Legislation that will protect churches and other nonprofit organizations from having to pay taxes on some employee benefits will become law if a bipartisan appropriations package is approved by Congress as expected this week.
Former Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald is suing Chicago radio personality Erich “Mancow” Muller for defamation after Muller used his radio show to — in the host’s words — “bring down the cult of ...
The Rev. Howard-John Wesley recently told his congregation at historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., that he will take a three-month sabbatical after 11 years in the pulpit, saying, “I am tired in my soul.”
But her most recent opportunity to help a group of three toddlers was different, she wrote in a Dec. 12 article, “An Alternative To Foster Care”, on the North Carolina Family Policy Council’s website. These kids aren’t in foster care and their mom hasn’t lost custody. ...
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For CitiHope International, a New York charity that has provided medical and nutritional assistance in dozens of countries for nearly three decades, major fluctuations in annual income are par for the course.
The Greenville, S.C., church run by the Rev. John Gray has been threatened with eviction by the church that owns the property where his Relentless Church congregation meets.
A Utah congressman, Republican Rep. Chris Stewart, introduced a bill Dec. 6 that says it would ban discrimination against LGBTQ people. The bill, co-sponsored by eight other Republicans, also claims to protect religious institutions that uphold traditional beliefs about marriage and sexuality, Religion News Service ...
Perhaps one of the most successful proliferations of these “little platoons” over the past half century has been the growth of Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). It has become one of the largest (though least known – more ...
OPINION–In 2003, The United States made a five-year, $15-billion commitment to PEPFAR – the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Fast-forward to 2019. Total U.S. spending on PEPFAR has now exceeded $85-billion. Last week’s World ...