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January 31, 2024
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| Can American Churches Reap a Harvest among Gen-Z Religious 'Nones'? |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Younger Americans are more likely to dissociate from organized religion, according to a recent Pew Research study on religious "nones." Out of 28% of American adults who identify as "atheist," "agnostic," or "nothing in particular," 29% are aged 18-29 (Generation Z is ages 11-26), while 40% are aged 30-49. Despite their professed dissociation, these individuals are not necessarily hardened against the message of the gospel. "We have tremendous opportunity right now," urged podcaster Kyle Campbell on "Washington Watch," "particularly in the church." |
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| Biden Changes Tune on Border as Polls Show Strong Support for Texas's Stand |
| by Dan Hart |
| Over the weekend at a campaign event, President Joe Biden pledged to "shut down the border right now" if a border deal is reached in Congress. The admission appears to signal a seismic shift in the president's messaging on the southern border crisis as polls indicate that almost three quarters of Americans say they support Texas in its standoff with the federal government over securing the border. |
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| Report Catalogues Dozens of New Incidents of Persecution against Christians in the West |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Religious persecution against Christians in the Western world is rising at an alarming rate, according to a new report from Family Research Council's Center for Religious Liberty. |
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| 'We Never Fight Alone': 2024 International Religious Freedom Summit |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| On Tuesday, the 2024 International Religious Freedom Summit (IRF) began as a means to bring awareness to the immense religious persecution occurring globally and to offer hope amid the darkness. |
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| 'Dems Want to Give Up U.S. Sovereignty' to 'New World Order': Senator on WHO Treaty |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The Democratic Party in general, and the Biden administration in particular, are eager to hand global governance institutions more influence over U.S. health policy, said the prime opponent of a new pandemic agreement. Pro-life and pro-family advocates should be most concerned about expanding the WHO's reach, power, and prestige, as it moves to polarize global health policy in favor of abortion, homosexuality, and transgenderism, say its opponents. |
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| Remember to Pray for Nigeria's Endangered Christians |
| by Lela Gilbert |
| Why are Nigeria's Christians facing grave danger? Why have kidnappings and murders of pastors, priests, men, women, and children in Nigeria continued to increase in numbers? The fact is that more Christian believers are killed for their faith in Nigeria each year than in the rest of the countries of the world combined. Meanwhile, the international response to these tragedies has for too long been virtual silence. |
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| Biden Education Department Met With SPLC Before Center Put Parental Rights Groups on 'Hate Map' |
| by Tyler O'Neil |
| A high-ranking official at the Department of Education under President Joe Biden met with representatives of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) a year before the center put parental rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, on its "hate map" alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, according to documents obtained by The Oversight Project. |
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