WENZHOU, China (China Aid) — Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang shut down a house church on Nov. 13 for “violating religious affairs regulations.” Officials from the Rui’an Municipal branch of the Wenzhou Municipal Religious Affairs Bureau issued an administrative penalty hearing notice to Zhang Renai, the leader of Yaochi Garden Christian Church, indicating that the […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — The police officer who was killed during a shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Friday was a pro-life co-pastor at an evangelical church, reports state. Garrett Swasey, 44 and a married father of two, has served for seven years at Hope Chapel in Colorado Springs. He spent six of those years […]
KIOWA, Co. — A prominent professing atheist group is taking issue with a poster quoting a Scripture about marriage that is displayed at a county clerk’s office in Colorado. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent email correspondence to several county clerks and two state lawmakers who had been discussing in an email chain this […]
NEW HAMPTON, Mo. — A homeschooling couple has agreed to accept a settlement offer from a Missouri sheriff and his deputy after they filed a lawsuit for being pepper sprayed and tasered for refusing to let police in their house without a warrant. As previously reported, the situation occurred in September 2011 after a Missouri Child Protective […]
The day after Americans observed a holiday meant to give thanks to God for their blessings, video footage surfaced of Black Friday shoppers across the country brawling over everything from sneakers to flat screen TVs to even vegetable steamers. Just as last year, a number of retailers decided to get an early start on the big […]
Sierra Leone (Christian Aid Mission/Mission Network News) — Authorities recently lifted a ban so native missionaries could travel and minister freely in this disease-ravaged country. There is more to do than anyone could imagine. “We cannot turn a blind eye,” a native mission leader said. “Many children have become orphans as a result of the […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. — The abortion giant Planned Parenthood has condemned Friday’s deadly shooting at its facility in Colorado Springs where abortionists kill and dismember children up to 18 weeks. Gunshots were first reported at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood after 11:30 a.m. local time, as the suspect, who has yet to be identified, began shooting at police from […]
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A prominent professing atheist group is calling for the termination of a Florida football coach for sharing Christ with students on his football team. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter on Tuesday to Bay District Schools Superintendent Bill Husfelt to complain about Mosley High School football coach […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A little boy in California recently stood up to a man after witnessing the stranger catcalling and cursing out a woman who was out for a run. The woman happened to be secular singer/songwriter Julia Price, who shared her story on Facebook last week in explaining how much the child had made an impression […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A judge in Arkansas has ruled in favor of three pairs of lesbians who sought to be recognized on the birth certificates of their children, although at least one woman is not the biological parent. Six lesbians had filed suit against the Arkansas Health Department’s Vital Statistics Bureau after it declined to […]