A man was arrested near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after making threats against the justice due to his likely support for overturning Roe v. Wade.

A Virginia hospital has been accused of denying a Christian nurse a religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate even though she claims to have been given a permanent exemption last year.

Actor Matthew McConaughey visited the nation's capital this week and called for gun reform after a school shooting took the lives of over a dozen children in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, late last month.

Sarah Anne Sumpolec once found herself enraptured by incantations, Tarot cards, and casting spells — until an encounter with Jesus transformed her perspective.

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• Man arrested near Bret Kavanaugh’s home wanted to kill justice | Politics News
• Activists firebomb pro-life pregnancy center in Buffalo | U.S. News
• Nurse says hospital revoked her exemption to vaccine mandate | U.S. News
• Walmart shareholders defeat pro-abortion proposal | Analysis News
• Matthew McConaughey calls for bipartisan gun reform | Politics News
• Teen witch went from casting spells to worshiping Jesus | Living News
• Pastor grieves murder-suicide at Iowa church | Church & Ministries News
• John Crist releases special 3 years after Netflix cancelation | Entertainment News

A debate over the best legal approach to abortion and how it informs resolutions within the Southern Baptist Convention has resurfaced as messengers are set to gather for the denomination’s annual meeting next week.

The Mennonite Church USA has voted to retire denomination-wide Membership Guidelines that prohibited pastors from performing same-sex weddings.

A specific incident is suggestive that government has been pressuring social media platforms to suppress certain content about the pandemic.

Actor Kirk Cameron says his new movie with filmmaker brothers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, “Lifemark” is a “pro-family, pro-love, pro forgiveness” film in a newly released first look trailer.

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• Southern Baptists debate how to best be pro-life | Church & Ministries News
• Mennonite Church USA to allow pastors to perform gay weddings | Church & Ministries News
• Google annual meeting debates COVID censorship | Analysis News
• Louisiana bans biological males from in girls' sports | Politics News
• Texas lawmaker wants to ban drag shows for kids | U.S. News
• Celebration Church sues to evict Stovall and Kerri Weems | Church & Ministries News
• First-look trailer released for pro-family Kirk Cameron movie | Entertainment News
• Judge declares mistrial in Amanda Blackburn murder case | U.S. News

Most Americans believe that legal abortion is "morally acceptable" for the first time, according to a new Gallup survey.

A church in upstate New York marked LGBT pride month by hosting a pair of drag queens at a

worship service.

Christian Post Executive Editor Richard Land offers his thoughts on the recent SBC sexual abuse report and discusses where America's largest Protestant denomination goes from here.

From CP Voices writer, Samuel Sey: The Daily Wire has been my favourite news outlet for several years. I’ve consumed thousands of hours of their podcasts. However their latest documentary "What is a Woman," is maybe the most important content they’ve produced so far.

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• Most Americans think abortion is 'morally acceptable': poll | U.S. News
• ELCA trans bishop resigns amid allegations of racism | Church & Ministries News
• Judge allows parents' lawsuit against school's transgender policy | U.S. News
• NY church invites drag queens for Pentecost service | Church & Ministries News
• After explosive abuse report, where does the SBC go from here? | Church & Ministries News
• Ex-megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey arrested for sexual assault | U.S. News
• Kamala Harris holds abortion roundtable with faith leaders | Politics News
• What is a Woman? (review) | Voice

Seventy congregations in Georgia have decided to leave The United Methodist Church due in part

to the mainline Protestant denomination’s ongoing debate over homosexuality.

A Michigan church is stirring up strong reactions from the community after renting out a popular

movie theater sign and quoting Bible verses on it ahead of a nearby LGBT “pride” event.

Why do only four companies control 90% of the supply? The answer lies in the desire of the

majority of voters to have the federal government regulate industry.

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• 70 Georgia churches leave UMC over homosexuality debate | Church & Ministries News
• Church rents theater marquee to post pride month Bible warning | U.S. News
• Naason Joaquin Garcia pleads guilty to sexually abusing 3 minors | U.S. News
• Police in Pakistan refuse to rescue kidnapped Christian girl | World News
• How government caused the baby formula shortage | Analysis News
• Parents, teachers sue school district over trans pronoun policy | U.S. News
• Will Supreme Court abortion ruling affect fertility industry? | U.S. News

Starting in September, Andy Wood, who serves as lead pastor of Echo.Church in the San Francisco

Bay Area with his wife, Stacie, will officially become the new lead pastor of the California-

based Saddleback Church, co-founders Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, announced.

A majority of Americans believe allowing children to choose a “preferred pronoun” that does not

correspond with their biological sex would only confuse them, according to a new poll.

The Chinese government recently allowed journalists to tour high-security facilities housing

countless Muslim religious minorities in an attempt to paint institutions that the U.S.

government labels “concentration camps” as “training” schools helping terrorists get on the

right path.

Evangelicals and regular churchgoers are more likely to oppose abortion than the non-religious

and those who go to church less often, according to a report by Lifeway Research.

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• Rick Warren announces Saddleback Church successor | Church & Ministries News
• Most Americans say allowing 'preferred pronouns' confuses kids | U.S. News
• State Dept. condemns Russia's destruction of Ukraine holy sites | Politics News
• 'Shackled' and 'beaten': An inside look at China’s ‘concentration camps’ for Muslims | World News
• Calif. not requiring schools report certain incidents to police | U.S. News
• Cora Jakes Coleman addresses adoption rumor | U.S. News
• Christian grad sues after university issued 'no contact' orders | U.S. News
• Weekly churchgoers more likely to be pro-life: Lifeway | U.S. News

Most American Christians want to share their faith, but only a minority of them have actively

encouraged others to embrace Jesus Christ, according to new data released by Lifeway Research.

