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Religious Freedom

Big Religious Liberty Win for MacArthur & Grace Church in Battle Over COVID Prompted Overreach

Religious liberty and the Constitution won today against the overbroad, arbitrary, indeterminate, and clearly unconstitutional mandates from Newsom & LA County.

Africa

Destruction, Killing of Christians Continues Unabated in Nigeria

3,400 Nigerian Christians killed this year by militants through end of July, already nearing last year’s record bloodshed.

Christian Persecution

China Offers Cash to Citizens to Spy on Christian Neighbors, Report ‘Illegal Religious Activities’

A new reward system is being used in China as a way to crack down on Christians who engage in "illegal religious activities."

Europe

Hungary Defends Biblical Principles & Helps the Persecuted: ‘Hungary is a Christian Nation’

"We have confirmed in our constitution that the marriage is between one man and one woman, that life has to be protected from conception."

Asia

Hindu Nationalists in India Rally Against Christians: “Let Us Drag People From the Churches”

“Let us drag people from the church and stop conversions at any cost,” President of the Chhattisgarh BJP reportedly said.

Coronavirus

Fiorazo: Resisting Medical Tyranny, Passports & Politics

Some of us saw this coming. What is unfolding is bigger than COVID and the shots. It is about freedom and control of an abusive government-media conglomerate.

Religious Freedom

Victory For Conscience & Common Sense: Fed. Judge Blocks Biden Admin’s Transgender, Abortion Mandate

“Everyone benefits when doctors are able to follow their professional medical judgment and their Hippocratic Oath to ‘Do No Harm.’”

Christian Persecution

Report: Taliban Killing People Found with Bibles on Their Phones

“We’re hearing from reliable sources that the Taliban demand people’s phones, and if they find a downloaded Bible on your device, they will kill you immediately"

LGBT+ Agenda

‘National Implications’: Hobby Lobby Loses Legal Battle On Transgender Bathrooms Case

Ken Ham: Thank you Hobby Lobby for doing your best to protect women & follow true science. Genetics, biology & physiology confirm what God's Word teaches...

Christian Persecution

Church Leader Warns ‘The Taliban Are Going to Eliminate the Christian Population of Afghanistan’

"The Christian community in Afghanistan is strong. They're trusting Jesus, they're walking with Jesus, despite the potential of being eliminated by the Taliban"

Asia

Franklin Graham: The Blood Of Afghanistan Will Be On The Hands Of The Biden/Harris Administration

Think of the prospects ahead for Christians in the country. The blood of this nation will be on the hands of the Biden/Harris administration.

Religious Freedom

Washington Florist’s Religious Liberty Case Not Over Yet, Lawyers Contend

Despite SCOTUS refusal to hear an appeal from florist Barronelle Stutzman, the devout Christian’s legal recourse still might not be over.

Religious Freedom

DOJ Abandons Lawsuit it Filed on Behalf of Pro-Life Nurse Forced to Participate in Abortion

The nurse was misled into participating in what she was told was a procedure following a miscarriage, only to find out in operating room it was an abortion

Religious Freedom

‘Anti-Racist’ Facebook Group Secretly Planned To Disrupt School To Get Christian Gym Teacher Fired

The group, targeted teacher Tanner Cross after he publicly opposed a proposed policy regarding transgender students

Christian Persecution

10th Circuit Rules State Can Force Christian Web Designer To Make Websites Conflicting with Her Beliefs

“How many more creative professionals will have to suffer before they receive recognition of their constitutionally protected freedoms"

Christian Persecution

Chinese Authorities Raid Online Church Service, Force Pastors to Stop Preaching

Authorities forced the Pastors to stop preaching as other Chinese Communist Party officials enclosed on the church building

Religious Freedom

Beliefs Or Livelihood: Michigan Farmers in Court to Defend Their Rights

"The city of East Lansing is asking us to choose between the peaceful expression of our beliefs and our livelihood. No one should have to face that choice.”

Religious Freedom

University of Iowa Found Guilty of Discriminating Against InterVarsity Group

“The good news is that they’ve been held accountable, and school officials nationwide are on notice,” the senior counsel stated.

Religious Freedom

Settlement, Apology Sends Strong Statement for Religious Freedom in the UK

“This is an important moment for religious freedom in the UK... My prayer is that this case will encourage Christians to stand firm.”

Censorship

Colombian High Court Orders Review After Social Media Star Told to Remove Video Sharing Biblical Marriage Beliefs

"Nobody should have to be afraid of censorship or criminal sanctions for voicing their deeply held beliefs."

Religious Freedom

Christian Group Barred From Arenas in W. Australia Because Biblical Views Do Not Align With ‘Government’s Views’

ACL Managing Director wrote: “So, apparently the WA government won’t allow venues to host people who disagree with them. Welcome to China."

