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Only about one-third of Americans have confidence in the church or organized religion, and even fewer have faith in public schools. Gallup sampled Americans’ level of trust in more than a dozen ...

Fentanyl overdoses have increased by 75 percent in Missouri since 2019, and 2023 is on track to be another record year. The drug is up to 50 times more powerful than heroin ...

The Southern Baptist Convention is facing a shortage of qualified music leaders. “There just aren’t enough people out there to serve as worship leaders,” said Will Bishop, associate professor of church music ...

A new language for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind is now being used in both public and private schools in Africa. It was developed by Wycliffe Associates, known for empowering mother-tongue Bible translators ...

Dozens of Christian groups seeking to instill faith in the nation’s children have been given grants of as much as $1.25 million to help them meet their mission. Lilly Endowment, through its ...

Opposition is growing to the Biden administration’s proposed crackdown on dishwashers. Dozens of consumer groups and home appliance manufacturers have released a storm of criticism of the Biden administration’s proposed regulatory crackdown ...

Metro Voice has previously reported how the Communist Chinese government is rewriting the Bible as they continue to persecute Christians. Now, a U.S. Congressman has written an op-ed outlining what’s happening as ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Swedish government after a decision by Stockholm police to allow the Bible and Torah to be burned during a protest outside the Israeli Embassy. “The ...

Recent rumors on Facebook and other social media platforms claim that Kansas City-based AMC is using such tactics as turning off the air conditioning to discourage people from seeing “Sound of Freedom.” ...

Although Jackson County voters in 2020 defeated a proposal to remove two statues of Andrew Jackson from in front of the Kansas City and Independence courthouses, county legislators refuse to take no ...

Israel’s Route 60 features so many famous biblical sites that it is known as the Biblical Highway. Former U.S. Ambassador David Friedman and former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will bring ...

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez may be a big underdog in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but he stands tall in his faith. He told an audience at the Faith & ...

Christian employee of Google called a planned “Pride and Drag Show” in California a direct attack on “religious beliefs and sensibilities.” As a result, the company removed it, and performer Peaches Christ ...

Another report has been released that documents a decline in church attendance since the start of the pandemic. An average of 30 percent of Americans from 2020 to the present said they ...

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is accusing a St. Louis TV reporter of misogyny after the reporter noted that Hawley’s wife worked on the legal team that represented the Christian graphic designer ...

Chronic pain is more prevalent than many people realize. This ministry helps churches across the country offer support. Their elbows, knees and ankles throb. Fatigue wrecks their ability to move at times. ...

A handful of megachurches have cornered the market on worship music in recent years, churning out hit after hit and dominating the worship charts, a new study reported by Religion News Service ...

A century-old church in midtown Kansas City caught fire early Wednesday morning and suffered extensive damage. “I’m lost for words,” Pastor Willie Thornton of Mount Christian Worship Center says. “I really am. ...

Corporate bankruptcies in the United States this spring, based on the latest reports, with the first five months of 2023 seeing the highest number of filings since 2010. Filings from Serta Bedding ...

Atheists are complaining they feel socially alienated even as government, Hollywood and the media push faith out of the public eye. The news comes as projections indicate Christianity might be a minority ...

Not all of the news coming out of U.S. schools is negative. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes believes it can set a new record for attendees of its camps in 2023, with ...

In India, Dr. Rebeka Naylor went from staff doctor to medical director to hospital CEO, treating thousands of patients and delivering a host of babies. The first time she retired, in 2002, Dr. ...

There still may be a chance to prevent the Evergy rate hike, which would raise rates next year an average of $14.24 each month per Kansas household. The Kansas Corporation Commission may ...

As archaeologists continue to find sites validating biblical stories, one says there’s now proof for the location of Sodom. Steven Collins, dean of the College of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University, told ...

The film and music industries have long bypassed major investments in Missouri for states that offer tax incentives. That may change now that Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation to provide tax ...