At least 21 victims, including 19 students and two teachers, have been confirmed dead after a lone 18-year-old gunman went on a shooting rampage in a single classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, leaving behind a trail of horror and grief. SBC leaders publicly apologized to victims of sexual abuse and vowed to make public a private database of offenders. The story of the Robertson family has been seen on reality TV, in an online series and now it will debut on the big screen in th...
May 26, 2022•7 min
Eighteen students and two teachers are dead after a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire. The Maine Department of Education has removed a video introducing the concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity to kindergarten students from its website after it became the subject of an attack ad in the state’s upcoming gubernatorial election. An Indiana pastor has been accused of taking the virginity of a 16-year-old on his office floor while she was wearing a pu...
May 25, 2022•8 min
A Canadian judge has dismissed a proposed $170 million class action against one of the world’s largest Christian ministries over an alleged misappropriation of funds. Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the most successfully crowdfunded series of all time, “The Chosen,” said he's setting the record straight for the last time on the matter of whether he believes Mormons are Christians. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from parents challenging New York's repeal of religious exemptions to s...
May 24, 2022•7 min
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning that some pro-abortion extremists have expressed a desire to burn down the U.S. Supreme Court building if the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide is overturned. Willow Creek Community Church has been forced to make over $6.5 million in cuts to its staff budget due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on giving. Disney released a new “Pride Collection” clothing line for children amid controversy surrounding the corpo...
May 23, 2022•7 min
Although most Americans oppose allowing surgeons to perform sex-change surgeries on children and teenagers suffering from gender dysphoria, many are afraid to publicly share their opinions on such hot-button issues due to fear of retribution. Newly released video footage reveals Philadelphia teachers were encouraged to attend a conference that included workshops where LGBT activists spoke openly about their sex lives, used sexually explicit language and promoted the use of sex toys. The head of ...
May 20, 2022•7 min
The World Swimming Coaches Association has released a position statement on the issue of boys competing on girls' swim teams, acknowledging that their “inclusion” in girls-only competitions “cannot be balanced with fairness.” Two flight attendants are suing Alaska Airlines, accusing the company of firing them for questioning the airline's official support for the proposed LGBT anti-discrimination bill the Equality Act. A new study suggests that nearly one in four Gen Z adults believe Jesus was a...
May 19, 2022•6 min
National and local pregnancy resource centers are making preparations to support women and babies in a post-Roe world. More than two dozen Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Canada after a prominent religious charity has transported them there over the weekend as part of what one displaced Ukrainian referred to as “God’s mercy flight.” A new study from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University has found that just 37% of Christian pastors in the United States have a biblical wo...
May 18, 2022•8 min
The pastor of a California Presbyterian church hit a gunman with a chair as the shooter paused to reload his gun after killing one member and injuring four others. Church members then grabbed and hog-tied the gunman. A heavily armed 18-year-old man opened fire at a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, Saturday, killing 10 people, including at least two Christian believers, and wounding three others in what is being described as a racially motivated hate crime...
May 17, 2022•8 min
Following Politico’s report of a leaked draft opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization indicating that a majority of justices seem inclined to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, multiple churches and pro-life advocacy organizations have been burned, looted and vandalized by abortion extremists. Karine Jean-Pierre will serve as the new White House Press Secretary, replacing the departing Jen Psaki, becoming the ...
May 16, 2022•6 min
Groups of pro-abortion advocacy organizations claimed credit for vandalizing the headquarters of a pro-life advocacy group in Wisconsin, vowing to carry out similar attacks. The United Methodist Church’s highest court has ruled that annual conferences cannot unilaterally disaffiliate from the Church. Former Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell has released his debut book, Blessed Mode, in hopes of inspiring others who are struggling to stay encouraged. Get the Edifi App Download for iPhone Download for...
May 13, 2022•7 min
Since their former Pastor Darren Paulson resigned last September as the COVID-19 pandemic raged into its second year, congregants of Atonement Lutheran Church in Billing Heights, Montana, have been waiting patiently for their local synod to replace him. Police in Colorado are investigating another attack on a Catholic church after abortion slogans were spray-painted on the doors and glass panels broken at Saint John XXIII Catholic Church of Fort Collins. School board candidates opposed to critic...
May 12, 2022•7 min
A new poll reveals that white Evangelicals are twice as likely as other religious groups to support overturning Roe v. Wade, a scenario that looks increasingly likely following the leak of a draft United States Supreme Court opinion in a case surrounding Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. Police have yet to identify or arrest any suspects after the headquarters of a Wisconsin pro-life organization was set on fire Sunday and rejected the notion that the fire was an "inside job" perpetrated by th...
May 11, 2022•7 min
Christian author Jen Hatmaker, a mother of five, has voiced her support for Roe v. Wade after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggests that the landmark decision that legalized abortion appears set to be overturned. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the state’s police are monitoring the protests planned for this week outside the homes of Supreme Court justices who were doxxed by pro-abortion activists as they are poised to release their decision in a Mississippi abortion case. A Nebraska pas...
