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Explainer: What You Need to Know About the Equality Act

The Equality Act, officially known as H.R. 5, would substantially expand discrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Four SBC Churches Disfellowshipped for Abuse and LGBTQ Membership

Four churches were disfellowshipped by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee on Tuesday (Feb. 23).

J.D. Greear: Closet Racists Should Not Feel More at Home With Us Than People of Color

J.D. Greear admonished leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention not to let their political leanings or arguments over critical race theory distract them from the gospel.

Author Shauna Niequist Apologizes For Her Silence Following Allegations Against Father, Bill Hybels

Popular Christian author Shauna Niequist has apologized for her silence following the allegations against her father, Bill Hybels, the founding pastor of suburban Chicago megachurch Willow Creek Community Church.

Church in ME Emboldened to Renew Restriction Fight After SCOTUS Ruling

Following a pro-church Supreme Court ruling for California earlier this month, Calvary Chapel Bangor, located in Orrington, Maine, is renewing its fight against pandemic-related restrictions in that state.

Jeremiah Johnson: God Is Using Trump’s Loss to Expose Our Idolatry of Prophets and Politics

Jeremiah Johnson is calling out people in the charismatic movement for building a modern-day Tower of Babel out of “prophets and politics.”

Pakistani Father Recovers Forcibly Converted, Married Daughter

“Unless stern legislation is brought against forced conversions of minor girls and the accused are punished, there is little hope for safety of our children,” rights activist Lala Robin Daniel says.

SBC Church Braces for Disfellowship Over LGBTQ Inclusion

Towne View began welcoming LGBTQ worshippers in October 2019 after a same-sex couple with three adopted children asked Pastor Jim Conrad if they could attend, a decision he defends as the right thing to do.