Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
Operation Mobilization Announces Search For New Ship
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2001
ATLANTA, GA (ANS) -- Operation Mobilization has begun the search for a vessel to replace one of the current OM ships. The mission agency's ship ministry currently operates the M. V. DOULOS and M. V. LOGOS II and…
Pro-lifers condemn creation of embryos only for research
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2001
Recent reports of scientists creating human embryos or attempting to clone embryos solely for research with their stem cells, thereby destroying the early unborn babies, has stirred widespread condemnation from pro-life advocates.
Changes in faith-based legislation ‘absolutely essential,’ Land says
Posted on Friday, July 13, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--A legislative version of President Bush's faith-based initiative has cleared two congressional committees, and the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public-policy agency welcomed changes related to religious liberty made in the measure.
“New York Moment” No Match for Fight Over Eternal Jerusalem
Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2001
As American, Israeli and Palestinian leaders converge in New York for the UN's opening Millennium summit, there are no signs of an imminent breakthrough to the negotiating impasse over Jerusalem, only hardening Arab positions and gloomy forecasts of…
Family Friendly Movieguide(R) Airs on Pax-TV Beginning in June
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2001
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (ANS) -- Millions of North American television viewers will be able to become "media-wise" when PaxTV begins airing Dr. Ted Baehr's 60-second movie reviews, in a late night slot starting June 1. It is the start…
Supreme Court to review Internet pornography case
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed again to decide whether Congress has abridged free speech rights in its attempt to protect children from pornography on the Internet.
ACLJ Calls On Supreme Court To Protect Children In Porn Case
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2001
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case involving the Congressional authority to limit children’s access to…
ACLJ To Defend Nebraska City in Ten Commandments Lawsuit
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2001
(Virginia Beach, VA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will defend the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska which has been sued by the ACLU to remove a monument…
Peaceful Pro-Life Prayer Vigil Ends In Wrongful Arrests
Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2001
Rutherford Institute Attorneys Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Citing Free Speech Violations WASHINGTON - Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several residents of the city of Fargo, North Dakota,…
Faith’s role in birth of science reviewed at think tank conference
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2001
SEATTLE (BP)--Today's scientific advances owe their genesis to Christianity, and every new discovery of the cosmos is an affirmation of God at work in the universe he created, noted scientists and educators said in addressing a "Cosmos and…
Field Updates Available to Web Users Through ‘Macedonian Call’
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-Cutting edge technology combined with up-to-the-minute reports from indigenous missionaries around the globe is enabling Christians to experience their own "Macedonian Call" via their computer desktops.
Teacher Forced to Halt Native American Religious Rituals
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
Pinole, CA - A fourth grade school teacher at the Ellerhorst Elementary School in Pinole, California has halted the religious Native American rituals that she has been performing in her classroom, to the objection of a number of…