May 10, 2022•6 min
As the possibility of a reversal of the United States Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide looms large, individual U.S. states are poised to head in drastically different directions when it comes to regulating the hot-button issue. For many Evangelical Christians in the United States, there is a gap between what they say and how they give charitably, researchers say. Former supermodel Tyra Banks is producing a series about teenagers exploring their gender identities and perfor...
May 09, 2022•6 min
Amazon announced Monday that it would cover up to $4,000 in travel expenses to employees seeking non-life-threatening medical treatments, including abortions, joining a growing list of corporations offering their employees abortion coverage. School librarians from across Texas gathered last week in Fort Worth for an annual convention that featured a pair of men in drag and symposiums about teaching kids to become “anti-racists” and embrace other social justice ideologies. President Joe Biden has...
May 06, 2022•7 min
The leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is leading to renewed calls from Democratic lawmakers to expand the number of justices on the court and pursue legislative means to legalize nationwide. Driven to despair by stress, loneliness, political divisions and other worries like their church being in decline, more pastors now say they considered quitting their jobs compared to a year ago, new data released by the Barna Group show. Actress Danica McKellar re...
May 05, 2022•7 min
Here are five reactions to the leaked U.S. Supreme Court’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. They include concerns raised by pro-choice groups and cautious optimism from pro-life groups. The Biden administration’s plans to create a Disinformation Governance Board are receiving an overwhelmingly negative reaction, with critics invoking comparisons to the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.” The Church of Scientology is facing new allegations from former employees...
May 04, 2022•7 min
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Boston officials cannot prohibit a group from flying a Christian flag at city hall. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law a bill that bans nonbinary identification of residents on their government-issued documents, making his state the first in the nation to require birth certificates to indicate only male or female as a person’s biological sex. Christian singer Katy Nichole has made history by hitting No. 1 on multiple charts after a Tik...
May 03, 2022•7 min
A national pro-life advocacy group active on school campuses nationwide says its TikTok account has been shut down as the debate about censorship on social media is receiving renewed attention while billionaire Elon Musk is set to purchase Twitter. An Italian scientist and his team claim their research shows the Shroud of Turin, a fabric purported to have been Christ’s burial garment, may have originated during the time of Jesus’s death and resurrection. Three Christian college students have sue...
May 02, 2022•8 min
Nearly three dozen House Republicans are slated to take to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss the importance of faith and prayer as the nation finds itself in the midst of “spiritual warfare." South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a law that prohibits the state from placing greater restrictions on houses of worship than essential services during a state of emergency. Parents of preteens “are in a state of spiritual distress” as American adherence to biblical Christ...
Apr 29, 2022•7 min
The family of a woman who died during an abortion has received a six-figure settlement following a lengthy legal battle and allegations of wrongdoing on behalf of the abortion clinic as well as the university that referred her there. Jars of Clay's Dan Haseltine and Matthew S. Nelson talk about composing the music behind The Chosen. Nicolina Bozzo stunned American Idol judges with her powerful performance of “Hallelujah” on season 20 of “American Idol.” Founders of the 12,000-member Celebration ...
Apr 28, 2022•7 min
A high school football coach fired for praying on the field after games had his case argued before the Supreme Court, with the justices debating whether his religious practices were coercive or lawful. Two centuries after its founding, Yale Divinity School marked its first-ever non-Christian service attended by 80 students outside the university’s Marquand Chapel. Actor Andrew Garfield who gained international recognition for his superhero role in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” revealed that he's dr...
Apr 27, 2022•6 min
A nonprofit organization working to minister to Ukrainian refugees had one of its buildings destroyed in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Pornhub's parent company MindGeek has been slapped with a $500 million class-action lawsuit headed by a Canadian woman who claims that she was featured in pornographic videos uploaded online without her consent. Westminster College said it won't be canceling an elective class where students will be watching hardcore porn together to study it as...
Apr 26, 2022•6 min
Florida lawmakers have approved a bill to end Disney's special tax district that allows the company to govern the land for its Disney World theme park. Nonpartisan media watchdog group the Parents Television and Media Council says the practice of portraying male nudity is on the rise, highlighting the example of HBO's "Euphoria," which included fully nude images of more than 30 high-school-aged-boys in the first couple of episodes. New research from Barna shows that, while a majority of pastors ...
Apr 25, 2022•6 min
Northern York County School Board in Dillsburg, Pa., voted 8-1 Tuesday against a parent's request to launch an After School Satan Club at an elementary school. New Horizons for Children, an Ohio-based Christian charity, has helped evacuate and shelter approximately 1,200 orphans from the war-torn regions of Ukraine since Russia began its invasion. Candace Cameron Bure has taken an executive role at GAC Media where the outspoken Christian will produce and star in faith and family-friendly content...
Apr 22, 2022•7 min
Dede Robertson, the wife of televangelist Pat Robertson, has died at the age of 94. Nearly two months after filing a lawsuit over who controls the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Fla., founding pastor Stovall Weems announced Monday that he has resigned from every role he had with the church. The parachurch ministry organization Youth For Christ has raised nearly $170,000 to help support 75 staff and volunteers who were forced to flee their homes amid Russia's invasion of Ukrain...
Apr 21, 2022•7 min
