Carl Spurlin Dekle, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, was recently honored during a Fourth of July interview with Fox 13 News in Florida. A Silver Star recipient, Dekle served in the 1st Marine Division …
Church Wins Storm Damage Case Against Insurer A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $1.75 million jury verdict in favor of Central Baptist Church of Albany, Georgia. The …
Surge in Church Vandalism and Arson Sparks Concern Nationwide Acts of vandalism and arson targeting churches have continued across the United States in 2025, extending a troubling pattern that began during the 2020 George Floyd …
More than two dozen members of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church gathered in a Manhattan courtroom on July 17 for the first hearing in a lawsuit challenging the appointment of Rev. Kevin Johnson as senior pastor. …
Iran has intensified persecution of Christians in the weeks following its ceasefire with Israel, arresting at least 21 believers, raiding house churches, and pushing anti-Christian propaganda, according to advocacy group Article 18. The arrests, which …
A Controversial Proposal to Relocate Asylum-Seekers Former President Donald Trump’s proposal to expel asylum-seekers to Palau has sparked backlash across the political spectrum. Critics call the plan legally questionable and emblematic of an immigration policy …
This week, I ran across two stories that struck me. They could not be more divergent in some ways, but in other ways, they echoed. Both had to do with faith communities, how one directly …
The long-delayed church trial of Bishop Stewart Ruch has been thrown into turmoil following the abrupt resignation of prosecutor C. Alan Runyan. In a letter dated July 19, Runyan claimed the trial process had been …
Mayor Dan Rodrick of Toms River, New Jersey, has postponed a council vote to seize the 11-acre property of Christ Episcopal Church. He told Episcopal News Service the ordinance will be dropped if polling shows …
I have lost at least three tires to rocks in the Arkansas mountains in the last 10 years. The number may be higher, but those are the ones I can count off the top of …