Southern Baptist Seminary President Apologizes for Admitting Muslim Student

Southern Baptist Seminary President Apologizes for Admitting Muslim Student

BALTIMORE (RNS) — The head of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offered an emotional apology to Southern Baptists for accepting a Muslim student into his school’s Ph.D. program — an unusual step for an evangelical seminary but one other schools have taken for years. “I made an exception to a rule that I assumed, probably wrongly, […]

Muslims Continue Push to Promote Islam Through D.C. Bus Ads

Muslims Continue Push to Promote Islam Through D.C. Bus Ads

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A Christian, a Muslim and a Jew turn up together on a Washington, D.C., bus. It’s no joke. They’re the faces of a new ad campaign by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil liberties group. And the ad is the latest volley between Muslim and non-Muslim groups that has played […]

Joel Osteen Meets with Pope Francis at Vatican: ‘He’s Made the Church More Inclusive’

Joel Osteen Meets with Pope Francis at Vatican: ‘He’s Made the Church More Inclusive’

ROME — Megachurch speaker and author Joel Osteen was among a group of political and religious leaders who met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. According to reports, Osteen was part of a delegation organized by the International Foundation in an effort to encourage interfaith relations and ecumenicism. Utah Senator Mike Lee (R), […]

Un-‘United Methodist Church’ Faces Split Over Embracing of Homosexuality

Un-‘United Methodist Church’ Faces Split Over Embracing of Homosexuality

A group of 80 pastors is suggesting that the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination is facing an imminent split over its inability to resolve long-standing theological disputes about sexuality and church doctrine. But more than lamenting the current divisions, the pastors indicated there is little reason to think reconciliation — or even peaceful coexistence — could […]

Last Unchallenged U.S. State Banning Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ to Face Federal Lawsuit

Last Unchallenged U.S. State Banning Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ to Face Federal Lawsuit

The last U.S. state with laws on the books banning same-sex ‘marriage’ will soon face a federal lawsuit, reports state. “There will be a case filed challenging North Dakota’s same-sex marriage ban,” attorney Joshua Newville of Madia Law in Minneapolis told the Washington Post. Newville had just filed a lawsuit against officials in South Dakota on […]

Michael Marcavage

Michael Marcavage

Michael Marcavage is the founder and publisher of Christian News Network. Its website, ChristianNews.net, has seen readership grow to between half a million and a million page views a month by providing daily breaking news from an uncompromising Biblical worldview. Marcavage is a graduate of Temple University, receiving his bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass […]

20 and Counting: Abortion Facilities Continue to Close Due to Texas Pro-Life Law

20 and Counting: Abortion Facilities Continue to Close Due to Texas Pro-Life Law

DALLAS – A north Texas abortion center has become the twentieth abortion facility in the Lone Star State to close its doors as a result of pro-life legislation recently signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry. For over 30 years, Northpark Medical Group has offered abortion procedures to women in the Dallas area. The facility’s website […]

Liberty University Defends Glenn Beck’s Sermon to Students Despite Mormon Doctrine

Liberty University Defends Glenn Beck’s Sermon to Students Despite Mormon Doctrine

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University is defending its decision to invite Glenn Beck to take center stage to address thousands of students during its annual convocation ceremony, whose speech included references to Joseph Smith and Mormon theology. As previously reported, the outspoken conservative talk show host, and founder of the news outlet The Blaze, compared Mormonism […]

Evangelist Jailed After Preaching the Gospel at Public Train Station Found Not Guilty

Evangelist Jailed After Preaching the Gospel at Public Train Station Found Not Guilty

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — An evangelist in New Jersey was found not guilty of defiant trespassing this week for preaching the gospel at a public train station. As previously reported, Robert Parker has been preaching at the Princeton Junction train station in West Windsor for the past five years, which is a part of the New Jersey Transit […]