1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (314+ words) First Liberty Institute is fighting a pair of bans on religious displays at state capitols. One ruling barred a Ten Commandments monument on Arkansas Capitol grounds and another blocked a Nativity display inside the Connecticut Capitol. Arkansas Attorney General Tim…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (660+ words) International Christian nonprofit organization ChinaAid reported the alleged harassment of a former Chinese house church leader now living in the Dallas area. According to the report, Zhang Mei, a former volunteer lay leader at underground house churches in Yueyang, Hunan…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (340+ words) Three evangelical leaders have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent constitutional amendment in Switzerland that bans lawmakers in the Canton of Geneva from wearing visible religious symbols, the Swiss Evangelical Alliance announced on Monday (July 20). Geneva’s cantonal parliament, the Grand…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (295+ words) A Christian Romanian couple who formerly lived in Sweden has taken their custody battle to Washington, D.C., after being separated from their two home schooled daughters for more than three years over parental “religious extremism” allegations. Christians and Romanian protesters rallied…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (234+ words) Several states are defending the right of parents — not government bureaucrats or activist educators — as the primary stewards of their children’s well-being, Decision Magazine reported. Supporters see the legislation as a common-sense restoration of transparency in an education system that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) The U.K. government has barred Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen from entering the country due to Finland’s Supreme Court convicting her of hate speech, Christian Daily International reported. See related stories here and here. Räsänen, who is appealing the Supreme…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (448+ words) After years of legal battles, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 30) weighed in decisively, favoring the ability of states to protect women and girl athletes from unfair competition and safety risks. The 6–3 ruling comes after laws in two states, Idaho…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) The debate over assisted suicide is being revived in the U.K. Parliament. Now, euthanasia advocates are trying again. On June 14, Labour MP Lauren Edwards announced plans to reintroduce a nearly identical bill — bearing the same name — after securing second place in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (320+ words) A new Oklahoma law will require first-year undergraduate and graduate students to undergo training on freedom of speech and bars public colleges and universities from viewpoint discrimination in their dealings with student organizations or student-sponsored events, including religious ones. Senate…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (717+ words) The measures adopted relate to disability ministry, budgets, governance and future annual meeting locations. Jeff Iorg, executive committee president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee, introduced the first two recommendations, which stemmed from motions referred to the Executive Committee…...