Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has asked the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements following a decision by The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, to suspend him over his inappropriate communication with a woman who is not his wife on Instagram.

The leader of The Satanic Temple says the First Amendment protects his organization’s right to host a back-to-school event at a Pennsylvania high school.

In his final sermon as lead pastor of the California-based Saddleback Church on Sunday, Rick Warren returned to the very first message he delivered to a small group of strangers in 1980 to start the church.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha has officially told its 70 schools to adhere to a new policy that may result in the expulsion of a student or a teacher if they ask to be identified with a pronoun or name that is not according to their biological sex.

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Pastor Matt Chandler told his congregation at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, on Sunday that he will immediately take a leave of absence over his use of inappropriate language in direct messages to a woman on Instagram who is not his wife.

A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of a Department of Health and Human Services rule requiring medical facilities to provide gender transition surgeries and abortions and health insurers to cover them, even if they hold religious objections to either procedure.

Pro Football Hall of Famer and Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders has opened up about how he cried to God to spare his life last year during a weekslong hospital stay.

Amid growing hostilities toward the Christian faith, evangelist Franklin Graham is planning to travel to six U.S. cities stretching across 1,000 miles to share a message of God’s love and forgiveness with thousands of people as part of his God Loves You Tour this fall.

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Internal emails from the University of Washington reveal how the institution stayed quiet regarding concerns about a study detailing the supposed benefits of experimental gender medicalization in trans-identified youth amid glowing media coverage.

A new poll suggests that most Evangelical pastors serve in churches that don't allow women to serve as senior pastors but are open to letting females serve in other leadership roles.

Marvin Sapp released a new film about his personal struggles in life, taking viewers inside the grief that birthed his hit song, Never Would Have Made it.

A public school teacher in Utah was placed on paid leave after posting a video to social media saying her classroom was built for nonwhite students’ and including books featuring LGBT characters.

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Candidates opposed to critical race theory captured a majority of seats in at least five Florida counties Tuesday.

Hillsong Church Australia suffered significant drops in both giving and church attendance in 2021.

The Biden administration has announced a plan to forgive student loan debt for people from middle class and lower income households, in an effort to fulfill a campaign promise.

Bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins has said that watching The Chosen series is not supposed to be a substitute for studying the Bible and going to church.

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A majority of Americans have a favorable view of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers even as politicians and corporations work to discourage the public from accessing them, a new poll suggests.

A Christian school administrator in Florida says he's received threats over media reports about a school policy that requires students to be identified by their biological sex.

As Wednesday marks Ukraine's Independence Day, Christian nonprofits and churches are continuing to assist those left devastated by Russia's invasion as Christians worldwide are being urged to set aside time to pray for the war to come an end.

Refusing to review evidence from a Christian couple trying to recover their 12-year-old daughter after she was allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert and marry, a judge in Pakistan last week denied them custody, sources said.

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Around two million students have left public schools since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according a recent report.

A lawsuit filed by parents over a school district’s policy that permits school officials to withhold information about students’ gender identity from their parents has been dismissed.

Delegates at the United Nations General Assembly are finalizing negotiations on a resolution that would require U.N. agencies to declare abortion is a human right.

Pastor John Amanchukwu urged Christians to speak out against critical race theory and Black Lives Matter, and encouraged pastors to be more courageous in denouncing unbiblical ideas.

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Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York has filed a lawsuit against the town of Henrietta after its board voted against issuing a permit to open a new clinic in a retail plaza.

Hillsong Church’s Interim Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley says changes to the organizational structure of the denomination are currently underway after a suspended employee alleged the megachurch misappropriated donations.

TobyMac thought he'd laid down his iconic up-tempo songs for good following his son's death.

The agency in charge of setting policies and standards for Texas public schools could be moving away from using the traditional BC/AD dating system.

More than 30 congregations based in North Carolina have threatened legal action so they can leave the United Methodist Church, claiming that the disaffiliation process is unfair to them.

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Philadelphia residents have sued the city and its mayor for donating half a million in tax dollars to a group that provides financial assistance to women seeking abortions.

While society has increasingly embraced alternative families like single-parent homes and step- families, a new Institute for Family Studies' research brief suggests students who live with their married biological parents perform better in school.

A North Texas school district is reviewing dozens of books - including the Bible - to ensure they meet new school board standards.

The CEO of the satirical news website The Babylon Bee, discussed abortion on Joe Rogan's podcast. The two debated if there are certain circumstances when an abortion can be justified.

Kathie Lee Gifford is on a mission to instill biblical literacy in the next generation of believers - something she believes is woefully disappearing in an increasingly secularized culture.

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Amid objections from religious institutions, the United States Department of Agriculture clarified that it would not require religious schools to broaden their definition of sex-based discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity in order to receive federal meal funding.

A Christian group seeking to expand people's engagement with God's Word is working to accelerate the translation of the Old Testament to reduce the language barrier preventing some from reading the Bible.

A coalition of some of Hollywood's top creators is calling on studios to offer protections for crew members while working in U.S. states where most abortions are now illegal.

A federal court has ruled that the Americans With Disabilities Act protects trans-identified people and that a prison policy requiring inmates to be housed based on their biological sex violates federal law.

The school choice movement is growing rapidly amid ongoing discontent from parents who find themselves at odds with public school officials over a lack of transparency and other issues, school choice advocates say.

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As expected, a staunch critic of former President Donald Trump has lost the Republican nomination for her seat in Congress, becoming the fourth and most high-profile Republican serving in the U.S. House of Representatives to lose renomination after supporting his impeachment.

A coalition of Evangelical groups urged Congress to pass legislation allowing Afghans evacuated from the country to apply to become legal permanent residents.

A judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from removing an Obamacare regulation that required coverage for natural family planning counseling.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has approved a proposal to possibly revise a social statement that respects the conscience of members who oppose same-sex marriage.

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