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24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Bible College In Nepal, Raising Fears Of Targeted Hostility

‘They Want Us To Shut Our Mouths’: Large Banks Debanked, Discriminated Against Customers For Christian Views

Christian Persecution

After Forcing Students to Hide Their Bibles In ‘Sealed Envelopes,’ Lawsuit Forces School District To Publicly Apologize, Get Religious Liberty Training

A Washington school district has agreed to stop imposing a policy that forced students to hide their Bibles in sealed envelopes. The district must also stop barring a Christian nonprofit from participating in certain school fairs. LifeWise Academy, a nonprofit which offers public school students voluntary Bible education during school hours, challenged the policies in a lawsuit with the help of First Liberty Institute. As part of the settlement, Everett School District must publicly apologize and pay $275,000 in attorney fees, as well as provide religious liberty training for school board members.

Decision Magazine - October 19, 2026

Religious Freedom

Biblical Truth Belongs On The Streets: UK Church Stands Up For The Right Of Christians To Share The Full Gospel In Public

Christian Persecution

FFA Bars Christian Farmer Group From National Expo Over ‘Religious Affiliation,’ Failure To Hit DEI Goals

Christian Persecution

After Forcing Students to Hide Their Bibles In ‘Sealed Envelopes,’ Lawsuit Forces School District To Publicly Apologize, Get Religious Liberty Training

Decision Magazine - October 19, 2026

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24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Bible College In Nepal, Raising Fears Of Targeted Hostility

Christian Persecution

‘They Want Us To Shut Our Mouths’: Large Banks Debanked, Discriminated Against Customers For Christian Views

Biblical Truth Belongs On The Streets: UK Church Stands Up For The Right Of Christians To Share The Full Gospel In Public

FFA Bars Christian Farmer Group From National Expo Over ‘Religious Affiliation,’ Failure To Hit DEI Goals

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Maligned By Liberal Media For Ministry Work On Capitol Hill

New Report Examines Why More Than 500 Million Christians Worldwide Still Struggle To Obtain A Bible

Christian Woman Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Fresh Charges For Standing And Silent Prayer, Arguing That Prosecution Amounts To ‘Abuse Of Process’

Trampling Constitutional Freedoms: New California Mandate Would Force Churches To Provide Pro-LGBT ‘Anti-Hate Speech’ Training

Legal Experts Sound The Alarm About California Public Housing Measure, Warning It Could Be Used To Confiscate Church Property

As Anti-Christian Sentiment Grows Across The West, The Struggle Of The Church In Communist China Presents A Warning

A Vitally Important Case For Freedoms: Has Christian Belief Become A Dangerous Thought Crime In The UK

Iranian Christian Granted Israeli Residency After Huckabee Appeals to Netanyahu

Oregon Hospital Tries—And Fails—To Keep Nurse From Starting Bible Study For Co-workers

Uganda Sisters Nearly Burned To Death Following Christian Conversion: ‘The Fire Consumed Our Shelter But Not Our Faith In Christ’

Nigerian Pastor, Believer Killed On Their Way To Church

What The Growing Hatred Of All Things Christians Tells Us About The Direction Of Our World

Religious Organizations Have a Right to Access Federal Funds, DOJ Legal Opinion States

Myanmar Military Dictators Execute Longtime Christian Pastor

Silent Ideological Cleansing: How Christian Physicians Are Being Screened Out By The Medical Establishment

Christian Persecution Surges in Iran: At Least 33 Ministers Killed, More Than 130 Arrested

Defaming The First Amendment: University Calls Religious Liberty A ‘License To Discriminate’

Mother Appeals To Supreme Court After Being Barred From Taking Her Daughter To Calvary Chapels, Exposing Her To The Bible

Nigerian Journalist Cleared of Criminal Defamation Charges After Reporting on Christian Persecution

How Putin Is Working To Erase Church In Ukraine, Twist Christianity In Service To The State

Washington State Backs Off Censorship Of Christian Counseling Following Lawsuit, SCOTUS Ruling

America’s Constitution Protects Freedom Of Religion, Not Freedom From Religion

Christian Finnish Parliamentarian Blocked From Entering UK To Discuss Free Speech At Religious Liberty Conference

