Behind the Front Lines

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On Behind the Front Lines: Religious Liberty in America, we'll hear from people who found themselves in the middle of the battle for religious freedom. A podcast from ADF Ministry Alliance.

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Episodes

Tree of Life

Episode 6: Tree of Life Todd Marrah, Superintendent of Tree of Life Christian Schools, oversees a growing student body, new state-of-the-art facilities, and more acreage than he ever anticipated. This comes after learning in May that the Supreme Court refused to hear his schools’ case. Tree of Life had intended to argue that the city of Upper Arlington in Ohio was discriminating against it by not allowing Tree of Life to operate their Christian School in a building they own. Upper Arlington said...

Jan 06, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Geneva College

Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania has been making public, and sometimes unpopular, choices in the name of Christianity for quite some time. Geneva was the first institution in its state to grant degrees to women and freed slaves in the 1860s. In the 1960s, Geneva adopted a document called “the foundational concepts of Christian education,” which they follow to this day. And just a few years ago, Geneva found itself fighting against legislation that forced the college to provide aborti...

Dec 23, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Trinity Lutheran Child Learning Center

Who would ever think that a Supreme Court case would involve preschoolers, playgrounds, scrap tire materials, and religious freedom? Up until a few years ago, Annette Kiehne of Trinity Lutheran Child Learning Center certainly didn’t. But soon, Trinity Lutheran would be the focus of one. When Kiehne learned that the Missouri Department of Natural Resource had launched a grant program to recycle scrap tire materials into playground chips, she contacted the agency to ensure her school was eligible....

Dec 09, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 4

House of Destiny

When Pastor Esteban Carrasco’s church in Southern Massachusetts obtained a housing unit, he knew exactly what to do with it. Pastor Carrasco and his wife, Rebekah, wanted to open a shelter for domestic violence victims. They set out to found House of Destiny Ministries in honor of Rebekah’s grandmother who had been domestically abused. But their plans were interrupted when the state mandated that women’s bathrooms, showers, and even overnight accommodations must also be open to biological males....

Nov 25, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Foothill Church and the Sanctity of Human Life

Foothill Church in Glendora, California, has long advocated for the sanctity of human life. When a state agency mandated that Foothill cover elective abortion in its employee healthcare plan, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) came alongside the church. Now, ADF is providing representation in a case that demands an answer to a fundamental question: Can the government force a church to fund abortions, in order to promote its pro-abortion agenda, or otherwise force churches to violate their beliefs?...

Nov 14, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 2

The Defenders

What does it look like for Christians to fight for justice and freedom in the courtroom? Lawyers at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) engage their professions not merely as careers but as callings. They approach issues of religious liberty with sobriety, fervor, and joy. ADF often draws media attention when they participate in cases involving gender identity or sexual orientation, but ADF sees itself as a much broader organization—one fundamentally concerned with religious liberty and the freedom...

Nov 04, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing: Behind the Frontlines

Christians are at a crossroads. What's at stake? The ability to freely live out the gospel in America. On Behind the Front Lines: Religious Liberty in America, we'll hear from people who found themselves in the middle of the battle for religious freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2019•2 min

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