More than 2.5 million homes were without power in Florida amid catastrophic floods and life-threatening storm surge early Thursday, hours after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The international evangelical relief group Samaritanâ€TMs Purse is preparing to respond. The New Jersey Department of Education is imposing sex education standards that require school districts to teach middle school students about anal sex and pre...
Sep 30, 2022•9 min
After leaving 11 million people without power in Cuba, Hurricane Ian became a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday with winds up to 155 mph as it moves closer to Port Charlotte and the southwestern coast, where it's expected to make landfall by the afternoon and is predicted to cause life-threatening flooding. Italy has elected Giorgia Meloni, its first female prime minister, whose focus on protecting the institution of the family and national identity has caused some media outlets ...
Sep 29, 2022•8 min
A prominent pro-life activist organization expects to spend $78 million during the 2022 midterm election cycle, with the hopes of reaching at least 8 million eligible voters. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is facing criticism over its early-morning raid on the home of a pro-life activist, which critics are classifying as another example of overreach and double standards by federal law enforcement officials. Country music star Craig Morgan reflects on how his faith has guided him throughout ...
Sep 28, 2022•8 min
Over 40 people have been killed as protests rocked dozens of Iranian cities in the last week following the death a young woman in the custody of morality police. President Biden criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of gestation nationwide, saying, “My church doesn’t even make that argument now.” Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is being accused of spreading "misinformation" after she stated this week that the unborn do not ...
Sep 27, 2022•8 min
United States law enforcement officials have encountered a record number of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in the fiscal year 2022 as the number of migrant deaths at the border has also reached an unprecedented level. A book available to students in a public school district in Massachusetts contains instructions on how to engage in certain types of sexual activity and how to use gay sex apps. Youth ministries in American churches must shift their efforts away from molding children ...
Sep 26, 2022•7 min
For the first time, a biennial survey has found that most Evangelical Christians in the United States believe that worshiping alone or only with one's family can be a valid substitute for going to church, a possible effect of widespread closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Library Association has claimed that efforts to ban or restrict books in school libraries are on the rise amid concerns from parents regarding sexually graphic material depicting child sex and pedophilia. An int...
Sep 23, 2022•8 min
A question I’ve been asked lately by young people who've regretted both taking cross-sex hormones and undergoing body-mutilating trans surgeries is: Might the tide finally be turning against this insanity? Should religion, including Christianity, continue to decline as shown in a recent analysis by the Pew Research Center, leading to an increase in the population with no religion, Americans may not just lose their faith but their health, too, according to a father-daughter research team. Preside...
Sep 22, 2022•8 min
A new billboard campaign promoting abortion services in California in conservative states cites a Bible verse with the words of Jesus as an apparent endorsement. Planned Parenthood received taxpayer funding amid an uptick in abortions and a decrease in healthcare services amid the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Juanita Bynum is defending her $1,499.99 price tag for a four-week intensive prayer course. Nearly half of Evangelical leaders said in a new survey that they have been disinvited, b...
Sep 21, 2022•7 min
The head of the notable child discipleship organization Awana has warned that churches that do not invest in more discipleship-oriented children's ministry will be "standing on a burning platform." With less than two months until the midterm elections, a prominent Evangelical political advocacy nonprofit looks to spend upwards of $40 million to mobilize the Christian vote. A leading trans health association's latest guidelines omitted minimum age requirements for gender-confused youth to obtain ...
Sep 20, 2022•8 min
A new report reveals that most U.S. states have inadequate religious liberty protections as advocates raise concerns about what they view as the federal government's hostility toward religious liberty. After more than 400 Republicans have signed on to a letter urging the United States Senate to pass a bill that would codify a right to same-sex marriage into law, leading supporters of the legislation have announced that a vote on the legislation will not take place until after the midterm electio...
Sep 19, 2022•7 min
A parental rights organization has given more than half the members of Congress an F on its Congressional Report Card as it seeks to assist mothers in making informed decisions about who to support in the upcoming midterm elections. Barring any limiting event such as war or economic depression, if the pace at which Christians abandon their faith before the age of 30 were to accelerate beyond its current pace, America could no longer be a majority Christian nation by as early as 2045. NBA superst...
Sep 16, 2022•7 min
A 15-week abortion ban has been introduced in the United States Senate, the first pro-life legislation introduced at the federal level since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. A Brooklyn mother suspected of drowning her three young children at Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, was struggling with mental health, was locked in a custody dispute with her ex-husband and facing eviction for $10,000 in unpaid rent. A journa...
Sep 15, 2022•8 min
Over 200,000 comments have been submitted in response to a federal rule scheduled to redefine Title IX's ban on sex discrimination to include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Chick-fil-A has clarified its use of the term "community," calling it a "poor choice of words" after backlash online over a tweet that some people thought referenced a black man's race during a conversation about adding spicy chicken nuggets to its permanent menu. An Orthodox Jewish college do...
Sep 14, 2022•8 min
A new report from the conservative public policy think tank The Heritage Foundation ranks Florida as the most parent-friendly jurisdiction in the union. Building on the momentum of parental pushback at public school districts nationwide, a coalition of parents are planning a rally Tuesday to resist the implementation of critical race theory in their children's public schools. Tennessee Tech University is investigating a recent on-campus drag show that allegedly mocked Christianity and exposed ki...
Sep 13, 2022•8 min
Paying tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, Calvin Robinson extolled the Christian virtues of Britain’s longest-serving monarch to a largely American audience who've long been fascinated by the British royal family. The results of a new survey from the Church of England suggest that younger adult generations are more inclined to pray and attend religious services than older generations. A school district in Texas has begun the process of firing a teacher who told students to refer to pedophil...
