Guest Commentary

• After Cyclone Disaster, Church Organizations Mobilize to Help Devastated Africans When Cyclone Idai struck the Southeast Africa coast last week, it swept away everything in its path, including churches, schools and homes in the Mozambican port city of Beira and beyond. Mar 26, 2019

  

  After Cyclone Disaster, Church Organizations Mobilize to Help Devastated Africans
• Willow Creek’s Crash Shows Why Denominations Still Matter It’s become common among some Protestants — and especially evangelicals — to call themselves “Jesus followers.” Mar 26, 2019

  

  Willow Creek’s Crash Shows Why Denominations Still Matter
• U.K. Denies Asylum to Iranian Christian, Says Christianity Isn’t a 'Peaceful' Religion The United Kingdom has denied asylum to an Iranian Christian convert, saying that Christianity isn’t a “peaceful” religion. Mar 25, 2019

  

  U.K. Denies Asylum to Iranian Christian, Says Christianity Isn’t a 'Peaceful' Religion
• Romania and Honduras Announce They Are Moving Their Embassies in Israel to Jerusalem Romanian and Honduran officials announced on Sunday that they would be moving their Israeli embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Mar 25, 2019

  Romania and Honduras Announce They Are Moving Their Embassies in Israel to Jerusalem
• Trump Was Not Involved in Russian Interference, Mueller Report Says Robert Mueller submitted his Special Counsel report this weekend which found that President Trump did not conspire or coordinate with Russians who interfered in the 2016 Presidential election. Mar 25, 2019

  Trump Was Not Involved in Russian Interference, Mueller Report Says
• Six Reasons Why Experts Are Arguing for and against the Electoral College Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for the end of the Electoral College at a town hall meeting on Monday. She said, “Every vote matters, and the way we can make that happen is that we can have national... Mar 22, 2019

  Six Reasons Why Experts Are Arguing for and against the Electoral College
• 65 Percent of Protestant Pastors See School as 'Negative Influence' on Children's Spiritual Development A new study from the Barna Group found that a majority of Protestant pastors and about half of Catholic priests believe school is a negative influence on a child’s spiritual development. Mar 22, 2019

  65 Percent of Protestant Pastors See School as 'Negative Influence' on Children's Spiritual Development
• Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say Three pastors in western India have been criminally charged in retaliation for refuting a false account of a Hindu extremist attack on six Christians that left a teenage girl unconscious, sources said. Mar 22, 2019

  Police in India File Charges against Pastors for Refuting False Account of Attack, Sources Say
• President Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses Following through on a promise he made last month at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday protecting free speech on college and university campuses. Mar 22, 2019

  President Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses
• Federal Judge Blocks Kentucky Bill Banning Abortions Based on Sex, Race or Disabilities Kentucky’s governor Matt Bevin signed two bills in recent weeks banning abortions on the basis of race, sex or a disability diagnoses and after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Motions for injunctions have already been filed... Mar 21, 2019

  Federal Judge Blocks Kentucky Bill Banning Abortions Based on Sex, Race or Disabilities