Christian Persecution

‘Dark Days for Religious Liberty’: Journalist Likens Canadian Church Arsons to ‘Kristallnacht’

“I’m reluctant to use the word ‘Kristallnacht'... But what do you call it when literally dozens of churches are being systemically vandalized, torched?"

Religious Freedom

Hobby Lobby Faces Backlash for Ad Declaring America is ‘One Nation Under God’

"Hobby Lobby is being attacked for running some beautiful full-page newspaper ads on July 4. These positive ads have outraged enemies of God’s Word"

Canadian News

On the Brink: The Criminalization of Christianity in Canada

Many steps that are steadily eroding Christian freedom may now be coming to a head... if this can happen in Canada, it can happen anywhere

Christian Persecution

Army Chaplain’s Facebook Post on Transgender Military Policy Almost Cost Him His Career

Military chaplains enjoy freedoms like free speech & religion, except when liberal superiors decide to punish for the “wrong” policies

Christian Persecution

‘Disturbing Trend’: The Weaponization of The Justice System to Ruin Those With Whom Activists Disagree

“He is standing up for his rights to decline to be a part of something he doesn’t believe in. In taking this stand, he is fighting for all of our rights to do the same"

Religious Freedom

Christian Non-Profit Denied Tax-Exempt Status by IRS For ‘Republican Beliefs’

The IRS denied the group tax-exempt status, stating that “Bible teachings are typically affiliated” with the Republican Party.

Religious Freedom

SCOTUS Unanimously Rules Gov’t Can’t Discriminate Against Faith Bases Organizations

Franklin Graham: "Religious agencies and organizations should not be forced to go against their beliefs and biblical standards."

Religious Freedom

Ontario Adoption Officials Reject Christian Family That Disagreed With Gender Ideology

Gender ideology has gone from the fringe to the mainstream, with all its major tenets now enforced by the Canadian federal government.

Religious Freedom

Illinois School Reverses Decision to Ban 2nd Grade Girl From Bringing Her Bible to School

Parents of a 2nd-grader were outraged after their daughter's Bible was taken away for reading scripture aloud, while other kids listen

Christian Persecution

Pakistani High Court Acquits Christian Couple on Death Row

The Lahore High Court in Pakistan on June 3 acquitted a Christian couple sentenced to death on charges of blaspheming Islam.

Asia

Christian Doctor in India Suspended after Encouraging Patients to Pray

“This is the state of religious freedom in our state, we can be booked for a conversation that we might have with people of other faith[s]."

Religious Freedom

Judge Denies College of Ozarks’ Request to Block Transgender Housing Directive

“The Biden Admin. can’t force religious colleges and universities to open up their dormitories and showers to members of the opposite sex.”

Religious Freedom

Canadian Crackdown: Third Alberta Pastor Arrested For Holding Church Services

“I don’t think they understand that Christians are committed to follow the lord Jesus Christ regardless of the consequences,” the Pastor said

Christian Persecution

Report: 4 Out of 5 People Live in Countries That Restrict Religious Freedom

New Report from the DoS, “4 out of every 5 people in the world” live in environments with high or very high restrictions on religious freedom

Religious Freedom

Packing the Supreme Court: An Attempt to Stamp Out Religious Liberty?

If Dems succeed in packing SCOTUS what freedoms now protected will they first try to cancel? Here’s our guess: Religious liberty.

Religious Freedom

HHS’ New Gender Policy Threatens Religious Liberty, Conscience Protections

“This policy is really about forcing hospitals and medical professionals to adhere to leftist ideology regarding sexuality and gender”

Religious Freedom

How the Church Should Respond to Cancel Culture

America finds itself in a culture that “cancels” everything opposed to the mainstream moral narrative, & the church stands at the front line

Religious Freedom

Permit Denied For National Day of Prayer at US Capitol For First Time In 70 Years; What Does This Mean for America?

After almost 70 years, the National Day of Prayer this year looks very different in Washington DC. That is because the permit to hold...

LGBT+ Agenda

Finnish Politician Charged With ‘Hate Speech’ for Expressing Biblical Views on Homosexuality

“I cannot accept that voicing my religious beliefs could mean imprisonment. My statements were all based on the Bible’s teachings...”

Christian Persecution

CCP Advances Efforts to Wipe Out Christianity by Removing Bible Apps, Christian WeChat

The Chinese government is taking further steps to remove religious materials from the hands of Christians as the Communist regime strives to eliminate the...

Christian Persecution

UK Pastor Arrested For Saying Marriage is Between a Man & a Woman

A Christian pastor in the UK was arrested by police after a member of the public reported him for the “homophobic” comment of saying...

Africa

Coptic Christian Executed by ISIS-Linked Group in Warning to Egyptian Christians

“While we have been preoccupied in this country with political battles, the coronavirus, and more, radical Islam is still at work...”

