OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down a petition to place on the state ballot a proposal to ban abortion in the state, as it claimed that the concept is unconstitutional. Proposed Question 782, Initiative 406 would have amended the Oklahoma Constitution to include abortion as murder, and would criminalize those […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Several employees at a coffee franchise location in Washington recently took time to pray with a customer who was grieving over the loss of her husband, and the photo of the young men gathering to do so has now gone viral. According to reports, the woman, who has not yet been identified, […]
(Christian Concern) — A law that would allow ‘death on demand’ is to be put before legislators in Belgium. Already the country with the world’s most permissive euthanasia policy, it is now to consider the introduction of a law which would stop doctors from denying euthanasia requests from patients. The law was proposed by the […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawmakers in North Carolina passed legislation to overturn Charlotte’s controversial “bathroom bill” on Wednesday, sending the statute to the desk of Gov. Pat McCrory, who promptly signed the measure into law. “The basic expectation of privacy in the most personal of settings, a restroom or locker room, for each gender was violated by […]
(Morning Star News) – China Aid has confirmed with relatives of Zhang Kai that the human rights attorney was released on Wednesday (March 23) after his arrest in August 2015 for defending churches. Zhang wrote on social media that he returned to his home in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China, on Wednesday, the […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Mennonite pastor convicted of aiding an ex-lesbian turned professing Christian who fled the country with her daughter seven years ago to avoid a situation she found harmful to her child has reported to prison to serve a 27-month sentence behind bars. As previously reported, Kenneth Miller of Stuarts Draft, Virginia was convicted in […]
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A video taken by a supporter of a California family captures the emotional moment that a six-year-old girl was handed over to authorities after her foster parents lost a court battle to adopt the child, due to a federal law surrounding foster children that have a Native American heritage. As previously reported, the California Department […]
RALEIGH, North Carolina — Lawmakers in North Carolina have announced plans to hold a special session in light of concerns over the recently-passed “bathroom bill” in Charlotte, which permits residents to use the restroom and locker room that correlates with their “gender identity.” As previously reported, despite hours of testimony largely in opposition of the […]
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Controversy is brewing as social workers in California removed a six-year-old girl from the home of her foster parents on Monday to place her with extended family due to the child’s Native American heritage. The Department of Children and Family Services removed the girl, named Lexi, from the home of Rusty and […]
(Mission Network News) — Bible translation in Muslim-dominant areas is risky. Mix that occupation with animosity aimed at Muslim-Background Believers and what you get is a volatile and often explosive reaction. That’s proven true for Wycliffe Associates. President/Chief Executive Officer Bruce Smith confirms the deaths of four national translators (first generation Christians) recently in a […]