A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. military must start admitting transgender service members beginning on Jan. 1, 2018, in compliance with a memorandum issued by former President Barack Obama last year.
David and Jason Benham has castigated Republican politicians who immediately sided with the accusers of Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore "without fully knowing all the facts."
The Department of Human Services (DHS) in Arkansas has announced that it has cut off all Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced on Monday that it will not hear a case challenging a North Texas school board policy that allows students to open its meetings with prayers.
Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz has lamented that his interview aired by HBO's Vice News earlier this month left out a significant part of the conversation and was not presented honestly.
Prominent apologist and author Ravi Zacharias has been accused by an atheist of making false claims about his academic background and credentials.
The Louisville-based Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC) is considering plans to expel a liberal group of affiliated churches if it lifts a ban on hiring gay and transgender people.
The U.S. Supreme court has refused to consider an appeal filed by the Westboro Baptist Church, which is challenging a Nebraska law that prohibits picketing near funerals.
Just weeks after the Sutherland Springs church shooting in Texas, a faith-based filmmaker is promoting the upcoming movie "The Reliant" by giving away an AR-15 rifle on Christmas day.
A school board in Maine has reportedly withdrawn threats to fire an employee who was reprimanded last year for offering to pray for a co-worker.
A prominent secularist group has called on an Indiana school district to conduct an investigation into its high school football program after a head coach was seen praying with team members.
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.