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Canadian News

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

Source - March 1, 2021

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

Christian Persecution

Fiorazo: Framing Christians as Domestic Terrorists

Source - February 28, 2021

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

US News

House Passes Dangerous ‘Equality Act’ Despite Objections Over Religious Freedom

Source - February 25, 2021

House Dems pass "Equality Act", despite warnings of dire repercussions for religious freedom, women’s sports and parental rights.

Christian Persecution

Franklin Graham Denounces the Equality Act, Calls It a ‘Very Dangerous Bill’

Source - February 23, 2021

Rev. Graham: “It’s just a smokescreen to force Americans to accept the LGBTQ agenda and it creates a lot of INEQUALITY for Christians"

Christian Persecution

As Promised, Dangerous ‘Equality Act’ Reintroduced in Congress

Decision Magazine - February 19, 2021

'All of us deserve better than the profound inequality the conscience-crushing, deceptively titled ‘Equality Act’ promises'

Berean Review

Western Civilization Is Imploding: Now Is The Time For Christians To Make Their Stand

Leo Hohmann - February 17, 2021

We’re learning in the West what those in the East have known for centuries. It takes courage to practice Christianity under totalitarianism.

Christian Persecution

Australian State Bans Prayer & Counseling to Change/Suppress Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

Source - February 9, 2021

The law becomes a real challenge to churches that hold a biblical view of sexuality with violations possibly resulting in up to 10 years

Christian Persecution

Supreme Court Rules California Can’t Enforce Indoor Church Service Ban

Source - February 7, 2021

SCOTUS tells California it can’t bar indoor church services because of COVID, but it can keep for now a ban on singing indoors.

Christian Persecution

Employment Tribunal Hears Case Of Christian Actress Fired Over ‘Homophobic’ Facebook Post

Source - February 7, 2021

Seyi Omooba filed a lawsuit with the employment tribunal against Curve Theatre and her former agents for religious discrimination.

Christian Persecution

Rugby Star Cancelled for 2nd Time For Voicing Biblical Morality on Social Media

Source - February 6, 2021

Dragons rugby league team backflips on signing star player after backlash from sponsors in response to controversy over his Christian Beliefs.

Christian Persecution

Pushing Propaganda To The Pulpit: Denmark to Force Churches to Submit Sermons to Government?

HD Staff - February 4, 2021

A proposed Danish law requiring sermons be translated & submitted to the gov't has sparked concern among Christians throughout the region.

Children in the Crosshairs

High School Senior Faces Disciplinary Hearing for Opting Out of LGBTQ Program

Decision Magazine - February 3, 2021

“We hope President Torres ends the school administrators’ clearly unlawful behavior and protects the religious liberty of every student"

Censorship

Facebook Bans Bible Professor’s Post Critical of Biden’s Transgender Order

Decision Magazine - January 28, 2021

"People need to be able to criticize and forcefully challenge ideas—including ideas that are dominant in elite sectors of the culture"

Christian Persecution

As California Reopens, Judge Upholds Democrat Gov. Newsom’s Ban on Indoor Church Services

Source - January 27, 2021

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled CA Gov.'s prohibiting churches from indoor services didn't discriminate against Christians

Christian Persecution

Ken Ham: New Proposal Denies Accreditation to Christian Schools

Ken Ham - January 26, 2021

In other words, if Christian colleges teach the Bible as true history, don’t support LGBT, evolution, etc they shouldn’t be get accreditation

Christian Persecution

New VA Bill Would Allow Agencies To Be Shut Down For Denying Adoption To Gay Couples

Source - January 25, 2021

VA introduces bill repealing right of adoption agencies to deny child placements with LGBT couples due to religious or moral convictions

Christian Persecution

Court Strikes Obama’s ‘Transgender Mandate’ that Forced Some Doctors to Violate Their Faith

Source - January 21, 2021

This decision recognizes our doctors right to practice medicine in line with their conscience, without politically motivated interference.