Cult Inquiry Report Risks Undermining Australian Religious Freedom

College Student Denied Financial Aid for Choosing Religious Major

Secularists Once Again Have Grown Tired Of Christianity’s Influence In Australia

Canada Raises Alarm Bells After Telling Chaplains Not To Talk About God In Public, Restricting ‘Religious Specific’ Speech

Nigerian Court Rules Religious Police Cannot Arrest Christian Woman for Converting from Islam

‘You Just Have To Keep Fighting’: Lawyers Who Defended BGEA Discuss Opposition, Vitriol, And Hope For Religious Freedom In The UK

DOJ Releases Guidance Strengthening Religious Liberty Protections

More Than Playing Defense: Tennessee’s Religious Liberty Comeback Offers A Lesson For Every State

Senate Bill Would Codify Religious Liberties of Military Chaplains

‘My Prayer Is That Believers Would Stand Firm’: Physician Assistant Fired Over Trans Mandates Wins Settlement Against Hospital

British Millionaire Pledges Legal Aid For Christian Street Preachers

Oregon Dept of Human Services Claims That Christian Parents Caused ‘Mental Injury’ By Refuting The Lie Of Transgenderism

Iraq’s Court Of Cassation Affirms Woman’s Right To Be Classified As A Christian In State’s Official Database

White House Religious Liberty Commission Issues Pressing Warning About Europe’s Free Speech Crisis

Which States Rank Highest—And Lowest—For Religious Liberty?

Christian Persecution

After Forcing Students to Hide Their Bibles In ‘Sealed Envelopes,’ Lawsuit Forces School District To Publicly Apologize, Get Religious Liberty Training

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24 South Korean Christians Arrested at Bible College In Nepal, Raising Fears Of Targeted Hostility

Sources in Nepal and South Korea state that the Koreans were arrested at a gathering at the Nepal New Covenant College (NNCC) in Morang District on Oct. 9. NNCC Principal Sarad KC told UCA News that “the visitors were interacting with believers inside a local bible college and not preaching or sharing the gospel in public with the intention of proselytization. The arrest raises fears over targeted hostility towards Christians by the state.” The NNCC has been teaching theological courses for Nepalese Christians since 2013.

Christian Persecution

‘They Want Us To Shut Our Mouths’: Large Banks Debanked, Discriminated Against Customers For Christian Views

Nine of the nation’s largest banks relied on subjective decision-making and the opinions of advocacy organizations to terminate customer accounts or deny service to potential customers—often because of Biblical beliefs on key moral issues—between 2020 and September 2025. The findings, released Wednesday, were part of a report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that charters, regulates, and supervises banks and federal savings associations.

Biblical Truth Belongs On The Streets: UK Church Stands Up For The Right Of Christians To Share The Full Gospel In Public

FFA Bars Christian Farmer Group From National Expo Over ‘Religious Affiliation,’ Failure To Hit DEI Goals

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Maligned By Liberal Media For Ministry Work On Capitol Hill

New Report Examines Why More Than 500 Million Christians Worldwide Still Struggle To Obtain A Bible

Christian Woman Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Fresh Charges For Standing And Silent Prayer, Arguing That Prosecution Amounts To ‘Abuse Of Process’

Trampling Constitutional Freedoms: New California Mandate Would Force Churches To Provide Pro-LGBT ‘Anti-Hate Speech’ Training

Legal Experts Sound The Alarm About California Public Housing Measure, Warning It Could Be Used To Confiscate Church Property

As Anti-Christian Sentiment Grows Across The West, The Struggle Of The Church In Communist China Presents A Warning

A Vitally Important Case For Freedoms: Has Christian Belief Become A Dangerous Thought Crime In The UK

Iranian Christian Granted Israeli Residency After Huckabee Appeals to Netanyahu

Oregon Hospital Tries—And Fails—To Keep Nurse From Starting Bible Study For Co-workers

Uganda Sisters Nearly Burned To Death Following Christian Conversion: ‘The Fire Consumed Our Shelter But Not Our Faith In Christ’

