WASHINGTON (USA Today) – The Supreme Court ordered California judges Thursday to follow its lead in blocking stringent coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship, as the high court did in a New York case last week. The justices’ unsigned order sending a California church’s challenge back to lower courts likely will stop Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
An Australian teen who was born female but identifies as male has been removed from her parents’ care after a judge ruled that it is unsafe for her to remain at home considering her risk of self-harm and the parents’ disagreement with pursuing a sex change. “[The authorities] say we will not allow her to […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The governor of Oklahoma has declared Thursday a statewide “Day of Prayer and Fasting,” calling upon people of faith to pray for the sick during the COVID pandemic, as well as wisdom for those who are handling it. “When we unite in prayer, were are reminded that there is no burden […]
China (International Christian Concern) – The four Christians in China’s Guangdong province — Fu Xuanjuan, Deng Tianyong, Han Li, and Feng Qunhao — who were arrested on July 2 on charges of “illegal business operations” for selling Bible players are now facing court. According to China Aid, on Oct.23, Shenzhen Bao’an People’s Procuratorate charged the […]
(The Christian Institute) — Police in the U.K. have apologised to a pastor after bursting in on his service broadcast and incorrectly telling him that he was breaking coronavirus regulations. On Nov. 20, two officers interrupted Daniel Mateola’s service in Milton Keynes, claiming there were too many people assisting with the broadcast and that they […]
DETROIT — A Christian-identified funeral home that fired a man who wanted to dress like a woman at work will now pay $130K to the man’s estate under a settlement now reached in light of June’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal nondiscrimination law on the basis of “sex” includes “transgenders.” The Detroit News reports […]
(Morning Star News) – The government of Vietnam has denied the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South) permission to hold its scheduled bi-annual Clergy Assembly, according to the Bureau of Religious Affairs. After the ECVN(S) announced on Nov. 25 that it was “postponing” the assembly scheduled for Feb. 1-3, 2021 because the government had denied permission, […]
MOSCOW, Ark. — An Arkansas woman recently celebrated her 106th birthday after surviving the novel coronavirus earlier this year. The family of Priscilla Boyle decorated their cars with balloons, signs, and/or birthday wrapping paper on Nov. 22 as they held a mini-parade outside of her care facility while Boyle watched from the door, wearing a […]
HOBOKEN, N.J. — A former Starbucks employee in New Jersey has filed suit against the popular coffee chain as she claims that she was fired for “acting in violation of Starbucks’ core values” after she declined to wear a homosexual pride shirt and remarked that her co-workers instead “need Jesus.” The company denies the allegations, […]
LONDON (The Christian Institute) — Children will be protected from being given puberty blocking drugs following a major ruling at the High Court. Detransitioner Keira Bell, 23, brought the case against the NHS Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) after she was given hormone blockers and cross-sex hormones as a teenager. Judges said it was “highly […]