Christian Persecution

Photographer Faces $100K Fines from Law that Favors Gay Rights over Christian Convictions

Source - January 19, 2021

The photographer said lawmakers “call views like mine bigotry, and want to punish me and remove me from the public square"

Berean Review

Tony Perkins: Andrew Brunson – 5 Ways To Prepare For Persecution Ahead

Tony Perkins - January 18, 2021

Tony Perkins - Wasting away in a Turkish prison wasn't how Andrew Brunson would have chosen to spend two years of his life --...

Berean Review

Ken Ham: Church Faces $10M in Fines for Opening

Ken Ham - January 15, 2021

Such courage & boldness as exhibited by this church is needed in the church throughout the West as intolerance and persecution increases.

Christian Persecution

HHS Issues Rule to Protect Faith-Based Adoption & Foster Care Providers

Decision Magazine - January 12, 2021

The Obama administration’s regulation discriminated against faith-based providers simply because of their beliefs about marriage.

Canadian News

‘We Simply Desire to Worship Our Lord’: Church Fined for Holding In-Person Worship

Source - January 7, 2021

"The reality is that the Bible teaches a world government that will be anti-God and a world government that will reject the scriptures."

Morality

‘We Want God’: Trump Issues Proclamation Packed with Powerful Quotes on Faith and Freedom

Source - December 31, 2020

Trump: “A society without religion cannot prosper. A nation without faith cannot endure—because justice, goodness, and peace cannot prevail without the grace of God."

Christian Persecution

UK Political Group Urges AmazonSmile to drop BGEA, Other Christian Organizations

Decision Magazine - December 28, 2020

A UK-based political org. is pressuring Amazon to eliminate dozens of evangelical Christian organizations from its AmazonSmile charity program.

Berean Review

Ken Ham: There’s Great Danger In Gov’t Officials Telling Constituents How & Where They Can Worship

Ken Ham - December 22, 2020

It’s very obvious by the inconsistent mandates handed down throughout 2020 that religious freedom has been targeted...

Christian Persecution

L.A. County Backs Down, Say Churches Can Worship Indoors Due to Supreme Court Rulings

Source - December 21, 2020

following the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of churches religious liberty, LA County Saturday dropped its ban on indoor worship services

Corruption

Hohmann: Dem. Document Surfaces Demanding Biden Clamp Down On Conservative Christians

Leo Hohmann - December 16, 2020

Group backed by congressional Dems touting a “Secular America” sends document to Biden urging him to strip 1st Amd. rights from Christians

Christian Persecution

SCOTUS Delivers Another Win For Houses Of Worship

Source - December 15, 2020

Religious Freedom victory: Supreme Court issues order siding with Colorado church in one case and a priest & rabbi in New Jersey in another.

Christian Persecution

School District Re-Recognizes Christian Student Group A Year After Threatened Lawsuit

Source - December 15, 2020

Victory for Religious Liberty of students: High School finally agrees to re-recognizes fellowship of christian athletes group

Asia

Pastor In India Attacked By Hindu Extremists, Locked In Room & Left To Die

Source - December 14, 2020

Violence against Christians in Bihar state has increased in the past two years, with attacks on house churches and pastors happening weekly.

Africa

State Department Designates Nigeria Among World’s Worst Religious Freedom Offenders

Decision Magazine - December 10, 2020

US State Dep. says Nigeria is among 10 nations identified as Countries of Particular Concern for violating international religious freedom.

Christian Persecution

‘Religious Freedom Is a Human Right’: Swiss Court Suspends COVID Ban on Worship

Source - December 7, 2020

“Given that other public gatherings are still permitted, we do not see the proportionality of this restriction — it targets religious groups in a discriminatory way"

Morality

SCOTUS Must Protect Religious Freedom From Abuse of Power Amid Pandemic: Kelly Shackelford

Source - December 7, 2020

"If they don’t stand-in for the people, then people have no freedoms because it’s the court’s job to protect & to speak for the Constitution"

Asia

China Arrests 4 Christians for Selling Audio Bibles as Part of Crackdown on Christianity

Source - December 7, 2020

4 Christians arrested for selling audio Bibles this year as part of a government campaign to “eradicate pornography and illegal publications"

Christian Persecution

US Supreme Court Steps in After Months of California Discrimination Against Churches

Source - December 3, 2020

The US Supreme Court tossed a lower federal court ruling that had denied California churches a chance to make their case.

