During his decades of ministry, Labib Madanat repeatedly passed through Israel’s main international airport. So regularly did security detain and thoroughly search him, he developed his own response.
Pastor who called on husbands to rape their wives is placed on leave
The pastor of a New York City Seventh-day Adventist church who said in a sermon earlier this month that husbands may rape their wives has been placed on administrative leave.
Why Bibles Are Disappearing From Hotel Nightstands
Thanksgiving is once again upon us and with it the official start of the busy holiday travel season that extends through Christmas.
Faith advisory board with Trump ties urges religious vaccine exemptions for military
More than 1,700 religious leaders organized by former President Donald Trump’s faith advisers are urging the U.S. military to grant religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, alleging service members with spiritual objections to the inoculations are being “stripped of their…
A quiet revolution: the female imams taking over an LA mosque
When Tasneem Noor got on the stage at the Women’s Mosque of America in Los Angeles, she felt butterflies in her stomach. Facing about fifty women on praying rugs, ready to deliver a sermon – khutba in Arabic – she…
Can Public Money Go to Religious Schools? A Divisive Supreme Court Case Awaits
The latest case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court on religious rights and school choice has been nearly 150 years in the making.
Pro-Israel pastor apologizes for hosting event where Michael Flynn called for US to have ‘one religion’
The Christian Zionist pastor of a major church asked forgiveness for allowing the church to host an event where Michael Flynn said that the United States should only have one religion.
Some US Christian schools believe religious freedom means they can fire gay teachers
When volleyball coach Inoke Tonga was called in for a meeting with the leadership of Valor Christian high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, this fall, he thought he was about to be offered a promotion.
Supreme Court could redefine when a fetus becomes a person, upholding abortion limits while preserving the privacy right under Roe v. Wade
Since the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to abortion almost 50 years ago, a powerful legal movement has sought to overturn the ruling, while abortion rights advocates have fought to protect it.
Stories of racism permeate ‘Let’s Talk’ evangelical reconciliation kickoff event
Hundreds of evangelical Christians gathered in person at the Museum of the Bible and online across the country on Wednesday (Nov. 17) to listen to stories of racism, as clergy urged participation in a new initiative for racial unity.
‘Fundamental justice:’ Judge clears 2 in Malcolm X slaying
More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated Thursday after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon’s death.
Backlash over Planned Parenthood fundraiser continues at Loyola Marymount University
Students at Loyola Marymount University — a private Catholic school founded by the Jesuit and Marymount orders — are protesting against the university after it announced it may be amending its policies surrounding student-organized activities.