A proposed settlement filed in Michigan federal court last week ruled that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) cannot prohibit religious child placement agencies that contract with the state from refusing to ...
A Baptist church in Washington, D.C. has reached a $220,000 settlement with the District of Columbia and Mayor Muriel Bowser in a civil case filed over the District’s restrictions on gatherings at places of worship ...
A county north of Philadelphia is the latest government entity to be sued by Universal Life Church Ministries for its unwillingness to recognize as a legal wedding officiant a minister ordained through ULCM’s online process.
A controversial Charlotte, N.C., church was declared an “imminent hazard” and ordered closed until Nov. 6 after an outbreak of COVID-19 led to more than 121 cases and at least three deaths. The closure took ...
The same state social-distancing measures that have ensnarled Rev. John MacArthur in legal proceedings for his refusal to close his church have now delayed a reckoning for the Sun Valley, California, pastor, as a Los ...
Capitol Hill Baptist Church this week became the first church to file suit against D.C. over pandemic-related restrictions on worship services and mass gatherings, citing violations of First and Fifth Amendment rights.
A Northern California church has accrued thousands of dollars in fines for defying public health orders that prohibit indoor worshiping.
Ruling protects Christian ministries
The Supreme Court has affirmed and clarified the “ministerial exception” rule to include lay people, stating that employees don’t have to be ordained to be considered religiously significant. The Court ruled 7-2 Wednesday that two ...
For two months, most church and ministry leaders have willingly complied with bans against large gatherings, in part because they applied not just to churches, but to everyone. But recent protests, some involving tens of ...
Some California churches call in-person services essential despite pandemic
The faithful stood in line for about two hours to receive Communion at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks.
