A parent has sued the officials and teachers of Chatham Middle School and the School District of the Chathams in New Jersey for allegedly promoting Islam and forcing her son to watch Islamic conversion videos.
A survey sponsored by the pro-homosexual advocacy group Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has indicated that the acceptance of LGBT people in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest in four years.
Hillary Clinton had reportedly refused to fire a senior adviser who was accused of sexual harassment during her 2008 presidential campaign.
A Florida House subcommittee has approved a bill that would require public schools to post the state's motto, "In God We Trust," in a "conspicuous place."
Poll findings released by the Pew Research Center has indicated that a majority of Episcopalians, United Methodists and Presbyterians believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Rachael Denhollander, a former gymnast who was sexually abused by an ex-US Olympics gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar when she was 15, shared the Gospel to her abuser when she delivered her victim impact statement in court on Wednesday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has declined to hear the appeal of a Washington state high school football coach who was fired for kneeling in prayer after games.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards has reportedly expressed plans to resign from her post after overseeing the organization's operations for over a decade.
An Alabama House panel in has approved a bill that would eliminate the requirement for a marriage license and wedding ceremonies in Alabama.
The Virginia Senate has approved a measure that would allow firearms in churches in response to a deadly church shooting in Texas last year.
Vice President Mike Pence raced to the Capitol to break a Senate vote tie on Wednesday to finally confirm the appointment of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
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.