Year In Review: Home Churches Growing Increasingly Popular as Worship Alternative
December 19, 2006
- Church and culture analyst George Barna, founder of The Barna Group, says millions of Christians are leaving conventional churches to meet in homes. According to the researcher, about 50 million American adults meet in home churches at least once a month, and the numbers choosing this option are on the increase. Full Story...Teacher: NEA Uses School Safety Rhetoric to Push Homosexual Agenda
December 18, 2006
- A former chairman of the National Education Association's Ex-Gay Educators Caucus says the NEA is engaging in a "big misinformation campaign" with the goal of changing public opinion on homosexuality, starting with the youngest generation. Full Story...
Panel Discusses Merits of Federal Subsidies for College Education
December 18, 2006
- The president of a prestigious private college in Michigan says the real cost of federal aid to higher education is much different today than America's founding fathers intended. Full Story...
Stage Set for Costly Legal Property Fight in Episcopal Church USA
December 18, 2006
- A possible legal battle over millions of dollars worth of church property looms in the aftermath of votes on Sunday by a group of Episcopal churches in Virginia to leave the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) and associate themselves with conservative Anglican groups in Africa. Full Story...
Year In Review: Pro-Lifers Like Ayotte Ruling -- But Some Say It Addresses Only Half the Problem
December 18, 2006
- The president of Liberty Counsel says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week affirms parental rights when it comes to abortions for minors -- and also lays the foundation to chip away at Roe v. Wade. At the same time, one pro-life group sees it as only a partial victory. Full Story...
Year In Review: India's Christians Face Violence, Intimidation Tactics From Hindu Radicals
December 18, 2006
- A spokesman for a ministry to the persecuted Church says anti-Christian hostility and maltreatment of Christian believers in India has reached new levels. According to Gospel for Asia (GFA), Hindu extremists have launched dozens of attacks against Christians and their churches since January. Full Story...
Year In Review: Sioux Falls Parents' Advocate Urges Abstinence-Based Sex Ed Curriculum
December 18, 2006
- Parents in one South Dakota public school district are calling for abstinence-only education in their students' health classes. Full Story...
Year In Review: Judge Rules Christian Prison Program Unconstitutional; Appeal Planned
December 18, 2006
- Evidently it matters not that a well-known and highly successful prison ministry believes one of its premier programs is constitutional and well within the guidelines of the First Amendment, or that statistics bear out the effectiveness of the program. A federal judge has ruled the program is unconstitutional -- and now the program that equips p... Full Story...
PTC Study Results: Religious Content 'Takes a Beating' on Network TV Programming
December 15, 2006
- In its seventh study regarding how religion is depicted on television, the Parents Television Council (PTC) found that there is far less of it, and what is shown is more negative. A total of 2,271.5 prime time programming hours were examined in the study, "Faith in a Box 2005-2006." Full Story...
Critic of Darwinism Questions Judge's Use of ACLU 'Facts' in Anti-ID Ruling
December 15, 2006
- A spokesman for a leading intelligent design think tank is questioning why the judge who banned any mention of the theory from a Pennsylvania school district is not responding to a report that suggests he plagiarized a significant portion of his ruling from the American Civil Liberties Union. Full Story...
Mindful Michiganders Take On Indecent Mall Window Displays
December 15, 2006
- Concerned citizens near Green Oak Township, Michigan, say despite some success already, they plan to continue their letter-writing campaign concerning window displays featuring scantily-clad mannequins at Victoria's Secret in the town mall. The campaign is one part of a two-pronged effort to stem exposure to indecency in the area. Full Story...
Bows of Folly: Portland Blasted for PC Pandering With 'Holiday Tree'
December 15, 2006
- A Christian leader in Maine says it is ridiculous that the City of Portland has bowed to the will of the politically correct crowd and renamed its Christmas tree a "holiday tree." Full Story...
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