Russian Christians deliver groceries to provide 1.5M meals to healthcare heroes, families with ‘Love in Action’
TULA, Russia (WordNews.org) July 17, 2020 — Evangelical Christians in the former Soviet Union distributed groceries to provide more than 1.5 million free meals to families facing hunger during the coronavirus pandemic, surprising frontline healthcare workers with food packages and a message of God’s love. This “love in action” ministry is part of the “Christ […]
Read More →COVID-19 is Changing How Christians View Missions, Barna survey says
VENTURA, Calif. (WordNews.org) July 16, 2020 — A new survey suggests that COVID-19 has radically changed the way international missions work is happening this year, Barna reports. Short-term and long-term mission trips globally have been impacted significantly by the pandemic, resulting in summer trip cancellations, visa difficulties and social and financial challenges. Barna said that […]
Read More →AFA: Navy Reverses Policy, Church Attendance Allowed
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 10, 2020 – Just days after the American Family Association issued a call to supporters to urger President Trump to step in on the Navy’s decision to ban personnel from attending religious services, the Navy has reversed itself. In a story WordNews.org first reported here, the AFA said the Navy’s previous directive specifically […]
Read More →Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Religious Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 9, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 yesterday that faith-based schools have a First Amendment Free Exercise right to make employment decisions regarding religious teachers without government interference. The principles set forth in the consolidated cases of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. […]
Read More →Word News Launches “Churches Coast-to-Coast” Series on Facebook, Features a Church in Every State
NEW YORK (WordNews.org) July 8, 2020 — Word News Ministries Inc. has launched a new series “Churches Coast-to-Coast” to highlight a church in each state on its Facebook page, facebook.com/wordnewsnow. Churches that are featured in the series must line up with Word News’ Statement of Faith, found on WordNews.org here: wordnews.org/statement-of-faith. This is the first of […]
Read More →Supreme Court: Religious Employers Exemptions to Obamacare Upheld
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 8, 2020 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today in favor of the Trump administration’s exemption of religious employers from the Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare) requirement to provide insurance coverage for contraception and other abortion-inducing drugs and devices in their health insurance plans. The case is titled, Little […]
Read More →Quarter of Americans Say Candidate Must Share Their Views on Abortion
GallWASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 7, 2020 — A new Gallup show shows that 24 percent of those polled “will vote only for a candidate who shares their views on the issue” of abortion. In the pro-life camp, 30 percent are single-issue voters compared with 19 percent who support abortion rights. Meanwhile, another 47 percent of […]
Read More →AFA: Navy Says No to Church, Yes to Large Parties; Ministry Urges Citizens to Contact President
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 7, 2020 — The head of the American Family Association says the U.S. Navy is “thumbing its nose at President Trump” and his declaration that houses of worship are “essential places that provide essential services,” and has banned all Navy personnel, including chaplains, from attending in-house church services. The AFA said […]
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