Nigerian Pastor, Believer Killed On Their Way To Church

What The Growing Hatred Of All Things Christians Tells Us About The Direction Of Our World

Religious Organizations Have a Right to Access Federal Funds, DOJ Legal Opinion States

Myanmar Military Dictators Execute Longtime Christian Pastor

Silent Ideological Cleansing: How Christian Physicians Are Being Screened Out By The Medical Establishment

Christian Persecution Surges in Iran: At Least 33 Ministers Killed, More Than 130 Arrested

Defaming The First Amendment: University Calls Religious Liberty A ‘License To Discriminate’

Mother Appeals To Supreme Court After Being Barred From Taking Her Daughter To Calvary Chapels, Exposing Her To The Bible

Nigerian Journalist Cleared of Criminal Defamation Charges After Reporting on Christian Persecution

How Putin Is Working To Erase Church In Ukraine, Twist Christianity In Service To The State

Washington State Backs Off Censorship Of Christian Counseling Following Lawsuit, SCOTUS Ruling

America’s Constitution Protects Freedom Of Religion, Not Freedom From Religion

Christian Finnish Parliamentarian Blocked From Entering UK To Discuss Free Speech At Religious Liberty Conference

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Maligned By Liberal Media For Ministry Work On Capitol Hill

New Report Examines Why More Than 500 Million Christians Worldwide Still Struggle To Obtain A Bible

Christian Woman Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Fresh Charges For Standing And Silent Prayer, Arguing That Prosecution Amounts To ‘Abuse Of Process’

Trampling Constitutional Freedoms: New California Mandate Would Force Churches To Provide Pro-LGBT ‘Anti-Hate Speech’ Training

Legal Experts Sound The Alarm About California Public Housing Measure, Warning It Could Be Used To Confiscate Church Property

As Anti-Christian Sentiment Grows Across The West, The Struggle Of The Church In Communist China Presents A Warning

A Vitally Important Case For Freedoms: Has Christian Belief Become A Dangerous Thought Crime In The UK

Iranian Christian Granted Israeli Residency After Huckabee Appeals to Netanyahu

Oregon Hospital Tries—And Fails—To Keep Nurse From Starting Bible Study For Co-workers

Uganda Sisters Nearly Burned To Death Following Christian Conversion: ‘The Fire Consumed Our Shelter But Not Our Faith In Christ’

Nigerian Pastor, Believer Killed On Their Way To Church

What The Growing Hatred Of All Things Christians Tells Us About The Direction Of Our World

Religious Organizations Have a Right to Access Federal Funds, DOJ Legal Opinion States

Myanmar Military Dictators Execute Longtime Christian Pastor

Silent Ideological Cleansing: How Christian Physicians Are Being Screened Out By The Medical Establishment

Christian Persecution Surges in Iran: At Least 33 Ministers Killed, More Than 130 Arrested

Defaming The First Amendment: University Calls Religious Liberty A ‘License To Discriminate’

Mother Appeals To Supreme Court After Being Barred From Taking Her Daughter To Calvary Chapels, Exposing Her To The Bible

Nigerian Journalist Cleared of Criminal Defamation Charges After Reporting on Christian Persecution

How Putin Is Working To Erase Church In Ukraine, Twist Christianity In Service To The State

Washington State Backs Off Censorship Of Christian Counseling Following Lawsuit, SCOTUS Ruling

America’s Constitution Protects Freedom Of Religion, Not Freedom From Religion

Christian Finnish Parliamentarian Blocked From Entering UK To Discuss Free Speech At Religious Liberty Conference

Cult Inquiry Report Risks Undermining Australian Religious Freedom

College Student Denied Financial Aid for Choosing Religious Major

Secularists Once Again Have Grown Tired Of Christianity’s Influence In Australia

Canada Raises Alarm Bells After Telling Chaplains Not To Talk About God In Public, Restricting ‘Religious Specific’ Speech

Nigerian Court Rules Religious Police Cannot Arrest Christian Woman for Converting from Islam

‘You Just Have To Keep Fighting’: Lawyers Who Defended BGEA Discuss Opposition, Vitriol, And Hope For Religious Freedom In The UK

