A Mississippi pastor was awarded damages yesterday for his unlawful arrest during a pro-life demonstration where he held a right-to-life sign supporting unborn children.Columbus Police Department Capt. Frederick Shelton arrested Stephen Joiner, citing the city\'s parade ordinance requiring ...
A free speech appeal was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday when the high court threw out a request by California parents who questioned why their high school kids were disciplined for wearing American-flag t-shirts during a 2010 Cinco de Mayo celebration.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
Even while City Council members meet in emergency session to consider tougher restrictions for what they say is an out-of-control spring break, ministry leaders celebrate collegians who share Christ to bleary-eyed partiers who line up for free-van rides and pancakes each dawn.In the Florida ...
Eight people were killed and 10 injured when a 15-passenger church van crossed a highway after running a stop sign. It crashed into a ditch partially full of water west of Lake Okeechobee in Florida.The van from Independent Haitian Assembly of God in Fort Pierce was returning from Palm Sunday ...
Pointing to the jihad that Muslim extremists have waged against Christians, the leader of Iraq\'s Chaldean Catholics addressed the United Nations today, urging international leaders to support the government of Iraq in liberating the country.\"Frankly, the so-called Arab Spring impacted negatively ...
Just months after the movie Unbroken raised the issue of whether a faith-based audience should expect a Hollywood filmmaker to cover every aspect of a person\'s life -- including Louis Zamperini\'s salvation experience -- Universal Pictures released a special \"Legacy of Faith\" edition DVD version ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be resigned to accept a deal that would leave Iran with some uranium enrichment capability -- a compromise lost in \"fine print\" earlier this month when he addressed the U.S. Congress. This news comes a month after an Israeli TV station reported Saudi ...
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (BGCO) teams yesterday began assessing storms even before the \"extremely dangerous\" tornadoes ripped through Moore, Tulsa, and other Oklahoma cities last night. One person is reported dead and several were injured after a twister swept through eastern part of the ...
Rick Warren last Sunday preached a message he\'s been waiting to preach for 35 years. Just four words. \"I told you so.\" The 61-year-old pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California -- one of America\'s largest churches -- gathered 20,000 at Anaheim\'s Angel Stadium March 22 for a 35th ...
Adoption and foster care in Florida are on the verge of collapse if efforts by some lawmakers to provide \"conscience protections\" to faith-based and private agencies fail. \"There is no more dancing around the issue,\" Bill Bunkley, head of Florida\'s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission told ...