CASSAPOLIS — A Lenawee Christian High School senior student was one of among four Michigan students to receive funding through Midwest Energy and Communications’ annual college scholarship program. Alexandra Prater was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from MEC in recognition of her academic achievements, leadership and community involvement. Scholarship applicants were told to select one of […]
Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society rallied on Tuesday in the southern port city of Karachi against a death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the country. Several Christians also joined the rally which comes a day […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of members from Pakistan’s civil society rallied on Tuesday in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the country. Several Christians also joined the rally […]
When Northside Christian Academy announced May 6 it would close after this school year, parents weren’t surprised. “The school was headed in the wrong direction and headed towards closure,” said Keizah Shouse, whose son attended high school at Northside for the past two years. “Nobody was re-enrolling, so we were really forced to close.” The […]
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday, adding he will appeal the verdict. In August […]
Two local churches are different in some ways, but their leaders are of one mind when it comes to a controversial ideology that blends Christianity and nationalism. The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. John Malget recently brought their congregations together for a joint worship service where they shared the pulpit to discuss what they […]
Max Verstappen launched a thinly-veiled dig at Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, claiming the latest row with his father, Jos, could have been avoided. Jos Verstappen had been set to drive the Red Bull machine which carried Sebastian Vettel to the world championship in 2012 ahead of the team’s home race in Austria on […]
Members of the public told the Texas State Board of Education on Thursday they worried a proposed elementary school curriculum infused with religious references is too complicated, biased toward Christianity and below the standards of a classical education. The public hearing occurred a month after the Texas Education Agency unveiled the curriculum and offered the […]
As a Southern-raised Black male, reared in the Pentecostal church, I have weathered many storms of racism, sexism and homophobia. They include: Observing laity telling other adults that they had to remain in abusive marriages, to telling women how they had to dress to be accepted in the Lord’s church, to seeing the effects of […]
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert credited God and her strong “Christian morals” for her primary victory in the state’s 4th District on Tuesday. “Glory to God!” she shouted at the start of her acceptance speech in Windsor, Colo. “Glory to God!” Boebert announced in late December she’d be leaving Colorado’s 3rd District, which she served since […]
Spend enough time listening to politicians, and eventually, one of them will tell you the truth. “I can’t wait to be sued,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared four days before signing a law last week mandating that all public school classrooms – from kindergarten to college – display a Protestant Christian version of the Ten […]
AYETORO, Nigeria (AP) — The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro was founded decades ago and nicknamed “Happy City,” meant to be a Christian utopia that would be sinless and classless. But now its remaining residents can do little against the rising sea. Buildings have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean, an increasingly common image along the […]