Illinois judge grants break for pro-life clinics

January 14, 2017

ROCKFORD, Ill. — In response to a new state law forcing health providers to refer or inform pregnant women to abortion clinics, an Illinois judge

UMC has ‘focused prayer’ on LGBT stance

January 14, 2017

NASHVILLE — The United Methodist Church (UMC) has called for 75 weeks of “focused prayer” for the future of the denomination as it determines its

School district bans prayer gathering posting

January 14, 2017

WAYNE CITY, Ill. — After opposition from an atheist legal organization, an Illinois school district has banned its local high school students from posting on their

Gangs beat Christians trying to defend their church property

January 14, 2017

SHIJIAZHUANG, China — Gangs hired by China’s Communist regime beat Christians in the northern Hebei province after they attempted to keep their church property from

Christian man receives blasphemy charge in Pakistan

January 14, 2017

LAHORE, Pakistan — Muslims in Pakistan have filed a blasphemy charge against a Christian in retaliation for refusing their demand that he and others cede

Chinese woman sentenced to prison for Bible study

January 14, 2017

URUMQI, China — A woman in China’s western Xinjiang region has been given a three-year prison term for having a Bible study, with the court

Religious devotion, feelings of reward linked, study shows

January 14, 2017

Feelings of religious devotion evoked by prayer, Scripture reading and other spiritual practices may be connected directly to parts of the brain that process feelings