Christian Persecution

Billy Graham Ministry & Scottish Church Booted from Rental Space Over Biblical Beliefs

"We made it clear to the venue at the time of booking we're a Christian organization–This is anti-religious discrimination, plain & simple"

Canadian News

GraceLife Pastor Takes Church Underground: ‘The Church Isn’t A Building, It’s a Blood-Bought People’

"They know they're going to be judged in accord with the Word of God & they still continue to persevere in their obstinacy. This is defiance"

Religious Freedom

ADF Files Motion To Intervene In ‘Radical’ Lawsuit Attacking Religious Schools

“It doesn’t solve them. It creates constitutional violations by discriminating against the schools for operating according to their faith.”

Canadian News

Canadian MP launches national petition to open church barricaded by police

This petition already has +5.3K signatures; “This act is tyrannical gov't overreach, and is a direct violation of Canadian Charter rights"

Religious Freedom

SCOTUS Rules Against CA’s Restrictions on Bible Studies, Prayer Meetings in Private Homes

The majority opinion said, that California "treats some comparable secular activities more favorably than at-home religious exercise"

Canadian News

‘Get Out You Nazis’: Canadian Police Attempt to Disrupt Easter Service, Pastor Demands They ‘Get Out’

“Can you imagine those psychopaths? Passover. The holiest Christian festival of the year & they’re coming to intimidate Christians?"

Asia

Witnesses: China Imprisoning Christians in Underground ‘Brainwashing’ Torture Centers

Eyewitnesses in a report that CCP officials imprisoned them in mobile “brainwashing” centers designed to make them renounce Christianity

Canadian News

Ontario Gov’t Limits Churches in Severe Province-Wide Lockdown —Eve of Ressurection Sunday

The lockdown new restrictions come on the eve of resurrection Sunday, with many seeing it as deliberate anti-Christian discrimination

Christian Persecution

Court: Forcing Christian Professor to Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’ is ‘Unacceptable Religious Hostility’

"This case forced us to defend what used to be a common belief—that nobody should be forced to contradict their core beliefs just to keep their job"

Christian Persecution

Christian Actress Who Was Fired for Biblical Beliefs on Sexuality Now Ordered to Pay $414,000

"I do not believe homosexual practice is right, though the law of this land has made it legal doesn't mean it is right."

Distress of Nations

Palm Sunday Suicide Bombers Target Worshipers in Indonesian Church

A suicide bombing outside a church after Palm Sunday Service in Indonesia has injured more than a dozen churchgoers, some seriously.

Asia

China Arrests at Least Ten Christians in Raid of Private Bible Study

China targeted Church members with “surveillance & harassment,” barring them from religious activities & communicating with each other

Christian Persecution

University Scientist Calls for ‘Tracking & Reporting’ of Students Taking Creationist Courses

University biologist is calling for creationist courses and degrees to be labeled on a student's transcript to maintain "national norms"

LGBT+ Agenda

Christian Baker Back in Court as 8-Year Legal Saga Continues – This Time It’s a Transgender Cake

"His opponents are weaponizing the law to punish and destroy him because he won’t create expression that violates his Christian faith."

Christian Persecution

‘Blatant Religious Discrimination’: Federal Court Takes Univ. of Iowa to School for Canceling Christian Club

Federal appeals court ruled the Univ. of Iowa officials who kicked a Christian student club off campus can be held personally accountable

Canadian News

LGBT Activists Sue Canadian Pastor For Preaching Biblical Morality

This Pastor is the canary in the coal mine — if this case succeeds, we'll see a major effort to uncover sermons critical of the LGBT agenda

Christian Persecution

Freedom From Religion Foundation warns FBI to stop praying at bureau events

The FFRF wrote a letter to the FBI demanding that it provide a list of anything remotely related to the Christian faith.

Censorship

Cancel Culture Will Find You

Even the nicest and most circumspect of believers will be forced to either stand with Christ or shrink back in unfaithfulness and fear.

Africa

Muslims Sent To Threaten, Rape & Attack Church After Imam’s Wife Turns to Christ

Pastor: “I've been receiving messages alleging my Christian activities of converting Muslims to Christ will be met with severe punishment"

Canadian News

Judge Dismisses Bail Appeal, Keeps Canadian Pastor Behind Bars

The Pastor will remain in jail 2 months after judge dismissed bail appeal, which block his release unless he agrees to not hold church

Christian Persecution

‘Deeply Troubling’: Biden Fires Attorney Who Defended Religious Liberty of Employees

An attorney within the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who had gained a reputation for defending religious liberty was fired by Biden

Canadian News

Canadian Church Fined $83K for Hosting In-Person Worship Service Amid Pandemic

A Canadian church was ordered to pay $83K by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice following an in-person church service in January.

Deceptions

Framing Christians as Domestic Terrorists

We must not allow the left to turn our love for God and respect for our country into something shameful, wrong, or dangerous.

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