Missing pastor jailed in North Korea
The Canadian government has confirmed missing pastor Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, who entered North Korea in January on a humanitarian mission is being detained there.
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Lake Worth denies targeting churches, but paper trail says it did
Lake Worth officials are denying claims they threatened numerous local churches with fines and foreclosures, but Liberty Counsel maintains the city\'s convoluted method of code enforcement appears \"calculated to harass and drive away \'church use.\'\"
NYFD diversifies its ranks, hires lesbian chaplain
Rev. Ann Kansfield of Greenpoint Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York, has been named the city\'s first female and first openly gay chaplain.
Georgia faith community credits God, prayer for execution delay
The Monday execution of a Georgia woman on death row was postponed when a problem occurred with the drugs for her lethal injection and some are calling the delay an act of God.
Gay activist charged after faked kidnapping
A gay-rights activist who faked being abducted March 2 is now facing charges for the first-degree misdemeanor crime of \"making false alarms.\"
Christian baker closes Indiana shop fearing future legal battles
Owners of a profitable Christian bakery, who drew online criticism last March for declining to bake a cake for a gay couple on the basis of religious grounds, closed their business in December and have decided not to reopen.
Basketball season ends with smiles, $1 million charity milestone for Lauren Hill
Honors, awards and a miracle million-dollar milestone close out February for the 19-year-old terminally ill college basketball star who daily defies her aggressive form of cancer.
Atheist hotline lures wavering believers
A humanist/atheist hotline has been created to lure people having crisis of belief into disbelief.
Cyber church
More pastors are seeing the internet as an essential tool according to a new Barna Group study. The data is unsurprising, but demonstrates a dramatic shift in perception from 2000 when the technology served mostly to enhance ministry.
Oklahoma bill proposing ban on state funding for AP History program gets rewrite
A rewrite is underway for the Oklahoma bill proposing to strike state funding of advanced placement U.S. history courses because the content omits the concept of \"American exceptionalism.\"
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