Russia opens terror probe after attacks on synagogues, Orthodox churches; priest and police officers killed
Gunmen opened fire on two synagogues, two Orthodox churches and a police station in the republic of Dagestan in Russia’s North Caucasus region on Sunday. Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee opened a terrorism investigation after “armed attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala left police officers and civilians dead and wounded,” the agency’s Telegram page said. Shamil Khadulaev, […]
Bay Ridge parents, pols push to block legal pot shop near schools, churches
Bay Ridge parents, politicians and civic leaders are pleading with state regulators to reject plans to open marijuana stores near the Brooklyn neighborhood’s numerous schools and places of worship. “We are writing to express our firm opposition to the proposed opening of this cannabis dispensary,” Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and state Assemblymen Michael Tanoussis and Alec […]
Southern Baptists narrowly reject ban on churches with women pastors
The Southern Baptist Convention narrowly rejected a proposal to include a clause in its constitution that would have banned churches from having female pastors. The proposal received 61% of the vote, but did not meet the two-thirds majority requirement. Official church doctrine still restricts the pastoral profession to men, a position supported by opponents of […]
Judge Sentences Pastor Who Stole Three Churches
A jury convicted Texas pastor Whitney Foster of stealing from three churches worth more than $800,000, and a judge sentenced Foster to 35 years in prison, according to Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot’s office. Foster was the pastor of the True Foundation, a non-denominational church in Dallas that had no physical building in which […]
Southern Baptists poised to enact ban on churches with women pastors
A proposed constitutional amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention aims to ban churches from having female pastors. The amendment came after a controversy sparked by a Virginia pastor who challenged the affiliation of several churches. A vote on the proposed ban is scheduled to take place next week at the SBC’s annual meeting in Indianapolis. […]
Normandy churches honor D-Day paratroopers as biblical heroes in stained-glass windows
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Slavery-reparation activists demand $15 billion from Boston, perhaps $50 million more from white churches
The activists recent meetings He called on the city of Boston to allocate billions of dollars in slavery reparations and to invest millions more in local white churches. About 200 people gathered Saturday at the Bowling Building in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood to meet with members of an activist group called the Boston People’s Reparations Committee. […]
Churches turn to armed volunteers as gunmen threaten pastors, worshippers
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18-year-old plotted terrorist attack on 21 churches in Idaho after swearing allegiance to ISIS during COVID, FBI says
An Idaho man allegedly hatched a conspiracy. terrorist attack He denounced about two dozen Christian churches for the Islamic State, but was thwarted by an FBI informant. The FBI said its agents had been following Alexander Scott Mercurio for two years after he converted to Islam against the wishes of his Christian parents. Mercurio was […]
Idaho Teen Accused in Plot to Attack Churches for ISIS
Authorities have arrested a young man suspected of planning to attack a church in his hometown of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on behalf of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, was taken into custody on Saturday as FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force officials investigated the incident, NBC News reported. report Tuesday. The arrest […]