Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander has defended her statement claiming that Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) has carried out "one of the worst" instances of evangelical cover-up of sexual abuse.
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) has decided to cancel an event featuring Creation Museum CEO and President Ken Ham after a complaint from an LGBT campus group.
A priest has urged bishops to excommunicate the 14 Catholic senators who had voted against the ban on late-term abortion.
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 2014 state order to shut down Toledo's last remaining abortion clinic for failing to comply with state laws.
A conservative student group at Georgetown University has recently learned that some of the donations that it had received had either gone missing or passed on to pro-LGBT groups on the campus.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has held a public hearing on a bill that would eliminate Medicaid funding for abortions.
The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, has decided to keep its "Crusaders" nickname despite concerns from some students and staff that the name could be offensive to Muslims.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles has said that he plans to become a pastor when he retires from his football career.
A science teacher in Missouri has drawn complaints from a prominent atheist group for allegedly teaching students creationism instead of evolutionary theory.
Pat Robertson, the chairman and founder of Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), sustained an embolic stroke on Friday but is expected to make a full recovery after receiving emergency treatment.
The Mississippi House of Representatives has approved a legislation that was aimed at banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, making it the earliest ban in the U.S. if signed into law.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.