Editor’s Note: An update to this story appears at the end of the article: Appeal for Afghan Christians, sentenced to death for their faith On Monday 31 May, the government of Afghanistan suspended two church-based aid organisations — US-based Church World Service (CWS) [Editor’s note: the original URL (link) referenced is no longer valid, so the... Continue Reading

In the case of U.S. v Marcavage, in a decision handed down by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third District on Wednesday, the conviction of Michael Marvacage for violating the terms of a permit and interfering with agency function was overturned. According to the court records, “Michael Anthony Marcavage led an anti-abortion... Continue Reading

In a meeting with President Obama last week, House Republican Leader John Boehner asked for an update about the implementation of the president’s Executive Order (EO), which purports to block abortion funding in the federal health care bill. That EO, which was offered by Obama during 11th hour negotiations prior to the final vote on... Continue Reading

The New York Times profiled her in 2002, calling her “Billy Graham and Oprah rolled into one.” She promotes herself as ‘Dr. Sujay’ on her website Suzan Johnson Cook President Barack Obama announced today that he plans to nominate Suzan Johnson Cook for ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. Religious freedom advocates had criticized Obama for... Continue Reading

“This is so encouraging because it is about time universities start taking responsibility for the actions of some of these groups that are out of control,” An Arab-American and terrorism expert is encouraged that the University of California-Irvine has suspended a Muslim student group for a February protest that disrupted a talk by the Israeli... Continue Reading

The Catholic Church has 252 active-duty chaplains; the Southern Baptist Convention has 448, the most in the military. In many religious circles, the repeal of a military ban on openly gay members is considered practically a done deal. But Southern Baptists, who have many more active-duty military chaplains than any other denomination, are not giving... Continue Reading

Worship should be done in a way that pleases God on the basis of his revealed will in Holy Scripture. Worship is glorifying God and enjoying him. Christians worship God because God created men (male and female) to worship Him. “Worship is the center of our existence, at the heart of our reason for being”(Old,... Continue Reading

Abortion rights advocates in the Senate are seeking to overturn a longstanding ban on abortions in military facilities. The U. S. Senate Armed Services Committee passed an amendment to repeal the prohibition as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2011. The panel voted 15-12 for the amendment before sending the overall bill to... Continue Reading

“The way the South Korean government chooses to respond determines what happens next. The important thing is that God is still in control. He still has a special plan and purpose for North Korea……” Christian leaders on the Korean Peninsula are calling for prayer as tensions escalate between North and South Korea. A 1,200-ton South... Continue Reading

43% of respondents selected “God directly created biological life in its present form at one point in time” Included in the Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences Survey for 2010 were a number of questions about evolution, religion, and scientific consensus — and as usual there were few surprises in the results. Asked “[w]hich of these... Continue Reading