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The Heart of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

January 22, 1973, marked a dark day in our country’s history. On that day nearly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its infamous Roe v. Wade...

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Churches

How Houston Pastors Successfully Stood Up for Their Constitutional Rights

Latin America has experienced more than its share of oppressive governmental regimes. Throughout the 20th century and continuing today, tyranny has held...

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Churches

9th Circuit Sides With Seattle-Based Church Forced to Defend Pro-Life Views in Court

No church should be forced to cover abortions, and certainly not a church like Cedar Park that dedicates its ministry to protecting and celebrating life.

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Churches

Why Free Speech Is Especially Critical to the Church

What exactly is freedom of speech and why is it important? We explore and answer these questions in a video that Alliance Defending Freedom recently...

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Churches

Church Autonomy: What It Is and Why It's Important

A church or house of worship needs to maintain independence from government control in certain fundamental ways. This is vital not only for its thriving...

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Churches

Religious Freedom Day: Celebrating Victories and Preparing for Challenges Ahead

January 16 is National Religious Freedom Day. For many Americans, this day carries more weight than in recent years – because of what churches have...

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Churches

Washington State Treats Churches Worse Than Breweries and Cannabis Retailers

Across the country, as public officials have grappled with how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have taken their authority too far. The First...

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Churches

Great News! 9th Circuit Rules in favor of Nevada Churches

“Las Vegas. Now Open!” So declared an ad announcing the reopening of casinos after closures due to COVID-19. But while hundreds of thousands of people...

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Churches

This Church Sued California for Forcing It to Pay for Abortions in Its Healthcare Plan

The State of California began forcing churches to cover abortions in their health insurance plans in 2014. Even worse, many of these churches were not...

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Churches

3 Secular Gatherings That Nevada Has Treated Better Than Religious Gatherings

Over the Labor Day weekend, the State of Nevada allowed streams of tourists to crowd the Las Vegas Strip. News reports observed that not everyone was...

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Schools

The Cost of Conscience: Sacred Heart Academy Forced to Take on the State of Michigan

What would you do if the government gave your ministry this ultimatum: Compromise on your religious beliefs or face punishment? Unfortunately, this isn't…

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Schools

Supreme Court Insights: Carson v. Makin

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Carson v. Makin that the state of Maine cannot exclude students who attend religious schools from a…

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Schools

Low-Income Kids at Risk of Losing School Lunches Thanks to Biden Admin Mandate

For children from low-income families and underprivileged neighborhoods, lunch at school may be the most nutritious meal they eat all day. Thankfully…

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Schools

Will SCOTUS Stop Unjust Discrimination Against People Living Out Their Faith?

On December 8th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an important case involving religious freedom and school choice. The Court decided to…

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Schools

In Vermont, Religious Schools Are Left Out in the Cold

In Vermont, not every town has a public high school. In order to make sure that every student has access to a quality high school education, Vermont...

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Schools

20 States, a Christian School Association, and 3 Athletes Taking a Stand to Save Women’s Sports

It seems the Biden administration is demanding conformity to its ideological agenda at all costs. And when it comes to its radical plan to change the...

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Schools

Senate Resolution Reminds Us Why Religious Education Should Be Celebrated

Earlier this week, Senator Lindsay Graham introduced Senate Resolution 407, legislation that celebrates religious schools and their contributions to...

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Schools

Victory! Court Rules VT Can’t Discriminate Against Students at Religious Schools

In 1869, Vermont launched its Town Tuition Program, the oldest school choice program in the country. The program allows for students who live in towns...

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Schools

This Lawsuit Threatens the Rights of Faith-Based Schools to Operate According to Their Beliefs

Punishing people and institutions of faith because they exercise their religious beliefs is unconstitutional. And that’s why this lawsuit should concern...

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Schools

Oregon Closes Small Christian Schools But Allows Small Public Schools to Open

When a family in South Hero requested tuition reimbursement for Rice, their school district denied the request. Why? Because “Rice is a religious school.”

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Camps

Freedom to Operate: Three Mistakes Many Camps Make That Impact their Religious Freedom

Christian camps are places where childhood memories are made, adult respite is found, and lifelong spiritual commitments develop. When believers get…

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Higher Education

Arizona School Board Ousts Christian Student Teachers

Becoming a teacher is a unique way to have a positive influence on the next generation, and that is exactly what Arizona Christian University students in…

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Higher Education

This Lawsuit Threatens Religious Colleges and Universities. Here’s What You Need to Know

For many families, where you attend college is a source of pride. Many attend where their parents and grandparents attended, and they hope to send their...

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Higher Education

Massachusetts Court Interferes with This Christian University’s Hiring Practices

The First Amendment protects the right of religious universities to decide the faculty they want to hire or promote. That means Christian colleges are...

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Higher Education

Meet the College Standing Up to the Biden Administration

Our Constitution protects the right of faith-based institutions to operate according to their beliefs. It also protects our freedom by separating power...