Christian Persecution

Government Threatens Pastor for Not Wearing Mask in Empty Church

Source - December 2, 2020

Dep. of Health threatens to close the church as an “unsafe facility" after employee working alone answered the door maskless.

Africa

Human Rights Advocates Sound Alarm on ‘Christian Genocide’ Unfolding in Africa

Source - December 2, 2020

Muslim terrorists are launching attacks across Africa; "I can tell you that every minute the world is asleep is another minute someone dies"

Canadian News

Canadian Police Block Church Members from Drive-In Service

Source - December 1, 2020

Canadian police officers stopped a church congregation from holding a drive-in worship service on Sunday morning in Manitoba.

Christian Persecution

German Court Hands Restaurant Owner Religious Liberty Victory

Decision Magazine - November 30, 2020

“In a free society, everyone should be able to share their beliefs without fear of criminal investigation or censorship."

Asia

New Bill In China Would Prohibit Foreign Missionaries From Evangelizing

Source - November 29, 2020

Foreigners will be unable to speak freely about God in China, should a new communist bill be put into law.

Christian Persecution

California Church Asks Supreme Court to Block Coronavirus Restrictions on Gatherings

Source - November 25, 2020

Harvest Rock Church is turning to the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction blocking an order from Gov. Gavin Newsom houses of worship

Christian Persecution

Theater Critic Backs Christian Actress Fired For Beliefs

Source - November 23, 2020

The message is: if you "express biblical views, you will be punished & will lose your career if you do not renounce your beliefs"

Christian Persecution

LGBTQ Group Calls on Biden to Pull Accreditation From Religious Schools

Decision Magazine - November 20, 2020

The LGBTQ advocacy group is effectively calling for Christian institutions to be coerced into sexual revolution or stripped of accreditation

Christian Persecution

Iranian Christian Gets 80 Lashes for Drinking Communion Wine

Source - November 18, 2020

The Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday imposed a sentence of 80 lashes on Zaman Fadaee, an Iranian Christian, for drinking Communion wine.

Asia

Indian High Court Stands Up for Christians Persecuted by Hindu Nationals

Source - November 17, 2020

Even though the high court told the persecution to stop, local authorities have looked the other way, according to Christians in the region

Christian Persecution

100+ UK Religious Leaders Take Legal Action Over Ban on Sunday Worship Services

Source - November 16, 2020

+100 church leaders are taking legal action against the English and Welsh gov't for forcing houses of worship to close due to COVID-19

Christian Persecution

Justice Alito Sounds Alarm: ‘Religious Liberty Is in Danger of Becoming a Second-Class Right’

Source - November 13, 2020

Alito: COVID resulted in unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty... Religious liberty is in danger of becoming a 2nd-class right

Christian Persecution

Pew: Christians Still Most ‘Harassed’ Religious Group in the World

Source - November 12, 2020

Christians are harassed in more countries than members of any other faith, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.

Christian Persecution

Christian Ministry to Sue Bank for Closing Its Account Following LGBT ‘Mob Rule’

Decision Magazine - November 12, 2020

The Bank followed the lead of Facebook, PayPal and Mailchimp, which closed down CIT’s accounts after pressure from LGBT activists.

