3rd Party Seeks to Mobilize Christian Voters

The fastest-growing third party in America, (ballot-access.org) the Constitution Party (www.constitutionparty.com), will discuss a nationwide effort to encourage Christians to vote “like their faith depended on it.” The CP will host a number of notable...

Pastor Cited for Holding Home Bible Study Without Permit

A San Diego pastor is fighting a citation from the San Diego County that requires him to obtain a permit to host weekly Bible studies at his home. Pastor David Jones and his wife Mary have been hosting a Bible Study fellowship at their home every Tuesday for the past...

$5,000 Scholarships Available for College Religion Courses

Religion Newswriters invites all working journalists, regardless of beat, to apply to its Lilly Scholarships in Religion program. The scholarships give full-time journalists up to $5,000 to cover the cost of taking college religion courses. With religion in the...

Church Leaders Urge Congress to Support Foreign Aid Reform Bill

U.S. church bodies, convened by the Christian anti-hunger advocacy group Bread for the World, are petitioning Congress to pass the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 2139). The bipartisan bill starts the process of overhauling U.S. foreign...

Pastors Thrilled to Win IRS Ruling

Liberty Legal Institute announced today that the Internal Revenue Service found that pastors who gathered in 2006 for a series of public policy conferences had every right to do so and that the organizers of the events did not violate any tax laws that govern...