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Ordinance Limiting Oregon Church Meal Services Violates Religious Freedom, Lawsuit Says

An Oregon church is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom. 

Study: Only Half of American Households Donate to Charity

The findings confirm a trend worrying experts: Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population.

Carrie Underwood Raises More than $100,000 for Charity in Live Streamed Easter Concert

Carrie Underwood took to the stage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Easter Sunday with a full performance of songs from her new gospel album, My Savior.

‘Scores’ Beheaded, Hundreds of Thousands Displaced in Mozambique

Insurgents have beheaded “scores” of people in several days of attacks that began Oct. 31 in Cabo Delgado, a province in the East African country of Mozambique.

Church Leaders Help Restore Iraqi Town Devastated by ISIS

The town of Batnaya, Iraq, has been home to Assyrian Christians for several centuries. But in 2014, ISIS razed the town to the ground in its deranged mission to rid Iraq of Christians.

Church Helps Members See What It’s Like to Be ‘Homeless for a Night’

One of the ways Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia, is tackling the problem of homelessness is by having its members experience it for themselves.

Use Your #GivingTuesday Gift to Spread the Gospel

Today is #GivingTuesday, a day set aside to encourage people to give to organizations that are helping those in need where you live and around the world. What better way to atone for the unabashed consumerism that marks Black Friday and Cyber Monday?

5,000 Families Relieved of Medical Debt Thanks to Texas Church

On Easter Sunday, Covenant Church donated $100,000 to the charity RIP Medical Debt, a debt collector now specializing in debt forgiveness. The donation helped almost 5,000 families eliminate their medical debt.