Christian Persecution

Nevada Church Again Petitions Supreme Court on COVID Restrictions

Decision Magazine - November 9, 2020

Alliance Defending Freedom: “There is no constitutional right to gamble, but there is one that protects attending worship services"

Christian Persecution

High Court Hears Philadelphia Religious Liberty-Foster Care Case

Decision Magazine - November 6, 2020

Kavanaugh: What I fear is that the absolutist & extreme position would require us to go back on the promise of respect for religious believers

Christian Persecution

‘True Face of the Communist System’: Cuban Pastor Arrested as Church Demolished by Regime

Source - November 4, 2020

Authorities in Cuba demolish church that has long been a target of the communist regime, arrested pastor who streamed the demolition

Children in the Crosshairs

School District Retroactively Changes Policy to Justify Ban on ‘Jesus Loves Me’ Mask: Lawsuit

Source - November 4, 2020

Mississippi school retroactively banned religious expression on face masks a day after ordering a student to remove her “Jesus Loves Me” mask

Christian Persecution

Second-Highest English Court to Hear Case of Censured Judge Fired for Christian Values

Decision Magazine - November 4, 2020

“I am fighting this battle... I do not want Christian beliefs to be barred from important positions in public life."

Censorship

Scottish Hate Crime Bill Would Criminalize Offensive Dinner Table Conversations

Source - October 30, 2020

Scotland’s new odious hate crime bill would criminalize dinner table conversations if their ‘offensive’ content is reported to police

Asia

North Korea Jails, Executes Anyone Who Owns a Bible, Shocking Report Says

Source - October 30, 2020

A new report by watchdog details horrific violations of religious freedom within North Korea, including torture and public execution.

Christian Persecution

Blind Christian Once Banned From Public Park for Sharing Her Faith Wins Religious Freedom Case

Source - October 29, 2020

A Christian woman once banned for two years from a Rhode Island public park for sharing her faith has had her liberty restored to her.

Christian Persecution

LA Times Falsely Reports Outbreak; Smears MacArthur & Church as Irresponsible, Superspreaders

HD Staff - October 24, 2020

Amid intense court battle, LA Times publishes misleading article falsely claiming Grace Community Church has been struck with COVID outbreak

Christian Persecution

2 Churches Win Religious Rights Court Victory Over COVID Orders But The Fight Is Far From Over

Source - October 22, 2020

In what has been called a victory for religious freedom, a fed. judge sides with 2 churches, granting injunction against COVID orders

Christian Persecution

Welsh County Council Overturns Ban on Lord’s Prayer

Decision Magazine - October 22, 2020

Bridgend County in southern Wales reversed its decision to ban mourners from corporately reciting the Lord’s Prayer during funeral services.

Censorship

FRC Preps Lawsuit Against Tech Company Accused of Targeting Them for ‘Religious Discrimination’

Source - October 20, 2020

Family Research Council responds to tech company that abruptly terminated their contract right before their "Pray, Vote, Stand" broadcast

Asia

Religious Material Classified as ‘Contraband’ as Persecution by China’s Communist Party Broadens

Source - October 18, 2020

Persecution by China's communist party intensifies as government officials ban the publishing of religious materials not approved by gov't

Christian Persecution

Christian Pastor in US Facing Threats on His Life From Chinese Communist Party as Protesters Descend on Home

Source - October 16, 2020

Pastor Bob Fu, founder of the faith-based group ChinaAid, is in a protected location after threats against his life from CCP.

Christian Persecution

Ben Carson Investigates Religious Discrimination After Senior Housing Resident Ordered to Remove Christian Books

Source - October 13, 2020

Dr. Ben Carson is investigating a complaint concerning the violation of religious liberties at a senior apartment complex in Oklahoma.

Christian Persecution

‘Time to Choose Faith over Fear’: California Church Hosts ‘Freedom Sunday’ Calling for Churches to Reopen

Source - October 11, 2020

"It’s time to choose faith over fear. It’s time to honor God over man. It’s time for a court that will honor and uphold our First Freedom."

Christian Persecution

Faith-Based Adoption Agency Can’t Be Closed for Refusing to Place Kids with Gay Couples, Fed Court Rules

Source - October 12, 2020

A federal judge rules Christian adoption agency cant be forced to shut down over policy of placing children with married heterosexual couples

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