Interview: Sen. Jim DeMint on Tea Party, U.S. Debt, And God’s Calling
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News
U.S. Senator Jim DeMint has a new book out just in time for the Fourth of July: The Great American Awakening: Two Years that Changed America, Washington, and Me. The book takes readers inside the marble halls of Congress and behind closed-door meeti…
Cross Burning At Black Church May Prompt Hate Crime Charges (Reuters)
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News
Reuters – Authorities recommended on Thursday that felony hate crime and arson charges be pursued against an 18-year-old man and two juvenile boys who admitted burning a cross outside a predominantly black church in Sepulpa, Oklahoma.
Muslim Protestors Burn Two Senegal Churches
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News, World News
Christians living in the African nation of Senegal are on high alert due to political unrest and rioting that has broken out across the country.
Iran Court Upholds Death Sentence of Pastor
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News, World News
An Iranian house church pastor is slated for execution any day now for apostasy, a crime punishable by death in the Islamic republic.
Iran Arrests Christians As More Muslims Leave Islam
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Top Religion News, World News
The crackdown has led to 285 believers in 35 cities being arrested in Iran in the past six months, according to Elam Ministries, an organization that serves Christians in that country.
South Dakota Judge Halts 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period Law
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Abortion, Social Issues
A judge in South Dakota issued a temporary injunction to halt enforcement of a new pro-life law in South Dakota that was scheduled to take effect tomorrow had it not been for a Planned Parenthood lawsuit. Chief Judge Karen Schreier issued a written rul…
Huntsman Confirms Support for Embryonic Stem-cell Research, Officially Refuses Pro-life Pledge
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert June 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite flaunting a spotless pro-life voting record, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman has confirmed that he supports stem-cell research that involves the destruction of human embryoni…
BREAKING: Kansas Reverses Decision, Grants 11th-hour License to Planned Parenthood
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Social Issues
by Kathleen Gilbert TOPEKA, Kansas, June 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only hours before new regulations were to take effect, news emerged late Thursday afternoon that Kansas officials have reversed their decision to deny Planned Parenthood a license t…
Beleaguered Chinese Church to Provide Legal Aid to Members
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Government continues harassment, propaganda campaign, assisted by Three-Self churches.DUBLIN, June 30 (CDN) — Leaders of the troubled Shouwang house church in Beijing have established a legal committee to assist church members facing arrest or ho…