Wally Funk’s Church Celebrates Her Blue Origin Spaceflight: ‘What an Inspiration’
Six decades after being denied a spot in the space program by NASA because of her gender, 82-year-old Wally Funk finally reached space.
Priest Outed via Grindr App Highlights Rampant Data Tracking
When a religious publication used smartphone app data to deduce the sexual orientation of a high-ranking Roman Catholic official, it exposed a problem that goes far beyond a debate over church doctrine and priestly celibacy.
U.S. Churches Reckon With Traumatic Legacy of Native Schools
U.S. Catholic and Protestant denominations operated more than 150 Native schools between the 19th and 20th centuries. Native children were regularly severed from their tribal families to assimilate and Christianize them.
Room for 10,000: Inside China’s Largest Detention Center
This site suggests that China still holds and plans to hold vast numbers of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in detention.
David Platt and McLean Bible Church Elders Sued After Recent Elder Vote Exposes Major...
McLean Bible Church's members get ugly in a dispute over newly elected elders and the direction lead pastor David Platt and its elders are leading.
Former NBA Player Stan McKenzie, Husband of First Woman AME Church Bishop, Dead at...
Stan McKenzie, the first male episcopal supervisor of missionary work in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the husband of Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, has died.
Milwaukee Bucks Stars Give Credit to God for Blessings Beyond Basketball
As the Milwaukee Bucks and their fans celebrate the team’s first championship in 50 years, two stars are making headlines for discussing their faith.
World Relief Announces Myal Greene As New Head Amid ‘The Most Significant Crisis of...
World Relief announced Tuesday (July 20) that longtime staff member Myal Greene will become the next president and CEO of the evangelical Christian humanitarian organization.
Lawsuit Accuses Liberty University of ‘Enabling On-Campus Rapes’
A new lawsuit against Liberty University claims the Lynchburg, Virginia-based evangelical Christian school has “intentionally created a campus environment” that makes sexual assaults and rapes more likely to occur.
UPDATE: Apology to Franklin Graham Could Be ‘Turning Point’ for Religious Freedom in UK
Franklin Graham has received an apology from Blackpool Council and Blackpool Transport regarding a joint decision the two entities made three years ago to ban ads for an upcoming crusade in Blackpool, England.
Beth Moore: SBC Seminary Presidents Made CRT ‘Witch-Hunt’ Unavoidable
Christian author and teacher Beth Moore says there is a “witch-hunt” going on in churches and Christian organizations that is targeting people who support critical race theory.
Global Interfaith Prayer Service Advocates for Vaccine Equity
Faith leaders from across the globe and from numerous faith traditions gathered together on Tuesday (July 20) on the National Mall in Washington to urge President Joe Biden to share COVID-19 vaccine stockpiles.
Ben & Jerry’s Threatened Ban in West Bank Creates Ripples Beyond Ice Cream Stores
Ben & Jerry’s announcement that it will ban the sale of its ice cream in what it calls the “occupied Palestinian territories” beginning in 2023 could have wide-reaching legal and political ramifications, Middle East observers say.
Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty for Burning Church’s Black Lives Matter Banner
Proud Boys national leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio pleaded guilty to the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner taken from Asbury United Methodist Church, a historic Black church in Washington, D.C.
UPDATE: Suns Coach Monty Williams Reveals His True Character After Disappointing Loss
Amid the sting of defeat Tuesday night, Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams, an outspoken Christian, revealed his true character.
Newsboys Make Announcement About Three-Year Reunion–‘We Will Forever Be Grateful’
After an August 13 concert in Indiana, the contemporary Christian band Newsboys will return to its four-member format.
Conservative Baptist Network, Mike Stone Call for Resignation of SBC President Ed Litton
The Conservative Baptist Network of Southern Baptists released a statement on July 20, 2021, calling for newly elected Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Litton's resignation, citing plagiarism of J.D. Greear's sermons.
T.D. Jakes and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Join Forces to Bring Sermon-Based Program to Rapper’s...
Senior Pastor of The Potter's House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, located in Dallas, Texas is teaming up with iconic rap artist Sean "Diddy" Combs to bring sermons to Combs' cable television network, Revolt.
There Is Only One Problem With the Uproar Over Joel Osteen’s Ferrari
Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, is in the news again and this time people are criticizing him for purchasing a Ferrari.
Anger as French Protesters Compare Vaccines to Nazi Horrors
Over 100,000 people marched around France against government vaccine rules on Saturday, some wearing yellow stars like those the Nazis forced Jews to wear. “I wore the star, I know what that is, I still have it in my flesh,” Holocaust survivor Joseph Szwarc said with tears in his eyes.
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Court Rules Against Woman Who Refused to Make Same-Sex Wedding Websites
A U.S. appeals court has ruled against web designer Lorie Smith, who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples and sued to challenge Colorado’s anti-discrimination law.
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