DOJ Releases Guidance Strengthening Religious Liberty Protections

More Than Playing Defense: Tennessee’s Religious Liberty Comeback Offers A Lesson For Every State

Senate Bill Would Codify Religious Liberties of Military Chaplains

‘My Prayer Is That Believers Would Stand Firm’: Physician Assistant Fired Over Trans Mandates Wins Settlement Against Hospital

British Millionaire Pledges Legal Aid For Christian Street Preachers

Oregon Dept of Human Services Claims That Christian Parents Caused ‘Mental Injury’ By Refuting The Lie Of Transgenderism

Iraq’s Court Of Cassation Affirms Woman’s Right To Be Classified As A Christian In State’s Official Database

White House Religious Liberty Commission Issues Pressing Warning About Europe’s Free Speech Crisis

Which States Rank Highest—And Lowest—For Religious Liberty?

Nicaragua Ends Elections As Christians Face Growing Pressure

Despite Heightened Persecution, Christianity Continues To Grow, Even In The Most Hostile Nations

‘Our Rights Come From God, Not Government’: Arkansas Leads The Nation In Protecting Religious Freedom

Why Is An Australian State Government Funding The Mockery Of Christianity?

Amnesty International Receives Severe Backlash After Placing Christian Groups On ‘Anti-Rights’ List

The Finnish Parliamentarian Convicted Of ‘Hate Speech’ Banned From UK For Biblical Beliefs

Christian Parents In Europe Seek Help From Washington After Swedish Gov’t Seizes Their Children, Calls Church Attendance ‘Religious Extremism’

Vindicated Christian Nurse Calls For Urgent National Guidance For The NHS: No One Should Be Compelled To Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’

Student: SCOTUS Victory for Women’s Sports Vindicates Her Obedience to God

European Parliament Strongly Condemns Ongoing Persecution Of Christians In Nigeria Following Village Massacre

Franklin Graham Applauds Trump Administration’s Pressure On China, Securing Release Of Jailed Pastor

New Findings Challenge ‘No Christian Genocide In Nigeria’ Narrative, Reveals Targeted Cruelty Against The Church

Christian Leaders Sounding Alarm: UK Conversion Therapy Bill Could Target Parents, Pastors

Why The Lord’s Prayer Belongs In Western Australia’s Parliament

Armed Man With Flamethrowers, Crossbows, Hundreds of Rounds of Ammo Arrested Outside North Carolina Church

Coalition Asks U.S. To Intervene In Case of Syrian Christian

Biblical Truth Belongs On The Streets: UK Church Stands Up For The Right Of Christians To Share The Full Gospel In Public

“The gospel belongs on the streets” was the message that anchored the day as we joined Bread of Life Community Church on Colchester High Street to stand up for their right to freely share the full gospel in public. Next week, the church will be in the Magistrates’ Court appealing a Community Protection Notice (CPN) which seeks to silence their freedom to share the full gospel with the community. Council wardens issued the CPN against Bread of Life, prohibiting the church’s use of amplification as well as warning them about the content of their preaching in relation to divine judgment and hell.

FFA Bars Christian Farmer Group From National Expo Over ‘Religious Affiliation,’ Failure To Hit DEI Goals

The largest student-led youth organization in U.S. agriculture barred the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International (FCFI) from participating in the 2026 National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis later this month, solely for its religion. Christian legal organization Liberty Counsel filed a demand letter on FCFI’s behalf. The National Future Farmers of America (FFA) organization denied FCFI exhibit space, stating that FFA policy bars groups with “religious affiliations” from eligibility to exhibit. For decades prior to 2018, the FCFI, a non-profit Christian ministry that seeks to connect faith and agriculture, had been exhibiting at the FFA’s national expo. But around 2018, it was “disinvited” for not aligning with FFA’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” expected goals.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Maligned By Liberal Media For Ministry Work On Capitol Hill

The insinuation to nefarious or unethical motivations in the Post piece reflects the typical suspicion, skepticism, and general negativity of mainstream reporters who often seem incapable of or unwilling to accept Christians behaving like Christians. In a hyper cynical climate like the Beltway, many find it impossible to believe that a Christian woman would be led to help other women without some ulterior incentive.

