Arizona church raising funds to stop abortion
TEMPE, Ariz. (WordNews.org) Jan. 3, 2017 — Apologia Church is on a mission—to stop abortion in the United States. The Tempe, Arizona church has raised more than $200,000 in its “End Abortion Now” campaign. Led by Pastor Jeff Durbin and Pastor Luke Pierson, the effort has received support from individuals, churches and organizations across the country […]
Read More →Gay Activists Plan Visits to Christian Colleges for “Beyond Equality Ride”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WordNews.org) March 9, 2016 — A dozen gay activists announced in a press release plans to visit religious colleges to challenge what they believe are the schools’ “anti-LGBTQI policies and empower youth in the South to tackle fundamentalists Christian beliefs about race, sexuality and gender.” The 12 are dubbing their two-week effort the […]
Read More →CPAC’s conservative credentials questioned
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) March 7, 2016 –The Conservative Political Action Conference has wrapped up, selecting via straw poll Sen. Ted Cruz as its pick for the GOP presidential nomination. But one group is challenging just how conservative CPAC is. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property issued a press release with […]
Read More →Is shutting down the U.S. government ‘Unbiblical?’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Oct. 5, 2013 – There has been a range of responses to the government shutdown from a variety of religious organizations, with one group even calling the shutdown unbiblical. Institute on Religion and Democracy noted responses ranged from temperate from “oldline” Protestant groups to the declaration for the socially liberal Sojourners’ Jim […]
Read More →Prayer and fasting urged while verdict out on abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell
PHILADELPHIA (WordNews.org) April 29, 2013 – A prayer vigil began today at noon in front of the Courthouse in Philadelphia as closing arguments are scheduled in the murder trial of abortion-doctor Kermit Gosnell. At a press conference in Philadelphia today, pro-life leaders called on Americans to join them in prayer and fasting as the verdict […]
Read More →Pro-lifers to protest outside Planned Parenthood, release anti-GOP video
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 24, 2013 – Pro-life leaders will descend on Washington, D.C. today in front of Planned Parenthood to pray for an end to abortion and then release a video chastising Republican leaders who funding abortion. The national leaders will release their first video today at 10 a.m. demanding the U.S. House of […]
Read More →Roe v. Wade: 40 years later
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNew.org) Jan. 22, 2013 – Forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal across the nation. One pro-life group is commemorating the day by placing 3,300 flowers in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, one flower for each baby aborted each day. “On the 40th Memorial of Roe v. Wade, our […]
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