The U.S. Justice Department is fighting in court against a German family that came to America to homeschool their children. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike fled to the United States in 2008 after German authorities demanded that they stop homeschooling their six children. Homeschooling was made illegal in the country in 1938 under the dictatorship of […]
Riverside, California — A prominent Christian university in California has been sued by a former student who was expelled for concealing their birth gender. In 2011, Domaine Javier, 25, checked “Catholic” and “female” on California Baptist University’s enrollment application, and was later accepted as a nursing student. However, when Javier appeared later that year on […]
Richmond, Virginia — Legislators in Virginia have passed a law that seeks to protect the right of Christians and other religious groups on university and college campuses to create their own membership criteria and to elect as leaders only those of the same faith. The legislation, which was introduced by state Senator Mark Obenshain, a […]
Author and speaker Rob Bell is set to release a teen version of his book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived nationwide next month. In a promotional video created for Love Wins: For Teens, Bell explains that the book is designed to teach youth that God is […]
Fort Worth, Texas — An atheist group that recently formed at a Christian university in Texas has filed an application to obtain official recognition on campus. “Freethinking Frogs” was formed at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth by 32-year-old transfer student Alexis Lohse, and is named after the university’s mascot, the horned frog. Lohse said […]
Jersey City, New Jersey — A Muslim man is behind bars tonight and is facing murder and desecration charges after beheading two Egyptian Christians and cutting off their hands. Reports state that 28-year-old Yusuf Ibrahim of Jersey City killed 25-year-old Hanny F. Tawadros and 27-year-old Amgad A. Konds earlier this month by shooting them in the […]
Durham, North Carolina — A former lesbian is sharing her testimony with the world about how God opened her eyes to the truth of the Gospel and set her free from the chains of sin and unbelief. Nearly 15 years ago, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield served as an English professor at Syracuse University in Upstate New […]
San Diego, California — A former staff member at a Christian college in California has filed a lawsuit against her employers for firing her for having sexual relations outside of marriage, stating that the college’s actions were “un-Christlike.” Teri James, 29, worked as a financial aid specialist at San Diego Christian College in El Cajon […]
Jersey City, New Jersey — Charges pressed against five Christians who were cited for evangelizing in a public park without government permission, and for causing some hearers to be upset with their Gospel message, were dismissed today in a New Jersey municipal court. “The prosecutor and the state dismissed charges against all five defendants,” attorney Demetrios […]
Frankfort, Kentucky — A Christian healthcare cost sharing company that was booted from the state of Kentucky last year after it was determined that it did not comport with Department of Insurance requirements may be making a comeback due to a bill approved Tuesday in the legislature. The bill, sponsored by Committee Chair Senator Tom Buford, […]