California Fires Have Destroyed at Least a Dozen Houses of Worship
A bell tower is all that remains of Altadena Baptist Church.
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Pornhub Parent Company Reaches Deal with Prosecutors in GirlsDoPorn Sex Trafficking Case
An anti-sexual exploitation organization is calling on the U S Department of Justice to continue investigating Pornhub s parent company after it reached a deal with prosecutors following a 30-month ...
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Over 100 Harvard Faculty Say Accusing Israel of Genocide is Not Anti-Semitism
Over 100 Harvard faculty members signed a letter to the university president declaring that labeling Israel an apartheid state and accusing the country of committing genocide against Palestinians ...
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Exoneration points to need for accuracy in criminal justice | Baptist Press
SAN ANTONIO (BP) – One year ago today (Nov. 17), Raymond Flanks was exonerated of a 1983 murder in New Orleans and was released from prison after nearly 39 years. He serves as an example of the need for criminal justice reform that reflects biblical justice, a Southern Baptist attorney…
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Mississippi pastor charged with child exploitation | Baptist Press
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (BP) – A Mississippi pastor was arrested earlier this month on charges of child exploitation. Kyle Hilleary, 30, was on staff at Cedar View Baptist Church in Olive Branch, Miss. He also taught at a nearby Christian school.
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Caldwell County pastor arrested on child sexual exploitation charges | Baptist Press
GRANITE FALLS, N.C. (BP) – A Caldwell County, N.C., pastor is facing multiple child sex charges following his arrest earlier this month.
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Bishop Lamor Whitehead Thanks God for Redemption as Gunman Who Robbed Church Pleads Guilty
Bishop Lamor Whitehead, who was robbed at gunpoint of at least 1 million worth of jewelry while delivering a sermon at Leaders of Tomorrow International Churches in Brooklyn, New York, in July 2022, ...
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Mom of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Gets 21 Months in Prison
After pleading guilty to two federal firearm violations in June, Deja Taylor, the 26-year-old mother whose 6-year-old son shot his first-grade teacher in the chest at Richneck Elementary School in ...
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Disney World Launches Pronoun Pins for Employees to Self-Declare Their Sexual Identity
Disney World is beginning to allow employees to add their self-declared pronouns to their official name pins, with the idea first being introduced for custodial staff at EPCOT theme park
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Hearing Will Take Place in Religious Leaders’ Lawsuit Challenging Missouri Abortion Ban
The lawsuit was filed in January on behalf of 13 Christian, Jewish, and Unitarian Universalist leaders who support abortion rights.
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Revisiting RFRA 30 Years Later
This issue of A Public Witness features a guest post from Holly Hollman, general counsel and associate executive director at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, reflecting on three decades of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
