A Christian pastor in northern India who drives a taxi for a living didn’t think he had anything to fear when a well-mannered Sikh asked him to take a slight detour.

As gender ideology continues to pervade every realm of culture, legislators and public policy experts alarmed about its effects on children have taken numerous steps in an effort to curtail it in the law.

A new report reveals that pro-life groups and individuals have faced an astronomically higher number of incidents of violence than their pro-abortion counterparts since the leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and subsequent ruling that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a right to abortion.

A Chicago pastor and his wife hosted the National Prayer Altar service this week, calling for Americans to set aside political or theological divides to unite before God as the midterm elections approach.

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Whether it’s about sex and gender, scientific evidence that supports the Scriptures, or simply wondering whether objective truth even exists, students young and old are seeking answers to some of life’s biggest questions.

Benjamin Netanyahu has once again become prime minister of Israel in the country's fifth election in less than four years.

Hillsong Church’s founder and former global senior pastor Brian Houston blamed public statements made by the church’s board for his abrupt resignation earlier this year instead of any “mistakes” he made in ministry.

The global hit Christian series “The Chosen” has been honored with an award by the Washington, D.C.-based Museum of the Bible for the program’s cultural impact.

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• Netanyahu wins election as Israel’s prime minister | World News
• Brian Houston blames Hillsong Church statements for resignation | Church & Ministries News
• Brian Houston breached Hillsong's code of conduct, church says | Church & Ministries News
• Jailed pastor acquitted of violating COVID-19 restrictions | World News
• United Methodist Church elects first Native American bishop | Church & Ministries News
• Museum of the Bible honors 'The Chosen' with Pillar Award | Entertainment News
• Sadie Robertson Huff announces 2nd baby: 'Another little miracle' | Entertainment News
• Louisiana megachurch votes to leave UMC | Church & Ministries News

A new report reveals that most of the top colleges and universities in the United States have inadequate protections in place for students accused of wrongdoing.

A recent report from the Jewish advocacy group Anti-Defamation League highlighted an increase in anti-Israel activities at U.S. colleges and universities, raising concerns about the incidents and their impact on Jewish students.

Couples who get married due to family or social pressure are up to 50% more at risk of having a union that ends in divorce, according to a recent study from the Marriage Foundation Kroger will create a religious accommodation policy and implement new training for store management after settling a lawsuit from two former employees.

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• Miss USA doesn’t have to allow trans contestants: appeals court | U.S. News
• Kroger pays $180K to settle EEOC religious discrimination case | U.S. News
• Coach, daughter suspended for 'misgendering' trans student | U.S. News

Generation Z is less open-minded and more intolerant than older generations, according to a recently released study by the left-leaning British media outlet Channel 4.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has spoken out against healthcare providers prescribing abortion pills to non-pregnant, saying it could endanger women's health.

While overt discrimination in Silicon Valley is rare, there is a level of “soft discrimination," where one thing is said in private and another in public, said Peter Rex, founder and CEO of an Austin-based tech and real estate firm by the same name.

Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker showed a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a new poll released Monday, just hours after Pastor Jamal Bryant, one of the state’s most influential black megachurch pastors, slammed the former football star as the “lowest caricature of a stereotypical, broken black man” from his pulpit Sunday.

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• Fatal shooting of 81-year-old pastor still under investigation | U.S. News
• Pastor under investigation for campaigning during church services | Politics News
• Christians face 'discrimination' in Silicon Valley: Peter Rex | Living News
• Pastor Jamal Bryant slams Herschel Walker as 'caricature' | Politics News

The U.S. Supreme Court heard several hours of arguments on whether education institutions can consider race as one of many factors in determining student admissions.

A Christian university has credited God for the record number of students it welcomed this year, both online and in person, making it one of the youngest universities to achieve such a feat.

More than 700 Southern Baptist pastors are calling on the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to prohibit women from serving “as a pastor of any kind” at SBC-affiliated churches.

An annual tradition of erecting an array of life-size Halloween decorations and figurines outside a train station in London to raise funds for charity could potentially come to an end.

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• Steve Douglass, former president of Cru, dies at 77 | Church & Ministries News
• Annual Halloween display in London could come to an end | World News
• Lila Rose debates Ben Crump on 'Dr. Phil Show' | U.S. News
• Evangelist shares proof of God with ‘Halloween’ director | Entertainment News
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary confirms staff cuts | U.S. News

The majority of Protestant pastors in the United States do not advise Christians to avoid Halloween entirely, and many encouraged churchgoers to use the holiday to build relationships and spread the Gospel.

