Bainbridge Island attended a board meeting to discuss the issue, with over […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A woman has filed a federal lawsuit saying she was wrongly fired from her job at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship because her marriage broke down. Alyce Conlon said she was aware of at least two men at the nonprofit who divorced their spouses and were not disciplined or fired. Conlon had worked […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A nationally-recognized Christian legal group has mailed letters to school districts throughout Tennessee in an effort to defend the practice of prayer at school football games. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) crafted the letters as a counter to correspondence recently sent by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which complained about the prayers […]
SEATTLE — A Christian legal group has filed suit against the Seattle Transit Authority after it refused to run a bus advertisement out of a fear of offending Muslims. The American Freedom Law Center, based in Ann Arbor Michigan, is representing the Freedom Defense Initiative, led by Pamela Geller, a Jew known for placing transit […]
Hundreds of thousands of Christians and other pro-life citizens across the country participated in the nationwide ‘Life Chain’ event on Sunday, which was held in all fifty states and in most major cities in America. The event was organized by a group known as Please Let Me Live, based out of Yuba City, California, and […]