Stephanie Samuel

Christian Post Reporter

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  • Churches' Dilemma: 80 Percent of Flock Is Inactive

    There is a secret inside many churches. According to researchers, most churches are actually run by 20 percent of the congregation. The other 80 percent, they say, tend to act like spectators: they are minimally involved and attend infrequently or not at all.

  • Americans Consider Political Bribes Worse Than Sex Scandals, Poll Reveals

    A recently released national poll shows that Americans are more lenient to elected officials guilty of sexual indiscretions than to those guilty of financial misconduct.

  • N.M. Man Loses Fight Over Billboard Depicting His Unborn Child

    A New Mexico man has lost the fight to keep a billboard expressing his remorse for the abortion of his unborn child. State District Judge James Counts ordered Alamogordo resident Greg Fultz to immediately take down a pro-life billboard

  • Legal Group Challenges Anti-Circumcision Referendum

    A legal group dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism announced Wednesday that it has launched a lawsuit to challenge a proposed ban on circumcision of males under the age of 18.

  • Evangelicals Pick Tim Pawlenty as Preferred GOP Candidate

    Evangelicals Pick Tim Pawlenty as Preferred GOP Candidate

    A new poll of evangelical leaders reveals that Tim Pawlenty leads the list of preferred Republican presidential candidates for the 2012 race. Forty-five percent named the former Minnesota governor as their top choice for 2012 GOP nomination

  • 'Black and Beautiful' Pro-Life Billboards Called Offensive

    'Black and Beautiful' Pro-Life Billboards Called Offensive

    “Black and Beautiful” billboards designed to spotlight the high abortion rate among African Americans has drawn fire from at least one lawmaker. But the group behind the ads dismisses naysayers, saying opponents are trying to shut down the conversation about the reality of abortion in the black community.

  • Tough Pro-Life Law Forcing Ind. Abortion Clinics to Close

    Planned Parenthood of Indiana announced it has downsized its operations, shutting down several facilities and shortening its hours of operation, in the absence of federal court intervention to halt Indiana law cutting Medicaid funds to abortion clinics.

  • ACLJ: Gov't Has No Business in Churches' Hiring Practices

    A Redford, Mich., Lutheran church school successfully petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case to decide whether churches and ministries have a right to hire or fire employees who take issue with its policies despite federal laws.

  • Gingrich Loses Two More Aides; Campaign $1M in Debt

    Less two weeks after several senior advisors walked away from Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign, two more aides quit.

  • Obama to Reverse Course, Endorse Gay Marriage This Week?

    Obama to Reverse Course, Endorse Gay Marriage This Week?

    Rumblings from his administration have some conservatives concerned that President Barack Obama may be planning to endorse same-sex marriage this week or next as a gesture honoring Gay Pride month.