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Julia Gilbert’s bid for a harassment restraining order became a window into a domestic violence funding crisis. She ended her engagement on January 18, 2025, and she felt immediate relief, but fear followed fast. She petitioned online in Minnesota, so she didn’t need a lawyer at first. Yet the domestic violence funding crisis surfaced when
A $1.2 million federal grant will modernize the historic Mason Temple in Memphis. Leaders announced the funding inside the sanctuary linked to the Civil Rights Movement. The Mason Temple upgrade aims to protect a landmark and improve visitor experience. The church stands near the former Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was
Beth Moore’s life after the SBC began, in her own words, with a free fall. She walked the woods near her Texas home and spoke candidly to Jesus because she felt disoriented. She told him she did not know where she would belong again. The rupture shook her, and it also forced her to name
The pause in the US war with Iran offers a fragile break, but it could shatter fast. An unstable cease-fire may end next week, so fighting could resume. Yet the same confusion that launched the conflict could also end it. Even if peace arrives soon, American Christians still face what leaders did this spring. The
Muslim religious freedom in Texas has become a flashpoint, and faith leaders want it protected. An interfaith coalition issued an open letter urging elected officials to defend Muslim neighbors and safeguard religious liberty. George A. Mason and Nancy Kasten of Faith Commons helped craft the appeal, and CLEAR DFW joined the effort. They say the
LGBTQ church trauma often formed in churches that called themselves welcoming, but not affirming. Many congregations later changed policy, and they now ordain LGBTQ clergy and bless same-gender weddings. Yet healing after “welcoming” does not arrive on the night of the vote. It requires truth-telling, because silence can reassert the old hierarchy even after language
The Pentagon casualty cover-up claim keeps growing, and misleading casualty figures keep circulating. Officials now point to a Defense Casualty Analysis System page for Operation Epic Fury, but the new tally still undercounts losses. This follows the U.S. Central Command sending lowball, outdated figures, and then going silent. Meanwhile, a fragile ceasefire holds, but leaders
A migrant court accompaniment ministry starts with names spoken like prayers, and the list keeps growing. In El Paso, Scalabrinian Sisters Leticia Gutiérrez Valderrama and Elisete Signor respond to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation drive because fear now shadows the immigration court. The sisters remember Carlos, a man later deported to Cuba, and they built
Trump’s Iran ultimatum talk jolted religious leaders before dawn on April 7. Trump warned a “whole civilization” could die, and he tied the threat to Iran’s refusal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deadline shifted, then paused as a two-week ceasefire emerged shortly before 8 p.m. EDT. But Iran kept firing missiles toward Israel
The Holy Thursday service at ICE detention centers unfolded behind a half-open door at Broadview near Chicago. A guard escorted five immigrant detainees into view, and each wore shackles. The Rev. Paul Joseph Keller questioned the restraints, but the guard cited short staffing by a private contractor. Keller and fellow clergy met the detainees’ eyes
ACBC drops Grace Community Church from its list of approved training centers without explanation. The Sun Valley, California, megachurch still markets itself as “vetted and approved by ACBC,” so the change creates confusion. ACBC now lists 90 approved programs, but Grace no longer appears on that list. Both ACBC and Grace ignored requests for comment,
Pastor Hank Kunneman wants a “travel the world fund” to cover private air travel. He told supporters they could give any amount, framing it as fuel for the ministry. Kunneman leads Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha and runs One Voice Ministries. He said airline chaos disrupts his work, so private flights would keep him
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