Christian baker asks SCOTUS to defend her right to uphold biblical values in work
WASHINGTON (BP) – California Christian baker Cathy Miller is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm her right to refuse to bake wedding cakes celebrating unions that violate the biblical definition of marriage.
Katrina reshaped landscape, complexion, unity of New Orleans churches, leaders say
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The church doors would remain open, David Crosby decided after the levees failed New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina.
‘God Is.’ Alena Franklin of ‘War Room’ fame ministers with new teen devotional
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP) – Alena Pitts Franklin was three years past her cinematic debut as Priscilla Shirer’s daughter in “War Room” when Alena’s mother went to sleep one evening and entered heaven without awakening.
Judge strikes state law that banned religious schools from college credits program
MINNEAPOLIS (BP) – A Minnesota law that banned certain Christian colleges from a program that enrolls high-schoolers in tuition-free college credit courses is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled.
Ukrainian evangelicals call on U.S., global community for prayer Aug. 24
MINNEAPOLIS (BP) – Viktor Soro, a pastor of First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church in Minneapolis, believes it can be difficult for the global community to understand Ukraine’s pain of war.
Billy Graham association launches UK religious liberty legal defense fund
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) – The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse are helping Christians persecuted for their faith in the United Kingdom through a legal defense fund of more than $1.2 million.
Ugandan Muslim beaten, ostracized for accepting Christ after seeing vision in mosque
MAYUGE DISTRICT, Uganda (BP) – A Muslim convert who said he saw a vision of Christ while napping at a Ugandan mosque is recovering after his relatives beat him and destroyed his home, Morning Star News reported.
LaVergne Community Church unites nations in onsite worship in five languages
LA VERGNE, Tenn. (BP) – Worshipers sang “Santo por siempre,” translated “Holy forever,” as worship pastor Javier Chirinos led praise Aug. 17 during the 11:30 a.m. Spanish language service at La Vergne Community Church. Non-Spanish speakers joined in, aided by the Polyglossia app.
Nearly half of U.S. Christians don’t attend church, State of the Bible finds
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Nearly half of American Christians, 45 percent, have not attended church in the past six months, the American Bible Society said in its latest release from the 2025 State of the Bible.
Son’s cancer diagnosis taught Hoover anew as she wrote ‘More Than Enough’
AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – Bible teacher and author Christine Hoover of Austin Stone Community Church admits without pride that she always considered herself self-sufficient.
