Tag Archives: religious freedom

A groundbreaking religious freedom bill aims to protect pastors and religious leaders who make political statements during their ministry. Sen. Josh Hawley will lead efforts to prevent the IRS from punishing pastors ...

The Missouri Senate this week began debate on a groundbreaking bill that would require state public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. National push for displays shows similar efforts across states. Under ...

Police have arrested a 23-year-old Saline County man in connection with extensive vandalism at St. Patrick Catholic Church of Wichita. The suspect was apprehended Sunday after investigators discovered damaged statues, broken glass, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, setting up a major First Amendment battle that could impact similar laws nationwide. Licensed counselor Kaley ...

A coalition of U.S. Christian leaders has sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging decisive action to free 23 Armenian Christian hostages and one Azerbaijani Christian convert held by Azerbaijani authorities. ...

Catholic bishops in Kansas are mobilizing against a controversial satanic black mass planned for the state capitol, announcing both spiritual and legal responses to the scheduled March event. The bishops said last ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Jackson County’s controversial gender counseling ordinance, arguing it violates religious freedom and First Amendment rights. The legal action targets both a ...

Eastern European Mission fulfilled an unprecedented two million Bible requests across 36 nations in 2024, marking the most successful year in the ministry’s history. The organization has served this region for more ...

Ratio Christi, a college campus evangelism and apologetics ministry, successfully defended its First Amendment rights with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom. In 2020, President Donald Trump’s first Department of Education enacted ...

The systematic targeting of Egypt’s indigenous Coptic Christian women has reached alarming levels, according to a recent investigation. Coptic Solidarity, an organization promoting equal citizenship rights for Egypt’s largest Christian minority, has ...

A Hong Kong family facing persecution has found new hope in Texas, thanks to ChinaAid, an international non-profit Christian human rights organization committed to religious freedom. The family’s struggles began in 2016 ...

A heated battle over religious freedom in public schools is reaching a critical point as Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law faces intense scrutiny in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The landmark ...

More than 360 million Christians worldwide faced persecution and discrimination in 2024, according to the latest World Watch List report from Open Doors. The findings highlight an intensifying crisis of religious freedom ...

The gospel is reaching places that may have been unimaginable a generation ago. Evangelist Franklin Graham recently preached to 24,000 people who filled the Cần Thơ Stadium in Vietnam during the Season ...

The Christian Educators Association celebrated a landmark victory as a federal district court in Kentucky struck down the Biden administration’s controversial Title IX rule that would have required public schools to implement ...

In a basement somewhere in occupied Ukraine, Christians gather in whispers. Their church is gone now – one of hundreds destroyed since Russia’s war began. According to UNESCO’s latest verification, 468 cultural ...

A federal judge struck down the Biden administration’s controversial Title IX rules this week, marking a significant victory for the Christian Educators Association. The rules, which would have required public schools to ...

Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson faces a vote today to retain him as Speaker of the House in the Republican-controlled body. While no Democrats are expected to vote for him, there’s also doubt ...

Although the holiday season is over for most Christians, January 2 is the final day of Hanukkah in the Jewish faith. It comes at a crucial time as the nation battles external ...

Metro Voice regularly reported on the challenges of Christian believers around the world in 2024. The year marked yet another unprecedented record of violence as we witnessed the tragic loss of dozens ...

Christian leaders are expressing optimism about religious freedom initiatives as Missouri State Rep. Hardy Billington introduces groundbreaking legislation requiring Ten Commandments displays in public schools. The Republican lawmaker from Poplar Bluff has ...

A Baptist pastor has become the first person arrested under a controversial new law in India’s Assam state that criminalizes prayer healing. It marks what religious freedom advocates call a concerning escalation ...

One of the underreported stories about the recent election outcome is the potential impact on freedom of religion in public schools. The flurry of legislation for and against religion in education is ...

The Oklahoma Department of Education is leading the way in protecting the religious freedom of students, teachers and parents through a new Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism. Specific guidance related to ...

High school football coach Joe Kennedy is still surprised that God chose him to challenge – and win – a ban on prayer before the U.S. Supreme Court. “I don’t know why ...