Megachurch Pays to Part From Fellow Presbyterians
A large Christian congregation will spend nearly $8 million to separate from a denomination that has increasingly embraced a liberal theology, according to TheBlaze.
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Another U.S. Missionary Doctor Contracts Ebola in Liberia
Another American doctor in Liberia has been infected with the Ebola virus, according to Sudan Interior Mission, an international organization with more than 1,600 active missionaries, including the latest infected physician.
Fined and Forced, Christian Owners make Drastic Decision
A Christian couple who were fined after refusing to hold a gay wedding on their New York farm have decided that they will no longer host any wedding ceremonies on their property.
Students Pray after Humanist Group Threatens Suit
Approximately 200 students and their parents gathered Wednesday at a Georgia high school in response to letters from a humanist group that threatened legal action if the school’s coaches continued to promote Christianity.
UK Hotel Chain Removes Bibles
One of Britain’s largest hotel chains has decided to remove every Bible from its rooms, “an act of cultural vandalism upon a tradition that goes back 126 years.”
Medical Missionaries Survive Ebola, Discharged from Hospital
Two American Ebola victims have been recently discharged from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
Christian Owner Under Fire
A Christian restaurant owner is taking more than his kitchen’s heat after offering a faith-based discount to his customers.
IRS Would Lose in Court Battle Against Churches, NRB Says
After the Internal Revenue Service agreed to investigate pastors that preach political speech, the president of the National Religious Broadcasters churches said churches would win their case against the IRS if the government agency revoked their tax-exempt status.
Atheists vs. High School over Team Prayer, Bible Verses
Atheists are hounding a high school football team that prays and posts scripture on team stationary, claiming both violates the separation of church and state.
Brazil: $300 Million Temple of Solomon
A billionaire pastor inaugurated a $300 million replica of the Temple of Solomon in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week, according to The Christian Post.
Pope Reinstates ‘Sandinista’ Priest
Pope Francis has reinstated a priest suspended by the Vatican in the 1980s for participating in Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, according to Yahoo News.
Papal First: Pope Francis Visits Pentecostal Church
Pope Francis has reached out to evangelicals by becoming the first pontiff to visit a Pentecostal church.
Christian Baker Appeals ‘Re-Education’ Order
While the Colorado Civil Rights Commission compels the Christian owner of a bakery to make wedding cakes for gay couples, the baker is standing both his ground and the heat, refusing to leave the kitchen while inspiring other Christians worldwide, according to CBN News.
Secularists Sue N.C. City Over Christian Memorial
A war memorial in King, N.C., that depicts a soldier kneeling before a cross under a Christian flag has been brought to court by a secularist group, according to The Christian Post.
Jihadists Claim to Have Destroyed Jonah’s Tomb
Muslim jihadists claim to have destroyed the tomb of the Old Testament prophet Jonah in Nineveh as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria destroys ancient shrines and anything else that offends them.
U.S. Supreme Court OK’d Atheist to Open NY Meeting
An atheist is set to deliver the opening “prayer” before the town board of Greece, N.Y., the epicenter of the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s case concerning public prayer, according to Cleveland.com.
Vote Overturns Centuries of Christian Tradition
The Church of England voted Monday to permit female bishops, thereby overturning centuries of tradition, according to The Blaze.
Feds Ask Churches to House Migrants
The Department of Homeland Security has asked Catholic churches in California to temporarily house and feed illegal Central American immigrants until 2016, according to The Daily Caller.
Evangelicals Are Changing Their Minds on Gay Marriage
Amy Tincher is an evangelical Christian who plays bass in the band at her suburban Ohio church, where she and her fellow congregants firmly believe the “words we adhere to” are those in the Bible. But last summer, without telling her husband and two kids exactly what she was doing, she boarded a plane for a conference in Kansas whose purpose many evangelicals would plainly consider heretical.
Pope Francis Asks Forgiveness from Victims of Past Abuse
Pope Francis met and prayed with former victims of pedophile priests and begged for their forgiveness for past abuses as well as for “sin of omission of past church leaders who did not respond adequately.”