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Pro-life activists assaulted on video outside Planned Parenthood say police won't press charges
Pro-life activists who were assaulted outside a Planned Parenthood location in Washington, D.C., say police have so far refused to press any charges against their attackers.
Is there 'bias' among Evangelicals when it comes to fundraising ads?
Are Evangelicals more likely to view advertisements for charities supporting struggling children favorably if the child depicted in the advertisement is the same race they are? That is among the questions that a new 22-page study explores.
Egyptian Christian rights activist pardoned of 3-year prison sentence after outcry
Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reportedly pardoned a Christian human rights activist and researcher sentenced to three years in prison earlier this week on charges of spreading "false news" about Christians facing challenges with discrimination.
Pastor warns churches hoping to leave UMC over 'errant theology' face 'draconian demands'
A Southern California pastor says his church — one of nearly two dozen churches looking to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church over an ongoing debate over homosexuality — could end up being evicted or forced to pay millions to keep their building.
Pastors' conference heralds CCP plan to 'change the face of world Christianity': report
Is the Chinese Communist Party ready to export its highly centralized version of Protestant Christianity to the rest of the world? That's the gist of a report from religious liberty and human rights magazine Bitter Winter stating a conference held last month with state-aligned religious leaders declared the CCP's intent to "change the face of world Christianity."
Researchers find surprisingly 'low use of the Bible' among Protestants, Catholics in Germany
A new study from the theologians at the University of Leipzig finds that only 1.6% of the German population reads the Bible at least once a day and only 3.2% read it every week, despite half of its population identifying as Protestant or Catholic.
Nikki Haley urges Republicans to stop 'demonizing', find consensus on abortion
Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Republicans need to stop "demonizing" opponents on the abortion issue and criticized bills in some states seeking put women who get abortions in jail.
Backlash from Evangelical, Jewish groups after Iranian official tapped as chair of unofficial UN human rights forum
Voices from both the Evangelical and Jewish worlds are criticizing the World Evangelical Alliance for organizing an event on religion and human rights with the Iranian delegation to the United Nations.
Hailey Bieber, celebrities urge social media platforms to censor anti-LGBT content as 'hate speech'
Christian model Hailey Baldwin Bieber has joined the likes of trans advocate LaVerne Cox and nonbinary artist Sam Smith in endorsing a public letter calling for Instagram, YouTube and other social media platforms to ban LGBT "hate, harassment and disinformation."
Snakes and serpents in the Scriptures
While Scripture is full of references to all types of animals and even refers to the Messiah as the Lamb of God and the Lion of Judah, the shadow of snakes looms large over both the Old and New Testaments.