As United Nations and French forces move in on Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, the World Evangelical Alliance is calling upon Christians to pray for the country “during this extremely difficult time”. The organisation, which represents 600 million evangelicals around the world, said it was “deeply concerned” by the violence, loss of life and humanitarian... Continue Reading

A psychologist, former NFL player, Harvard Business School graduate, and a former policy advisor to President Ronald Reagan are part of a tight-knit group of Christian Right leaders strategizing for an expected final showdown over the definition of marriage in the court. These men, who include Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson, predict... Continue Reading

The United States Supreme Court has reversed a federal appeals court decision striking down Arizona’s tax credit for contributions to organizations providing private school tuition assistance, ruling that taxpayers challenging the law do not have the authority to maintain the lawsuit. In a 5-4 ruling in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, the Court... Continue Reading

Since 2008, more than 10,000 people have signed the charter within and beyond China. Among a list of rights demanded in the charter included freedom of expression, assembly and religion. Christian political dissident Liu Xianbin received a ten year prison sentence Friday after being tried for treason in The People’s Court of Suining in China’s... Continue Reading

… the AAP report cautions that using the online sites becomes a risk to youths more often than most adults realize. Among the potential harms are cyberbullying, social anxiety, severe isolation, and now what doctors are identifying as Facebook depression. Youths who spend a lot of time on social media sites are at risk of... Continue Reading

Warren Smith, associate publisher at World Magazine, a Christian biweekly, said the lesson of the 2000 race for candidates seeking evangelical support in 2012 is simple: “If you want the socially conservative evangelical voter to turn out for you, you had better stand up for us,” he said. “Evangelicals aren’t interested in declaring a truce... Continue Reading

“Imposition of LGBT law and policies on our military would be enormously complicated and anything but simple,” she said… Amog the issues Donnelly wants addressed: sexual privacy violations; “zero tolerance” of dissent; impact of sexual misconduct on unit cohesion and trust in leadership; infringements on religious liberty for chaplains and people of faith; plans to... Continue Reading

A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The team’s mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one. The result,... Continue Reading

Atlanta, for the first time, has replaced Chicago as the metro area with the largest number of African-Americans after New York. The percentage of the nation’s black population living in the South has hit its highest point in half a century, according to census data released Thursday, as younger and more educated black residents move... Continue Reading

The Justice Department announcement came in response to two court cases previously filed by opponents of DOMA in 2009. In July 2010, a federal judge ruled in the plaintiff’s favor and Bush Administration Justice officials appealed — an appeal the Obama Administration plans to drop. Following a recent announcement that the Obama Administration will no... Continue Reading