More than 2.5 million homes were without power in Florida amid catastrophic floods and life-threatening storm surge early Thursday, hours after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The international evangelical relief group Samaritanâ€TMs Purse is preparing to respond.

The New Jersey Department of Education is imposing sex education standards that require school districts to teach middle school students about anal sex and pregnancy options.

Could teaching what's described in the Bible as a "blessed hope" actually be a source of anxiety and trauma?

Students across Virginia walked out of class Tuesday protesting a state government guidance directing schools not to allow trans-identified students to identify as the opposite biological sex without legal documents.

Worship leader Dante Bowe is no longer a member of the Grammy Award-winning worship group Maverick City Music for the time being due to "behavior inconsistent" with what the band says is their "core values and beliefs."

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After leaving 11 million people without power in Cuba, Hurricane Ian became a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday with winds up to 155 mph as it moves closer to Port Charlotte and the southwestern coast, where it's expected to make landfall by the afternoon and is predicted to cause life-threatening flooding.

Italy has elected Giorgia Meloni, its first female prime minister, whose focus on protecting the institution of the family and national identity has caused some media outlets to compare her ideology to "fascism."

Derwin Gray has rejected the idea of being "colorblind" and instead wants churches to focus on the "race of grace" that all people should belong to.

After an unflattering article in WIRED, Covenant Eyes acknowledged it has many of the same concerns and says churches shouldn't use its program to spy on congregants.

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• Derwin Gray: God wants 'race of grace,' not 'colorblindness' | Church & Ministries News
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A prominent pro-life activist organization expects to spend $78 million during the 2022 midterm election cycle, with the hopes of reaching at least 8 million eligible voters.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is facing criticism over its early-morning raid on the home of a pro-life activist, which critics are classifying as another example of overreach and double standards by federal law enforcement officials.

Country music star Craig Morgan reflects on how his faith has guided him throughout his life and career and sustained him after the death of his teenage son.

More than 20,000 people gathered in Atlanta for Bishop T.D. Jakes’ final “Woman Thou Art Loosed" annual Conference ending an over two-decade-long journey.

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• TD Jakes holds last 'Thou Art Loosed' women's conference | Church & Ministries News
• OVU students struggle to get transcripts from shuttered school | U.S. News

Over 40 people have been killed as protests rocked dozens of Iranian cities in the last week following the death a young woman in the custody of morality police.

President Biden criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of gestation nationwide, saying, “My church doesn’t even make that argument now.”

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is being accused of spreading "misinformation" after she stated this week that the unborn do not have a heartbeat at six weeks gestation.

A Canadian nurse is facing a disciplinary hearing from a national medical board that could result in her losing her job after she publicly supported author J.K. Rowling's views about the harm gender identity ideology inflicts on women and children.

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• Cubans vote to legalize same-sex marriage, adoption | World News
• Doctors refute Stacey Abrams' fetal heartbeat 'misinformation' | Politics News
• Parents win government commitment to reform school trans guidance | World News
• Canadian nurse faces hearings over views on trans issues, biology | World News

United States law enforcement officials have encountered a record number of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in the fiscal year 2022 as the number of migrant deaths at the border has also reached an unprecedented level.

A book available to students in a public school district in Massachusetts contains instructions on how to engage in certain types of sexual activity and how to use gay sex apps.

Youth ministries in American churches must shift their efforts away from molding children to be "consumers" to involving them as "participants" in the "Gospel mission," the head of the Barna Group has advised.

The co-author of a leading LGBT health association's new guidelines says they removed a section on the minimum age requirements for children to obtain puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or gender surgeries to protect doctors from lawsuits.

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For the first time, a biennial survey has found that most Evangelical Christians in the United States believe that worshiping alone or only with one's family can be a valid substitute for going to church, a possible effect of widespread closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Library Association has claimed that efforts to ban or restrict books in school libraries are on the rise amid concerns from parents regarding sexually graphic material depicting child sex and pedophilia.

An international coalition of religious freedom advocates and organizations from across the political spectrum are calling on the U.S. State Department to take stronger action on Nigeria.

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee are calling for an investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center following allegations that it has been performing body mutilating surgeries on teenagers suffering from gender dysphoria.

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• Penn. Democratic gubernatorial nominee open to school choice | U.S. News

A question I’ve been asked lately by young people who've regretted both taking cross-sex

hormones and undergoing body-mutilating trans surgeries is: Might the tide finally be turning

against this insanity?

Should religion, including Christianity, continue to decline as shown in a recent analysis by

the Pew Research Center, leading to an increase in the population with no religion, Americans

may not just lose their faith but their health, too, according to a father-daughter research

team.

President Joe Biden’s recent declaration that the COVID-19 “pandemic is over” has sparked a

divided reaction among health experts who say the disease is likely to remain a leading cause of

death in the U.S. indefinitely.

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A new billboard campaign promoting abortion services in California in conservative states cites a Bible verse with the words of Jesus as an apparent endorsement.

Planned Parenthood received taxpayer funding amid an uptick in abortions and a decrease in healthcare services amid the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Juanita Bynum is defending her $1,499.99 price tag for a four-week intensive prayer course.

Nearly half of Evangelical leaders said in a new survey that they have been disinvited, blacklisted or excluded because of their point of view or guilt by association according to the National Association of Evangelicals.

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The head of the notable child discipleship organization Awana has warned that churches that do not invest in more discipleship-oriented children's ministry will be "standing on a burning platform."

With less than two months until the midterm elections, a prominent Evangelical political advocacy nonprofit looks to spend upwards of $40 million to mobilize the Christian vote.

A leading trans health association's latest guidelines omitted minimum age requirements for gender-confused youth to obtain puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or genital mutilating surgeries, a major change from earlier editions.

California launched a $1 million website as part of the state's efforts to strengthen abortion access through a $200 million budget package funded by taxpayers.

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• Queen Elizabeth II: Welby honors monarch in funeral sermon | World News
• Ukraine: Mass graves lead to calls for war crime tribunal | World News
• University halts all clubs amid legal battle with LGBT group | U.S. News
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• Disney employees arrested in child sex sting operation | U.S. News
• Japan: 8 million asked to flee as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall | World News

A new report reveals that most U.S. states have inadequate religious liberty protections as advocates raise concerns about what they view as the federal government's hostility toward religious liberty.

After more than 400 Republicans have signed on to a letter urging the United States Senate to pass a bill that would codify a right to same-sex marriage into law, leading supporters of the legislation have announced that a vote on the legislation will not take place until after the midterm elections.

Worship artist Phil Wickham reflects on how the events of 2020 revealed his own inclination toward "lifestyle Christianity" and how he rediscovered the joy and awe of being in the presence of God.

The Boston Marathon will include a nonbinary registration option for individuals who do not identify as a man or a woman and prefer not to compete under either category for the upcoming race in April.

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