St. Louis school district seeks to buy Westminster Christian School
The Ladue School District is seeking to acquire Westminster Christian Academy’s Creve Coeur campus for $18 million. The school district is eyeing 30 acres at 10900 Ladue Road for future expansion, according to Director of Communications Susan Dielmann. The Ladue School District’s board of education passed a resolution this week to seek a $32 million... Continue Reading
Baptist orphanage to appeal denial of state funding issue to Supreme Court
A Kentucky Baptist children’s home is being sued by a public taxpayer group who want to stop state funding because the home is a ‘faith based agency’. After a series of back and forth decisions, the U.S. 6th Circuit voted to allow the lawsuit to continue and the home says it will appeal to the... Continue Reading
Stars, angels can return to Christmas trees in California government buildings
Stars and angels may return to Christmas trees in Sonoma County government buildings in downtown Santa Rosa. Their reappearance, however, will be brief and moot. Most county offices are closing Thursday until Jan. 4. On Wednesday Acting Sonoma County Administrator Chris Thomas rescinded his directive on Monday to remove stars and angels from the trees.... Continue Reading
Archaeologists Find First House in Nazareth believed to be from the time of Jesus.
Excavators for the first time have found the remains of a home from the time of Jesus in Nazareth, Israel’s Antiquities Authority announced Monday. Up until now, archaeologists only found tombs but not remains of homes from the time of Jesus in Nazareth, where he spent most of his life. Archaeologists, however, did not draw... Continue Reading
Christmas spirit grips Vietnam’s big cities
Although Christmas does not have historical roots in Viet Nam, people across the country are filled with the holiday spirit. No need to wait until December 25, one can easily sense Christmas coming to many big cities. The whole country is singing Christmas carols together. The streets and buildings in Hanoi have been lavishly decorated... Continue Reading
N.C. judge strikes down law banning sex offenders from church
The Associated Baptist Press is reporting that a North Carolina judge has ruled in favor of two registered sex offenders arrested in May for attending a Baptist church near Raleigh. The men were indicted May 11 for violating a state law requiring sex offenders to stay at least 300 feet away from places used primarily... Continue Reading
British Supreme Court issue ‘dangerous’ ruling in Jewish school case
Britain’s Supreme Court has told an Orthodox Jewish school that its criteria for orthodoxy is unlawful, prompting fears about the state intruding into definitions of faith. The case involved a boy whose application to attend JFS, a Jewish secondary school, was turned down on grounds he didn’t meet the criteria because his mother is non-Orthodox.... Continue Reading
Former Massachusetts Boarding School to House New C. S. Lewis College
Irish-born novelist and scholar C.S. Lewis is having a college created in his name—and it will be located on the sprawling 217-acre campus of a former New England boarding school in Northfield, Massachusetts. The C.S. Lewis Foundation has been considering several locations throughout the United States for C.S. Lewis College and finally settled on the... Continue Reading
Billboard Magazine Releases Decade’s Top 10 Lists for Christian and Gospel Music
The following lists of Top Songs, Albums, and Artists in the Christian and Gospel Categories during the past decade has been released by Billboard, the world’s premier music publication, serving the entertainment business since 1894. The listings are based on a compliation of sales, streaming and radio play. Best of the 2000s: Christian Song Artists... Continue Reading
How December 25 Became Christmas
On December 25, Christians around the world will gather to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Joyful carols, special liturgies, brightly wrapped gifts, festive foods—these all characterize the feast today, at least in the northern hemisphere. But just how did the Christmas festival originate? How did December 25 come to be associated with Jesus’ birthday? The Bible offers... Continue Reading
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