Attorney general announces indictment against 30 more people who protested at a Minnesota church
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Texas non-profit’s lesson: Don’t be afraid to call out religious bias
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (BP) – Divine Creative Ministries is a nonprofit organization that bills itself as “a discipleship-centered ministry advancing the Gospel through creativity and technology.” Last year, those convictions placed it at odds with a secular company over that company’s nonprofit discount.
Hannibal-LaGrange lawsuit forces Department of Education rule change
HANNIBAL, Mo. (BP) – A lawsuit brought by Hannibal-LaGrange University against the U.S. Department of Education was settled last week after the DOE issued new guidance making the lawsuit unnecessary.
Don Lemon, others arrested for roles in Cities Church disruption
LOS ANGELES – Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested early Friday morning for his role in the Jan. 18 disruption at Cities Church in St. Paul.
Arrests announced in Minneapolis church protest
WASHINGTON (BP) – At least three arrests have been made among those who disrupted a Southern Baptist church service Sunday, Jan. 18, to protest ICE activities in Minneapolis, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced this morning (Jan. 22).
EDITORIAL: Protesting has its place, but it’s not inside churches
Americans cherish the right to protest. It is woven into the fabric of our democracy and protected by the Constitution. But that right does not extend to barging into a church during worship, shouting down a congregation and traumatizing families gathered in prayer.
Bombs will not deter Christian persecution in Nigeria, survivor tells USCIRF
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. government should use “peaceful methods” to fight religious persecution in Nigeria, a northeast Nigerian minister and humanitarian said in testimony before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in Washington Jan. 13.
Filmmaker who videod Uyghur camps faces deportation
NEW YORK (BP) – A Chinese dissident whose filming provided documentation of detention camps for Uyghurs, a Muslim people group in northwest China, appeared before an upstate New York judge yesterday (Jan. 12) for possible deportation to his home country.
Walker accepts religious freedom role in Trump administration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former North Carolina Baptist pastor and congressman Mark Walker announced Thursday (Jan. 8) that he has accepted a new role within the Trump administration focused on advancing religious liberty around the world.
2000 Christians call for religious freedom protections amid rising violence in India
NEW DELHI (BP) – Two thousand Christians gathered in India in November to urge the government to protect religious freedoms as violence and legalized discrimination increase in the world’s most populous country.