Activists protesting conservative commentator Matt Walsh's college tour at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his documentary film “What is a Woman” was being shown, grabbed a Bible from a young man who was reading it aloud and ripped out the pages.

A judge in Hong Kong sentenced a 59-year-old Protestant pastor to more than one year in prison for sedition, making him the first Christian clergy in the city to be convicted under the draconian national security law that mainland China imposed two years ago to crush the pro- democracy movement.

As media attention on "Christian nationalism" looms large in American politics heading into the 2022 midterms, scholars this week debated the definition of the term and whether the increased media focus is an attempt to intimidate Christians from sharing their values in the public square.

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• South Korea Halloween crowd crush kills at least 153 | World News

West Virginia has agreed to amend its policies to allow trans-identified individuals to more easily change the gender marker on their birth certificates.

Saddleback Church does not want to leave the Southern Baptist Convention over their recent support of female pastors, according to recently installed lead pastor Andy Wood.

Years after resigning as leader of the now defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, because God told him a “trap” has been set for him, Mark Driscoll, who now serves as founding senior pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, claimed on Sunday that Mars Hill leaders had planned to accuse him of adultery.

Iranian UFC fighter Beneil Dariush took a moment during his recent victory speech to share the hope he has in Christ with the people of his country amid weeks of social unrest following the death of Mahsa Amini.

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A pro-life group is calling on Congress and drug enforcement agencies to take action amid reports that organizations in Mexico are funneling abortion pills into states that have banned their use.

A Georgia-based Christian university has received a $3 million gift to endow a faculty chair and launch a Global Impact Center in honor of pastor and author Charles Stanley.

Public high school assistant football coach Joe Kennedy will be reinstated after being dismissed in 2015 for praying on the field after games.

Religious freedom advocates are warning of “catastrophic consequences” after the Chinese Communist Party reelected Xi Jinping as the leader of the People’s Republic of China.

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• Family of female ISIS leader: She sexually tortured her children | U.S. News
• Charles Stanley honored with endowed chair at Baptist college | U.S. News
• Leslie Jordan sang about being in Heaven day before death | Entertainment News
• Hillsong's Benjamin Hastings discusses solo album, struggles | Entertainment News
• Coach Kennedy to be reinstated after Supreme Court ruling | U.S. News
• President Xi's reelection will have 'catastrophic consequences' | Politics News

Fiscal year 2022 saw a record number of migrant crossings and deaths as illegal immigration remains a significant issue for voters heading into the midterm elections.

An LGBT activist documenting his gender transition on TikTok went to the White House to question President Joe Biden.

Saddleback Church identifies the wife of its new lead pastor as a "teaching pastor," even though the SBC restricts the office of pastor to men in its official statement of beliefs.

Some of Christian and gospel music’s most gifted performers were honored at the 53rd annual GMA Dove Awards show where history was made this year.

The Presbyterian Church (USA) said it will be adding a “nonbinary/genderqueer” category to its annual reports on denominational statistics pertaining to membership and the number of congregations.

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• Arizona bans gender reassignment surgeries for minors | Politics News
• Ark. lawmakers override veto of bill banning child sex changes | Politics News
• Texas declares trans surgeries for minors 'child abuse' | Politics News
• Texas AG says puberty blockers for trans kids 'child abuse' | Politics News
• State Dept. awards $20K for project that will host drag shows | Politics News
• Saddleback leader's wife Stacie Wood serving as 'teaching pastor' | Church & Ministries News
• UK health service says trans kids may be going through a 'phase' | World News
• CeCe Winans makes history for win at GMA Dove Awards | Entertainment News
• UK venue must pay over $100K for canceling Franklin Graham event | World News
• PCUSA to add 'nonbinary/genderqueer' category to official stats | Church & Ministries News

Student reading and math scores suffered historic declines in the past three years as the nation analyzes the impact the COVID-pandemic had on education, according to The National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Florida education officials have passed a new rule requiring public and charter schools to allow students to access bathrooms and locker rooms based on biological sex rather than preferred gender identity.

An in-depth undercover video released Tuesday shows a Planned Parenthood abortionist discussing how the billion dollar organization harvests and sells the intact body parts of aborted babies to fetal tissue wholesalers.

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