Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

Latest

• 
  Jul 18, 2018

  Christian Magistrate Fired for Views on Gay Adoption Allowed to Appeal Tribunal Ruling

  A British magistrate who was denied re-employment at two jobs over his belief that adopted children are better off with heterosexual couples instead of same-sex couples, has been granted the right to appeal an earlier employment tribunal ruling against him.

• 
  Jul 18, 2018

  Planet Fitness Revokes Woman's Membership for Complaining About Trans-Identified Man in Locker Room

  A Planet Fitness gym in Florida has revoked a woman's membership after she voiced discomfort with a man, who claimed to be a transgender woman, being in the locker room while she was changing clothes, according to a complaint.

• 
  Jul 18, 2018

  Planned Parenthood Loses Legal Battle Over Trump's Title X Family Planning Rules

  A federal judge has thrown out a legal challenge filed against the Trump administration by Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups challenging proposed changes to Title X grant funding for low-income family planning programs that critics say prioritize faith-based groups and organizations that promote sexual abstinence.

• 
  Jul 18, 2018

  Turkey Remands Andrew Brunson Back to Prison Until October After Third Hearing

  A Turkish court remanded American pastor Andrew Brunson back to prison on Wednesday until his next court hearing on Oct. 12 despite earlier reports suggesting that the Presbyterian pastor could be released after nearly two years in prison.

• 
  Jul 18, 2018

  India Needs Its Own #ChurchToo and #MeToo Movements, Bishop Joseph D'Souza Warns (Interview)

  India is in dire need of its own #ChurchToo and #MeToo movements, a well-respected pastor and human rights leader is urging as recent reports of clergy-related sexual abuse have rocked churches in the Kerala state in the past month.

• 
  Jul 17, 2018

  Indian Christians Form 12-Mile Human Chain to Protest State-Sponsored Harassment

  Thousands of Christians formed a 12-mile long human chain in India's Jharkhand state following church services on Sunday to protest what they say is state-sponsored harassment against the Christian community, according to a report.

• 
  Jul 16, 2018

  School Threatens to Call Police on Person Handing Out Bibles to Elementary Students

  An Illinois school district has sent a cease and desist letter to a community member who was handing out Bibles to students on school property and has threatened to call the cops if Bible distribution continues.

• 
  Jul 16, 2018

  Episcopal Church Expands Gay Marriage to All Dioceses Where Bishops Object

  The Episcopal Church's General Convention, led by Bishop Michael Curry, passed a resolution last Friday that expanded the right for gay couples to marry in all dioceses even where local bishops theologically object to same-sex marriage.

• 
  Jul 14, 2018

  Evangelical Leaders Serve Lunch, Bring Fun and Gifts to Trafficked Immigrant Children

  A group of evangelical leaders and megachurch pastors who serve as informal advisers to the Trump administration on Friday visited about 165 immigrant children who are being housed at a foster facility in Virginia and brought with them inflatable water rides, a Liberty University soccer clinic and lunch.

• 
  Jul 13, 2018

  God Confirmed SCOTUS Prophecy With 2 Signs at Scalia's Funeral, Man Behind 'Trump Prophecy' Claims

  The retired Florida firefighter whose "Trump Prophecy" movie will be featured in an upcoming theatrical release, says God sent two signs during Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral in 2016 to showed that He was reserving the Supreme Court nomination for President Donald Trump.