New Report Examines Why More Than 500 Million Christians Worldwide Still Struggle To Obtain A Bible

There’s limited access to a digital version of the Bible across countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia, but surveillance and monitorization are intense, Christian websites are often blocked, and extremist groups keep a keen eye on Bible use and distribution. “The translation exists. The digital Bible exists. Safe access does not.”

Christian Woman Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Fresh Charges For Standing And Silent Prayer, Arguing That Prosecution Amounts To ‘Abuse Of Process’

“Standing silently and holding certain beliefs in a public space should never be a crime. Yet, despite being vindicated of wrongdoing on multiple occasions and receiving a financial settlement after two wrongful arrests, I was once again charged last year for my mere presence within a “buffer zone”, and have today received fresh charges. I am deeply troubled by this violation of the basic right to my own thoughts and to my deeply-held Christian pro-life convictions. I pray that common sense and freedom will prevail, so that no one else has to face criminal treatment for what they believe.“ — Isabel Vaughan-Spruce

Trampling Constitutional Freedoms: New California Mandate Would Force Churches To Provide Pro-LGBT ‘Anti-Hate Speech’ Training

“What I think the state is doing is it’s trying to intimidate churches into following through with this,” he lamented. “They should not be receiving any kind of ideological training from the state on any moral issue. That’s why what churches need to be doing is asking for religious accommodations. The federal law and the state law already require businesses to accommodate people’s faith if they’re being required to do something that violates their faith. … [T]his is one of those points in history here in California where civil disobedience is going to be necessary.”

Legal Experts Sound The Alarm About California Public Housing Measure, Warning It Could Be Used To Confiscate Church Property

The controversy began in October 2023, when California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law a measure that allowed religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to bypass local zoning laws in order to quickly establish affordable housing. The measure was apparently intended to make it easier for local jurisdictions to abide by state regulations that mandate a certain amount of appropriately zoned land in order to accommodate population growth across all economic levels, including extremely low-income individuals like the homeless. But now, churches in the deep blue state are finding that property developers are attempting to use the regulations to force them to sell property against their will, which could eventually devolve into their property being confiscated through eminent domain.

As Anti-Christian Sentiment Grows Across The West, The Struggle Of The Church In Communist China Presents A Warning

Most Christians are aware of the struggle the church in Communist China has had with the government of that country. They have suffered from years of intense persecution and the limited ability to legally evangelize, gather to worship, or even teach their own children about Christ. As anti-Christian sentiment grows across the West, including here in America, we can expect policies like those in China to make their way over here, eventually (unless something changes, of course). Actually, the foundation for such persecution and limitation of Christian freedom is already being laid in America and the entire Western world.

A Vitally Important Case For Freedoms: Has Christian Belief Become A Dangerous Thought Crime In The UK

This is a vitally important case for Christian freedoms. The case now rests on whether employers are entitled to subject Christians to additional vetting because of their Christian beliefs. Should an employer discover that you are a Christian, is the employer entitled to require an additional interview, demand assurances from you about your beliefs, or even refuse you employment because of your Christian beliefs? This, then, is really about whether employers can discriminate against you because of your Christian beliefs. Requiring an extra interview, or extra assurances, is discriminatory after all. Arguing that people may be at risk of suicide if they find out you are a Christian is a whole other level of discriminatory thinking. It amounts to claiming that Christian belief is a dangerous thought crime.

Iranian Christian Granted Israeli Residency After Huckabee Appeals to Netanyahu

Huckabee sent an official letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighting Parsa’s support for Israel, his public opposition to the Iranian regime’s threats, and the humanitarian circumstances facing his family. Parsa’s attorneys then submitted the ambassador’s letter as part of the legal proceedings. The residency decision allows Parsa to remain legally in Israel for the next year and opens the door for him to seek permanent status.

Oregon Hospital Tries—And Fails—To Keep Nurse From Starting Bible Study For Co-workers

A nurse says hospital administrators in Oregon refused her initial request to start an employee resource group for Christians, who wanted to meet for prayer and Bible study, despite providing similar accommodations for other religious employee groups.

