Ukraine (Mission Network News) – There really isn’t such a thing as a “thumbnail sketch” of the situation between Ukraine and Russia. Politics are at the surface of complex loyalties that run generations deep. Most ministries in the region walk carefully, skirt the political buzz phrases like potholes, and try not to say or do […]
HONESDALE, Pa. — A high school student in Pennsylvania has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after a male student who identifies as female was permitted to change his clothes in the girls’ locker room. The unnamed female complainant, who attends Honesdale High School, outlined in a video […]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A pro-life group in Indiana is expressing disappointment after the Republican chair of the House Committee on Public Policy, who likewise identifies as pro-life, has again allowed the hearing deadline to pass for a bill that would have outlawed abortion in the state, thus killing the measure for the third time. “Although he campaigned […]
ROSWELL, N.M. — The city of Roswell, New Mexico has passed a resolution declaring that life begins at conception, and that human life “is unique and precious to God” and “must always be protected.” According to the Roswell Daily Record, Resolution 19-28, “A Resolution in Support of the Unborn,” passed in a seven to one […]
KIRKLAND, Wash. — A church in Washington State has filed suit to challenge a law that requires insurance plans that cover maternity care to “also provide a covered person with substantially equivalent coverage to permit the abortion of a pregnancy.” Cedar Park Assembly of God, a fellowship with more than 600 members, says that Senate Bill 6219, […]
LONDON — Police in the United Kingdom have admitted that they drove an arrested street preacher miles away from the location where he had been speaking in order to prevent him from returning. “As the man indicated that he wished to continue his activities at Southgate tube station, officers felt it necessary to take the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Arkansas failed this week in a House committee, as none made a motion to advance the legislation to the full House. House Bill 1536 was introduced by Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, and would have allowed patients who are “diagnosed with a terminal condition” to […]
(The Washington Post/MSN) — Manacled and barefoot, Brenton Harrison Tarrant walked into a courtroom on Saturday and flashed an “okay” sign, a gesture meant as a dark joke to online extremists, as he stood defiantly to face murder charges less than 24 hours after brutal assaults on two mosques in this city left at least […]
CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has against dealt a blow to a legal challenge by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) as it ruled for the second time on Friday that tax-free housing allowances for pastors do not violate the U.S. Constitution. “We conclude § 107(2) has a secular legislative purpose, […]
(Morning Star News) – Following the arrest of 44 worshipers from house church meetings in southwestern China in February, police in Chengdu this month arrested a married couple from the church and beat them during interrogation, the church reported. The couple, identified as Liu and his wife Xing, of Early Rain Covenant Church, were visiting […]