After investing more than $300 to purchase the Meta Quest 2 (previously Oculus Quest 2) VR

headset, creating an avatar as close as possible to my likeness, and dressing in my best virtual

clothes, I went to church with just a few clicks.

Hillsong Young and Free singer-songwriter Aodhan King recently joined Sadie Robertson Huff on

her podcast, “Whoa That's Good,” to share how young adults should handle change in adulthood and

maintain faith by saying "yes" to friendships.

For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.

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• 35 Arkansas churches may leave UMC over homosexuality debate | Church & Ministries News
• Man charged with hurling Molotov cocktails at NC churches | U.S. News
• I went to church in the metaverse and this is what I found | Church & Ministries News
• Sadie Robertson, Hillsong worship leader talk young adult life | Church & Ministries News
• Boko Haram Frees Over 100 Schoolgirls, Holds Christian Captive for Refusing to Renounce Christ | World News
• Leah Sharibu captive over 1,500 days, but family hasn't lost hope | World News

A pro-life leader is rallying her group to counter the promises of violence this summer from abortion extremists with acts of servitude following a leaked draft opinion indicating that most justices are inclined to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide.

Virginia has passed a law that defines religion as including actions and expressions, not just personal belief, which is viewed as a win by religious liberty advocates.

A French former Catholic school teacher has opened up about the torturous conditions he faced while being held hostage by Islamic militants for two months while serving a Christian humanitarian effort in Syria, something he felt God had called him to do. 

Popular mainstream artist M.I.A. says she became a born-again Christian after having a vision of Jesus Christ, and it's something she's proud of even if it may cost her her career.

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• Pro-life group to counter abortion activists' 'summer of rage' | U.S. News
• Virginia passes law protecting outward religious expression | Politics News
• Teacher calls police over allegation student was doing 'sex work' | U.S. News
• Latino group denounces ELCA decision not to punish trans bishop | Church & Ministries News
• Christian aid worker recounts his 66-day abduction in Iraq | Biographies News
• ‘Jesus is real’ singer M.I.A says after vision of Christ | Entertainment News

For Christians looking to do low-risk evangelism, hospital chaplain, Bill Willenbrock, who has

approached thousands of people on VRChat in his avatar self and finds way to talk with them

about faith in God says the metaverse is like the subscription streaming service, Netflix, when

it comes to finding them.

A branch of Ukraine's Orthodox Church announced Friday that it's breaking from Russia over

President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, declaring its "full independence" against

Russia's spiritual authorities.

Mental illness has traditionally been a thorny topic inside some churches — and continues to

spark challenging discussions today.

Moral and societal issues are worsening across the United States because Christians are becoming

more “cultural” than “biblical," and the country is facing God’s judgment as a result, according

to pastor and bestselling author Tony Evans.

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• ELCA head calls for resignation of first trans-identified bishop | Church & Ministries News
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church severs ties with Russia over war | World News
• Pregnant woman, children among 31 killed at church in Nigeria | World News
• Master P says God will get him through loss of 29yr old daughter | Entertainment News
• Stephen Baldwin celebrates baptizing his mother before her death | Entertainment News
• CP Podcast: How have churches failed on mental illness? | Living News
• Tony Evans warns Christians are being 'cultural,' not 'biblical' | Church & Ministries News
• Thieves steal $2M tabernacle from church, behead angel statues | U.S. News

Far from America’s shores, U.S. war heroes who fought and died defeating Nazi Germany have found

an eternal welcome among the Dutch people.

According to astronomers, Americans may get to see a rare meteor storm on the night of the

Memorial Day holiday. The storm is expected to be the brightest in years, with shooting stars

filling the sky.

The Justice Department said Sunday it will investigate law enforcement’s response to last week’s

mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

From CP Voices: As a Ukrainian-born American, the past few months leave me inevitably thinking about the courage

of those who are living in Ukraine. In the last 90 days, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have

laid down their lives in defense of freedom. They died fighting a tyrannical government that is

threatening to steal a basic, God-given, human right.

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• Dutch honor legacy of American soldiers who helped defeat Nazis | World News
• Sky gazers may to see rare meteor storm to cap of Memorial Day | U.S. News
• 9-year-old shared Gospel before being killed by Uvalde shooter | U.S. News
• Pro-life watchdog group's shutters Florida abortion clinic | U.S. News
• Church administrator charged with stealing $360K | U.S. News
• DOJ to probe law enforcement response to Uvalde school shooting | U.S. News
• Memorial Day in a maddening world | Voice

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is urging Christians in the United States to “take hold of our

country” through prayer as the nation continues to mourn the loss of more than a dozen school-

age children slaughtered in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

The Arizona Department of Education's list of student resources provides minor children with

links to LGBT-themed chat rooms where they can discuss gender and sexuality, possibly without

their parents' knowledge.

The Southern Baptist Convention has released a list of alleged abusers, following a report that

showed that the SBC had failed to properly respond to abuse allegations within its ranks.

With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, pastors and church leaders are urging their

congregations to shatter the stigma and advising that mental health isn't always a "spiritual

issue."

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• USPS can require Christian to work on Sundays, court rules | Politics News
• Duggar sister reacts to her brother's 12-year prison sentence | Entertainment News
• Dan Patrick urges Americans to read 2 Chronicles after shooting | Politics News
• Uvalde gunman fired gun outside elementary school before shooting | U.S. News
• Arizona DOE promotes LGBT-themed chat rooms as student resource | U.S. News
• AME Church sues former executive for plundering retirement funds | Church & Ministries News
• SBC releases 200-page database of credibly accused sexual abusers | Church & Ministries News
• Churches address mental health stigma in the pews | Church & Ministries News