“Our babies in the nursery are subject to attack while the mother is in the sanctuary worshiping,” said Durell Tuberville of the Shreveport Community Church. “We want to protect our people, our sheep.” People qualified to carry concealed weapons should be able to keep them strapped on in a church or temple as a way... Continue Reading

Mervyn Thomas, Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said: “We call on the local authorities to make every effort to track down the perpetrators of these appalling acts of violence. Two journalists working for a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) publication have become the latest casualties of the violence that has afflicted Plateau... Continue Reading

The 2,000 strong group packed the pews at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale to demand action in two major social justice issues: rising crime rates and out of control housing costs. Two thousand members of two dozen Broward churches were hot about crime and housing issues during a recent meeting with community officials,... Continue Reading

Joining in the majority were Justices Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas. Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Breyer filed dissenting opinions. In a 5-4 majority ruling filed today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the continued display of a lone cross in California’s Mojave Desert memorializing veterans of World War I. In... Continue Reading

“Raise my taxes! Raise my taxes! Raise my taxes!” they chanted, lined up shoulder to shoulder for a few hundred yards stretching a street in front of the Capitol. http://bit.ly/d7CuZI Before last week when is the last time you heard a citizen crying out in the public square, “Raise my taxes?” I don’t know about... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: At the end of this article you will find names of the EPC, OPC, and PCA chaplains who signed the letter (18 of the 41) plus a list of other denominations represented. Over 40 retired military chaplains are urging President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to consider the impairment of religious liberty... Continue Reading

“We believe that through discovery we may well uncover evidence that the Notre Dame police engaged in ‘viewpoint discrimination:’ that the university singled out the ND88 for especially harsh treatment” In a major ruling that may prove decisive for the defense of pro-lifers arrested on Notre Dame’s campus last year, an Indiana Judge has lifted... Continue Reading

The church’s pastor, Bishop Rick Painter, was found guilty in city court and sentenced to 10 days in jail and three years probation, though he never served time in jail. A federal court on Monday (April 19) ruled an ordinance in Phoenix, Ariz., trying to limit the sound of church bells is an unconstitutional impingement... Continue Reading

The court noted that the governmental message is disseminated by the volunteers who display the specialty plates on their private vehicles: “There is no reason to doubt that a group’s ability to secure a specialty plate amounts to state approval.” A Tennessee Attorney General’s opinion does not support the issuance of a new “Jesus is... Continue Reading

Texas, Georgia, and Pennsylvania have considered “pole taxes” — for buyers of pornography and patrons of strip clubs and escort services. In tough fiscal times, everything needs to be monetized. Including morality. And governors and legislators in many cash-strapped states have decided that vice can be lucrative, in the form of sin taxes. Texas, Georgia,... Continue Reading