Uganda Sisters Nearly Burned To Death Following Christian Conversion: ‘The Fire Consumed Our Shelter But Not Our Faith In Christ’

Two sisters were recovering Thursday after their father allegedly tried to burn them to death in western Uganda. In comments shared with Worthy News, Amina and Shamila recalled being inside their home in the Kibenge locality in Uganda’s Kasese District when their house was set on fire. They explained that their father, Muhamud, had doused the house with petrol, then set it alight while they were asleep on September 6.

Nigerian Pastor, Believer Killed On Their Way To Church

Masara Kim of TruthNigeria told CBN News that radical Islamic Fulani militants have been linked to many of these massacres, including those from this weekend. The news group had warned people that they were planning attacks in the area and cautioned them to watch for usual targets: buses, markets, churches, and rural communities. Radical Islamist groups are growing in power. Open Doors has ranked Nigeria as the seventh most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian.

What The Growing Hatred Of All Things Christians Tells Us About The Direction Of Our World

To see just how delusional our world has become, consider the way that many politicians and world leaders are protecting and even promoting the practice of Islam, which refuses to submit to non-Muslim governmental systems and is not simply a religion but a political system as well, and promotes Sharia law. Yet Western society blindly demands the coexistence of all belief systems while pushing for the extinction of the one that stands for truth, the Christian faith.

Religious Organizations Have a Right to Access Federal Funds, DOJ Legal Opinion States

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) recently issued a landmark legal opinion that fundamentally changes how the federal government interacts with faith-based organizations. The opinion declares that blocking federal funds from being used for religious purposes or by religious groups is generally unconstitutional.

Myanmar Military Dictators Execute Longtime Christian Pastor

“We grieve with his family, his congregation, and our Chin brothers and sisters everywhere. This was an extrajudicial killing, carried out without due process or trial,” Stoops said. “But grief demands action. We call on the international community, and especially the United States, to hold those responsible accountable.”

Silent Ideological Cleansing: How Christian Physicians Are Being Screened Out By The Medical Establishment

When Christian physicians are quietly pushed out of medicine, the most affected victims prove to be the patients. Millions upon millions of Americans seek out physicians who align with them and their family’s moral convictions, and that small minority that honors the intrinsic value of every human life is slowly being rooted out. By conditioning medical admission upon secular compliance, the medical establishment has created an ideological monolith, one that has swapped out Hippocratic healing for ideological conformity.

Christian Persecution Surges in Iran: At Least 33 Ministers Killed, More Than 130 Arrested

Texas-based Iran Alive Ministries, which trains house-church leaders and shines the Gospel into Farsi-speaking homes, has released a grim glimpse from its own network: In the past few months alone, Iran’s Islamist government has killed at least 33 Christian ministers and arrested approximately 131 others. Fourteen of those arrested remain in prison, with some sitting on death row.

Defaming The First Amendment: University Calls Religious Liberty A ‘License To Discriminate’

The state’s flagship university relies on taxpayer dollars, which in turn at least partly support such trainings. Arielle Del Turco, director of Family Research Council’s Center for Religious Liberty, noted the irony of taxpayer-funded institutions taking aim at the Constitution. Del Turco told Decision: “It’s sad that the University of Georgia is effectively defaming the First Amendment. Religious liberty is not a license to discriminate against anyone. Rather, it protects everyone’s fundamental right to live according to their own deeply held beliefs.”

Mother Appeals To Supreme Court After Being Barred From Taking Her Daughter To Calvary Chapels, Exposing Her To The Bible

In December 2024, the Portland District Court ruled that Ava’s father, Matthew Bradeen, would have full control over all religious attendances, including “the right to make final decisions regarding [the daughter’s] participation in other churches and religious organizations.” The court ruled that there had been “no showing of harm to [the child] associated with a belief system that is rooted in the Bible” but found issue with the Biblical teachings of eternal salvation, Heaven, hell, angels and demons as well as teaching the Bible “verse by verse, chapter by chapter.” The Maine Supreme Court ruled that a mother cannot take her 13-year-old daughter to church and cannot “expose” her to any “religious philosophy or the Bible in general” without the approval of the daughter’s father. The mother, Emily Bickford, is seeking an intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nigerian Journalist Cleared of Criminal Defamation Charges After Reporting on Christian Persecution

Luka Binniyat, a Kaduna-based journalist recognised as one of Nigeria’s preeminent voices reporting on the persecution of Christians in Southern Kaduna, has been formally cleared of criminal defamation charges after a five-year legal battle.

