President Donald Trump has reiterated that no American should be forced to choose between their faith and the law as he issued a proclamation declaring Jan. 16 as "Religious Freedom Day."
A feminist writer has criticized "Fixer Upper" stars Chip and Joanna Gaines after they announced earlier this month that they are now expecting their fifth child.
The Trump administration has released an undocumented pregnant teenager on Sunday after she filed a lawsuit accusing the government of preventing her from obtaining an abortion.
At least 12 people were charged with misdemeanors in El Cajon, California on Sunday after they distributed food to homeless people at a neighborhood park.
The Christian ministry behind the viral video of a former lesbian who turned to Christ has responded to death threats and media accusations that the woman has been "brainwashed."
A Louisiana sheriff has labeled an atheist organization as a fringe "extremist group" for pressuring him to remove Bible references from his office's public Facebook page.
Pastor Andy Savage, who recently admitted to a "sexual incident" involving a teenager, has insisted that the encounter was consensual as he announced that he is taking a leave of absence to allow an independent audit of his ministry.
A federal appeals court has upheld the results of a 2014 statewide vote in Tennessee to keep an amendment to the state constitution that does not recognize abortion as a fundamental right.
Georgetown University has reportedly approved plans to offer LGBT-only residential housing for students for the 2018–19 school year.
A judge has permanently blocked a Florida law that required women to wait at least 24 hours before obtaining an abortion.
As the abortion rate continues to decline in the U.S., Planned Parenthood has decided to expand its services by offering transgender hormone therapy.
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.