UMC Pastor’s First Senate Ad Says Democracy Is “For Sale to the Highest Bidder”

United Methodist megachurch pastor and author Adam Hamilton has launched his first television advertisement in his campaign for a Kansas seat in the United States Senate.
Trump Calls Communism America’s Greatest Threat, Vows to Defeat “Menace”

Trump Calls Communism America’s Greatest Threat, Vows to Defeat “Menace”

President Donald Trump used his Independence Day eve address at Mount Rushmore to warn that communism poses what he described as the greatest threat the United States has ever confronted. Speaking to supporters gathered in South Dakota’s Black Hills, Trump said the danger exceeds the challenges of the two world wars.
  • Chicago-Area Church Defends Biblical Sexuality Messages Despite Organized LGBT Protest
    Chicago-Area Church Defends Biblical Sexuality Messages Despite Organized LGBT Protest
    A pastor in the Chicago suburbs is standing by his church’s digital sign promoting biblical views on sexuality and marriage after an LGBT activist group founded by a Democratic state official organized a protest outside the congregation last Friday. The demonstration took place at New Hope Community Church in Palatine.
  • Iranian Authorities Threaten Forced Confiscation of Historic Protestant Church in Tehran
    Iranian Authorities Threaten Forced Confiscation of Historic Protestant Church in Tehran
    A historic Protestant church in Iran is reportedly at risk of being confiscated by the Iranian government, raising fresh concerns over the regime’s ongoing pressure on religious minorities. Tehran’s St. Peter Evangelical Church, one of the country’s few remaining historic Protestant churches, has been threatened with seizure by Iranian authorities.
  • South Carolina Enacts Law Blocking “Debanking” Over Religious, Political Views
    South Carolina Enacts Law Blocking “Debanking” Over Religious, Political Views
    South Carolina has enacted a new law aimed at preventing major financial institutions from denying services to customers because of their religious or political beliefs. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed House Bill 5538, known as the “Guarantee Banking Act,” into law Tuesday after the measure advanced in the South Carolina House of Representatives.