The Family Research Council (FRC) and the American Family Association (AFA) delivered a petition with over 77,000 signatures to the Pentagon in support of an Air Force colonel who was suspended for not supporting same-sex marriage.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case regarding spousal benefits for gay and lesbian government employees in Houston, Texas.
About a quarter of Americans consider themselves to be evangelical Christians, but a survey has found that a significant proportion does not actually hold evangelical beliefs.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks into pregnancy, as well as the method called dilation and evacuation, otherwise known as dismemberment abortions.
The pro-life lobbying organization Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List has received nearly $300,000 in donations made in Vice President Mike Pence's name after it launched a fundraising campaign in response to actress Mila Kunis' donations to Planned Parenthood.
A coalition of 11 states has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a lower court ruling that allowed an undocumented teenager to obtain an abortion.
Pro-choice activists have applauded the Senate's decision to remove a provision in the tax reform bill that would have included unborn children in the Child Tax Credit (CTC).
Former NewSpring Pastor Perry Noble has announced the launch of an online-based congregation called Second Chance Church despite criticism that he is still unqualified to return to ministry.
An attorney involved in the high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission has said that Justice Anthony Kennedy appeared to have accepted the arguments of Jack Phillips, a Christian baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.
Taxpayers in Illinois have filed a lawsuit to challenge a new state law that expands public funding of elective abortions.
A Salvation Army worker in Cleveland, Ohio was shot dead on Saturday morning with a Bible in hand, while he was reportedly sharing the Gospel with his killer.
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.