Sep 12, 2022•7 min
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died Thursday at age 96 after 70 years on the throne and serving as head of the Church of England. An Evangelical teacher at a church-run boarding school in Ireland who refused to use gender- neutral pronouns to address a trans-identified student was arrested for continuing to show up to work despite his suspension. Bestselling author and podcaster Annie F. Downs discusses the importance of having fun and how it contributes to spiritual and...
Sep 09, 2022•8 min
An appeals court has unanimously upheld a Washington State law that prohibits sexual orientation change efforts on minors with same-sex attraction. At Ramsey Solutions where employees are expected to adhere to a righteous living policy based on Judeo-Christian principles or face discipline, Evangelical CEO Dave Ramsey and his board did not treat one employee's oral sex outside marriage as a fireable offense because it didn’t qualify as intercourse court documents show. Pop superstar Britney Spea...
Sep 08, 2022•7 min
Instagram has removed Pornhub's account followed by over 13 million with over 6,200 posts. When it comes to church planting in the post-COVID era, having a vision of exponential growth could be a significant factor, according to a new survey. Disney’s new FX series Little Demon , which features a woman who is impregnated by Satan and gives birth to an Antichrist daughter and carries graphic violence and nudity, makes light of hell and the dangers of the demonic realm," says One Million Moms says...
Sep 07, 2022•8 min
With two months to go until the midterm elections, President Joe Biden has declared that former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters are a threat to the very foundations of our republic in a speech that critics derided as an attack on American citizens. A children's hospital in Chicago provided training documents to local school districts recommending that students and teachers promote an "LGBTQ friendly sex shop for teens," a new report suggests. Kentucky's largest city cannot puni...
Sep 06, 2022•7 min
A plan to revise how Texas schools teach history is expected to be pushed back until at least 2025 after Christian and conservative groups pressured state school board members to delay the move. A federal appellate court has ruled that a California high school must allow a club for Christian athletes requiring participants to sign a "sexual purity" statement opposing homosexuality to meet on campus as an official student group. Nearly two dozen former porn stars have signed a letter calling the ...
Sep 02, 2022•8 min
The Rev. Franklin Graham pays tribute to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Tuesday at 91. A United States senator is urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs not to provide abortions to veterans and their families, insisting that such a policy would violate federal law. Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston insisted in what appeared to be his first pulpit appearance since his resignation in March that God doesn’t write people off as men do and that he still has so much...
Sep 01, 2022•6 min
Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has asked the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements following a decision by The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, to suspend him over his inappropriate communication with a woman who is not his wife on Instagram. The leader of The Satanic Temple says the First Amendment protects his organization’s right to host a back-to-school event at a Pennsylvania high school. In his final serm...
Aug 31, 2022•7 min
Pastor Matt Chandler told his congregation at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, on Sunday that he will immediately take a leave of absence over his use of inappropriate language in direct messages to a woman on Instagram who is not his wife. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of a Department of Health and Human Services rule requiring medical facilities to provide gender transition surgeries and abortions and health insurers to cover them, even if they hold religious...
Aug 30, 2022•7 min
Internal emails from the University of Washington reveal how the institution stayed quiet regarding concerns about a study detailing the supposed benefits of experimental gender medicalization in trans-identified youth amid glowing media coverage. A new poll suggests that most Evangelical pastors serve in churches that don't allow women to serve as senior pastors but are open to letting females serve in other leadership roles. Marvin Sapp released a new film about his personal struggles in life,...
Aug 29, 2022•8 min
Candidates opposed to critical race theory captured a majority of seats in at least five Florida counties Tuesday. Hillsong Church Australia suffered significant drops in both giving and church attendance in 2021. The Biden administration has announced a plan to forgive student loan debt for people from middle class and lower income households, in an effort to fulfill a campaign promise. Bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins has said that watching The Chosen series is not supposed to be a substitu...
Aug 26, 2022•8 min
A majority of Americans have a favorable view of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers even as politicians and corporations work to discourage the public from accessing them, a new poll suggests. A Christian school administrator in Florida says he's received threats over media reports about a school policy that requires students to be identified by their biological sex. As Wednesday marks Ukraine's Independence Day, Christian nonprofits and churches are continuing to assist those left devastated by ...
Aug 25, 2022•7 min
Around two million students have left public schools since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according a recent report. A lawsuit filed by parents over a school district’s policy that permits school officials to withhold information about students’ gender identity from their parents has been dismissed. Delegates at the United Nations General Assembly are finalizing negotiations on a resolution that would require U.N. agencies to declare abortion is a human right. Pastor John Amanchukwu urg...
Aug 24, 2022•7 min
Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York has filed a lawsuit against the town of Henrietta after its board voted against issuing a permit to open a new clinic in a retail plaza. Hillsong Church’s Interim Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley says changes to the organizational structure of the denomination are currently underway after a suspended employee alleged the megachurch misappropriated donations. TobyMac thought he'd laid down his iconic up-tempo songs for good following his son's de...
Aug 23, 2022•8 min
Philadelphia residents have sued the city and its mayor for donating half a million in tax dollars to a group that provides financial assistance to women seeking abortions. While society has increasingly embraced alternative families like single-parent homes and step- families, a new Institute for Family Studies' research brief suggests students who live with their married biological parents perform better in school. A North Texas school district is reviewing dozens of books - including the Bibl...
Aug 22, 2022•8 min
Amid objections from religious institutions, the United States Department of Agriculture clarified that it would not require religious schools to broaden their definition of sex-based discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity in order to receive federal meal funding. A Christian group seeking to expand people's engagement with God's Word is working to accelerate the translation of the Old Testament to reduce the language barrier preventing some from reading the Bible. A co...
Aug 19, 2022•9 min