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Higher Education

An Alarming Biden Rule Could Mean Opposite-Sex Roommates in College Dorms

Under this new rule pushed forward by President Biden, the College of the Ozarks will be threatened with ruinous fines, damages, and even criminal...

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Higher Education

Big News! U.S. Supreme Court Gives Chike Uzuegbunam Another Chance at Justice

It’s been an eventful four years for Georgia Gwinnett College graduate Chike Uzuegbunam. In 2016, Chike was prevented from exercising his right to free...

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Other Ministries

Churches, Christian Schools, and a Pro-Life Ministry Standing Up to Virginia’s Alarming New Law

It seems that some government officials in Virginia have decided that their preferred political ideology trumps free speech and religious freedom. But...

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Other Ministries

How 5 Recent U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Impact Churches and Ministries

In the past few months, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several decisions that impact religious organizations. To help church and ministry leaders...

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Huge Fines in Virginia for Churches and Ministries Operating According to Beliefs

On July 1, churches, Christian schools, and other religious ministries with theologically orthodox views on marriage will no longer be welcome in Virginia.

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Other Ministries

Quarantine Listening: Little Sisters of the Poor Back at the Supreme Court

If you’re in court on the opposite side of a case from the Little Sisters of the Poor—a group of Catholic nuns who have given up all worldly possessions...

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Other Ministries

Think Churches and Religious Schools Will Be Safe from the “Equality Act”? Think Again.

You might expect churches and religious schools, of all places, to remain safe from the government’s meddling hands. Our Constitution does guarantee...

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Standing Together

We stand in a time of unprecedented change in our country. My concern grows as I see a movement emerging that sees a total revolution in the life of our nation’s people as necessary to usher in a new “age of greatness” and what they believe to be human flourishing.

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Legal Threats to Christian Ministries Are Increasing – Here’s How They Can Respond

The shifting culture is changing how people view religious ministries, and those who manage ministry operations and monitor laws affecting them have seen these changes firsthand.

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When the Heavy Hand of Government Gets to Decide What’s Religious and What’s Not

As a religious organization, By The Hand has always been exempt from paying unemployment compensation taxes. Until recently.

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If there’s any case that shows churches across the country should be preparing for threats to religious liberty, it’s a 2016 case that Alliance Defending Freedom filed in Iowa.

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“Las Vegas. Now Open!” So declared an ad announcing the reopening of casinos after closures due to COVID-19. But at the same time that people streamed...

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The State of California began forcing churches to cover abortions in their health insurance plans in 2014. Even worse, many of these churches were not...

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January 22, 1973, marked a dark day in our country’s history. On that day nearly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court handed down its infamous Roe v. Wade...

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Victory Baptist Church in Dedham, Massachusetts, was careful to follow all the guidelines laid out by government...

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At its core, the Johnson Amendment should deeply offend religious leaders.

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You probably know that the state tried to force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise for abortions. But you may not know that some state officials want to force churches to pay for abortions.

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Lisa Amann has attended Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California for almost her entire life. Now, she works there as a pastor. As a Christian...

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Churches are enjoying a victory in a battle they never should have been forced to fight. On January 10, a U.S. district court dismissed a lawsuit...

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Beto O’Rourke is waiting for you at the bottom of the slippery slope religious freedom opponents said never existed. For many years, we were told that...

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You don't know what you don't know. A pastor friend recently reminded me of this reality.

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Starting a new church is no easy task. You need to put together a launch team, fundraise, and advertise. You have paperwork to fill out and bylaws to...

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What exactly is freedom of speech and why is it important? We explore and answer these questions in a video that Alliance Defending Freedom recently...

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Across the country, as public officials have grappled with how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have taken their authority too far. The First...

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“Clarity is reasonable.” That’s the tagline on ChurchClarity.com. And while it may seem reasonable and relatively harmless, there are reasons to be...

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A good name is important. Without it, individuals, businesses, ministries, and churches face an uphill battle. This is why smear campaigns are so often...

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Latin America has experienced more than its share of oppressive governmental regimes. Throughout the 20th century and continuing today, tyranny has held...

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“Las Vegas. Now Open!” So declared an ad announcing the reopening of casinos after closures due to COVID-19. But while hundreds of thousands of people...

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In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many churches have had to change the way they hold services in order to adapt to social distancing guidelines and...

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A church or house of worship needs to maintain independence from government control in certain fundamental ways. This is vital not only for its thriving...

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When the government punishes one behavior and rewards another, people take notice. That’s because the government’s actions send signals about what is...

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No church should be forced to cover abortions, and certainly not a church like Cedar Park that dedicates its ministry to protecting and celebrating life.

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January 16 is National Religious Freedom Day. For many Americans, this day carries more weight than in recent years – because of what churches have...

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Over the Labor Day weekend, the State of Nevada allowed streams of tourists to crowd the Las Vegas Strip. News reports observed that not everyone was...

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