Ohio Church Enjoined From Sheltering Homeless This Winter

An Ohio judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Dad’s Place and its pastor Chris Avell, preventing the church from using its first floor to shelter homeless people, even as temperatures are expected to plummet later this week.

News, North America, ChristianityKim RobertsDecember 12, 2024Ministry Watch, Kim Roberts, Religious freedom, Church and state, Homeless shelter, Dad's Place, Christianity, news, Secondary featureComment

Historic NJ Churches Can’t be Excluded From Preservation Funds

Two historic New Jersey churches won a preliminary injunction in federal court that blocks a policy excluding them from a funding program for historic buildings.

News, North America, Christianity, History, PoliticsKim RobertsDecember 11, 2024Kim Roberts, Ministry Watch, Historic churches, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Church and state, Christianity, politics, Secondary featureComment

After-school clubs and the Satanic Temple’s push for separation of church and state

(ANALYSIS) As the start of the school year rapidly approaches, controversy can’t be far behind. But not all hot-button topics in education are about what goes on in class. Over the past few years, conflict has trailed attempts to establish After School Satan Clubs sponsored by the Satanic Temple, which the U.S. government recognizes as a religious group.

AnalysisCharles J. RussoAugust 2, 2023The Conversation, Charles J. Russo, Satanic Temple, After School Satan Club, Satanism, Church and state, Religion in schoolsComment

Dalai Lama Identifies The Reincarnation Of Mongolia’s Spiritual Leader: Preview Of Tensions Around Finding His Own Replacement

(ANALYSIS) The current and 14th dalai lama, Tenzin Gyatso, will be 88 in July 2023, and the Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa in Mongolia is traditionally one of the Buddhist leaders who recognizes the dalai lama’s successor.

AnalysisBrooke SchedneckMay 5, 2023Dalai Lama, Buddhism, The Conversation, China, Beijing, Church and state, Tibet, Brooke Schedneck, Secondary Feature, Secondary feature Comment

Feds Aim To Stop Violence At Houses Of Worship With Faith-Based Council

The recent establishment of the Faith-Based Security Advisory Council and a call for Congress to appropriate additional funding to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program highlighted the federal government’s focus on security and anti-terrorism initiatives for churches, mosques, synagogues and other religious institutions.

News, North AmericaTom CampisiOctober 7, 2022MinistryWatch, Tom Campisi, Houses of worship, Attacks on houses of worship, Church attack, Security council, Department of Homeland Security, Church and state, Faith-based Security Advisory Council, Secondary FeatureComment

RIP Ron Sider: An Evangelical Caught In Political Crossfire

(OPINION) Through it all, American activist and Mennonite theologian Ronald J. Sider refused to compromise on core Christian doctrines and warned believers to be realistic about what political warfare can, and cannot, accomplish.

OpinionTerry MattinglyAugust 4, 2022On Religion, Terry Mattingly, Ron Sider, John Paul II, Abortion, Pro-life, Christians and politics, Religion and politics, Religious liberty, Religious freedom, Church and state, Memorial, Evangelicalism, PoliticsComment

Pope Francis' civil union media storm unleashes doctrinal infighting

(OPINION) The pope — as head of the church — had in three sentences changed Catholicism forever. Not so fast, said numerous on-the-record voices in the world of Catholicism.

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