Church
Louie Giglio, an Atlanta pastor at an evangelical megachurch, Passion City Church, apologized for using the phrase "white blessing" to explain "white privilege."READ MORE
Society
During a 70-minute discussion roundtable at the Atlanta evangelical megachurch Passion City Church with Lecrae Moore, a Christian rapper and pastor of Passion City Church, Louie Giglio, Chick-fil-A CEO, Dan Cathy suggests white Christians repent of racism.READ MORE
US
On Thursday of June 18, U.S. Senator Rob Portman honored the life of Otto Warmbier, an American student who was imprisoned in North Korea for allegedly stealing a North Korean propaganda poster.READ MORE
US
Americans on Friday of June 19, 2020, commemorated the abolition of slavery with peaceful rallies, marches, and parties celebrating blackness. The Juneteenth celebrations took place following the sudden spark of nationwide protests demanding justice for the death of George Floyd, a black man who was choked to death by a police officer.READ MORE
US
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision in which protects employees from being discriminated against for being gay or transgender. Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate praised today's Supreme Court ruling as a "momentous step forward for our country." "Before today, in more than half of states, LGBTQ+ people could get married one day and be fired from their job the next day under state law, simply because of who they are or who they love. This landmark 6-3 ruling affirms that LBGTQ+ Americans are entitled to equal rights under the law," Biden said.READ MORE
Church
The Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) is challenging a 2019 state law requiring employee health insurance plans to cover abortions, claiming the mentioned law violates freedom of religion and conscience.READ MORE
US
The Department of Justice is urging states and localities to apply the same coronavirus lockdown and peaceful protest rules to religious gatherings. The Department of Justice claimed that while states have the general authority to protect the public during the pandemic, the First Amendment "does not give them carte blanche to ban peaceful public protests and rallies."READ MORE
Entertainment
Denzel Washington, an American actor with two Golden Globe awards, two Academy Awards, one Tony Award, and famous for his role in the movie "Training Day" is being praised once again as a "good Samaritan" for helping a homeless man in the streets.READ MORE
Mission
Samaru Madkami, a 7th grader who converted to Christianity in 2017 had been receiving threats ever since his conversion to Christianity. Along with him and his dad, Christians, in general, have been harassed by local villagers in India who are not believers. READ MORE
World
Churches reopened for the first time after the corona outbreak on Sunday of May 24 but several other churches waited out another week to reopen.READ MORE
Society
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the LGBTQ events that are typically celebrated in June to be canceled but virtual methods are being utilized to help people gather -- not just to celebrate LGBTQ lives but to also sound the voices of people of color amidst the racial justice protests.READ MORE
Life
A Catholic widow in her 60s has been continuously threatened by the Chinese Communist Party to halt her belief in God or risk the discontinuance of her government aid.READ MORE
Mission
Nadeem Joseph and his family were attacked by Muslim neighbors after moving into the TV Colony of Peshawar, the capital of the Khybar Pakhtunkhawa province in Pakistan.READ MORE
World
North Korean defectors based in South Korea flew around 500,000 anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets via floating balloons to North Korea which angered the North and has risen tension between the two Koreas.READ MORE
US
President Trump announced on Monday that he will not be defunding, disbanding, nor dismantling the police force. "We won't be defunding our police, we won't be dismantling our police, we won't be disbanding our police, we won't be ending our police force in a city,"READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
World May 08, 2014 03:08 AM EDT