How Putin Is Working To Erase Church In Ukraine, Twist Christianity In Service To The State

During my visit to Ukraine, Denys Uliutin, Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity, briefed me on Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s religious heritage, damaging or destroying hundreds of religious structures, a pattern documented by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Ukrainian officials have also documented 67 religious leaders and clergy killed or who died as a result of torture in occupied territories.

Washington State Backs Off Censorship Of Christian Counseling Following Lawsuit, SCOTUS Ruling

Tingley, who has counseled adults and minors for more than 20 years, challenged a 2018 state law that bars counselors from encouraging and helping minors reject same-sex attraction or gender confusion. That same law permits counselors to encourage gender transitions. Those who violate the law could face suspension from their practice and loss of their license, as well as fines of up to $5,000 per violation.

America’s Constitution Protects Freedom Of Religion, Not Freedom From Religion

America’s Constitution protects freedom OF religion not freedom FROM religion. Nowhere does the Constitution guarantee the right to be shielded from ever seeing someone exercise their religious beliefs in public. That’s because religious liberty is the freedom that defines America.

Christian Finnish Parliamentarian Blocked From Entering UK To Discuss Free Speech At Religious Liberty Conference

A Finnish parliamentarian has been blocked from entering the UK to give an address on freedom of speech at a conference this week, following her criminal conviction for “hate speech” by Finland’s Supreme Court. Longstanding Christian politician Päivi Räsänen, who is a member of the Finnish Parliament’s “Friends of the United Kingdom” group, was due to give a talk in person this week about freedom of speech, at a religious freedom conference. However, in July, Räsänen was informed that her Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to the UK had been cancelled, despite her application initially being approved in June.

Cult Inquiry Report Risks Undermining Australian Religious Freedom

The Victorian Government has six months to respond to the report. We urge it to strike the right balance between protecting people from genuine cults and safeguarding fundamental freedoms. Protecting vulnerable people and protecting religious freedom are not competing objectives. Victoria can and should do both.

College Student Denied Financial Aid for Choosing Religious Major

When Bethany’s major was just “Music Education,” she qualified. But when she changed her major to “Music & Worship,” the state said she was no longer eligible. “Excluding students from a state scholarship or grant simply because their choice of major is religious is discriminatory,” said Jeremy Dys, Senior Counsel for First Liberty. Bethany is simply asking for the same freedom every other student enjoys: the right to choose her course of study.

Secularists Once Again Have Grown Tired Of Christianity’s Influence In Australia

Although this is an optional question on the census, secular groups have invested significant resources in urging Australians to tick the “no religion” box. Why? Their stated motivation is to see balance returned to government budgets which they claim heavily favour public funding of Christian institutions and services.

Canada Raises Alarm Bells After Telling Chaplains Not To Talk About God In Public, Restricting ‘Religious Specific’ Speech

Canada’s government has raised alarms by instructing military chaplains that they may offer “inclusive” spiritual reflections at public events but cannot pray or mention God. The personnel instruction released July 29 by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) does not apply to funerals or voluntary worship services, but does apply to all other public events, including military parades, change of command ceremonies, commissioning of ships and historical commemorations.

Nigerian Court Rules Religious Police Cannot Arrest Christian Woman for Converting from Islam

A Federal High Court in northern Nigeria has ruled that Islamic religious police have no authority to arrest a young woman over her conversion from Islam to Christianity, in a judgment that curbs the reach of Sharia enforcement units operating in northern Nigeria. The ruling came in the case of Sarah*, now 22, who fled her family home in Kano State in 2025 after suffering abuse from her elder siblings, who were also attempting to force her into marriage against her wishes. (Sarah’s parents had died years prior.) Sarah took refuge with a Christian family, the Abaras, and while living with them, converted to Christianity herself.

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