Church that gave free gas to hundreds of commuters suffers severe fire: ‘Didn’t stop the word’
A Tennessee church that, earlier this year, gave free gas to hundreds of commuters has suffered a serious fire at their property
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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.
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Wisconsin City Says Gov’t Employees Can Put Up Christmas Decorations after Backlash
A city in Wisconsin that garnered pushback for asking public employees not to decorate their workspaces with Christmas imagery has clarified that staff members are allowed to do so
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Battle to Ensure Christian Schools Can Participate in Minnesota Dual Enrollment Program Continues
Two Christian colleges in Minnesota are back in court seeking the right to participate in a dual enrollment program as attorneys for families wishing to apply college credits their children received ...
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One in Four Young Adults Want to Leave America — Here’s Why – RELEVANT
A growing number of America's Gen Z population is showing a growing interest in living abroad, diverging from previous generational patterns. A new survey
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Americans losing faith in science and scientists, but still value gov’t investment in field: study
While a majority of Americans still have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in scientists and believe science has had a mostly positive impact on society, an increasing minority are expressing ...
