Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas, criticized the NFL players who kneel during the national anthem, saying they should be grateful that they live in a country where they do not have to worry about getting shot in the head for their activism.
Police have arrested a 25-year-old immigrant on Sunday after he opened fire at a Tennessee church, leaving one woman dead and at least six others wounded.
Students and parents recited the Lord's Prayer out loud prior to a football game in Alabama in protest of a ban on student-led prayers over the public address system.
The White House has issued a revised and expanded travel ban that restricts travel to citizens of eight countries following the expiration of the temporary ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries.
A numerologist who has claimed that the world would end in late September is now saying that the schedule for the apocalypse has been delayed.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the state of Michigan to challenge a law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to turn away same-sex couples who are seeking to adopt children.
Membership at The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the U.S. has been in constant decline for the last decade, and last year has been no exception as it has lost nearly 35,000 members, according to figures released by the denomination last week.
At least 41 families have withdrawn 73 children from a charter school in California after its board rejected a proposal to allow parents to opt-out on lessons about gender identity and homosexuality.
A federal judge has dismissed a preemptive lawsuit filed by Christian filmmakers who are challenging Minnesota's anti-discrimination law that forbids them from turning away potential clients who are seeking their services for same-sex weddings.
A new poll has found that a majority of evangelical leaders are gun owners, and at the same time, most of them favor in stricter gun laws.
A woman who is serving a murder charge at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) in Kansas is suing prison officials for allegedly violating her constitutional rights by "imposing strong Christian values" on inmates.
Director Alejandro Monteverde, best known for “Sound of Freedom,” is bringing the Nativity to the big screen this Christmas season with “Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ,” a biblical epic highlighting the courage and faith behind the birth of Jesus. Distributed by Angel Studios, the drama-thriller opens in theaters Dec. 11 and depicts Mary and Joseph’s struggle to protect the newborn Messiah amid political turmoil.
The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast has chosen the Rev. Paul Donison as its next bishop, ending months of uncertainty following an inconclusive election in May. The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) announced Wednesday that the Texas-based diocese elected Donison on Nov. 7.
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.