In a social media post, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church announced it ordained three women as pastors. This is a first for the Saddleback Church. Saddleback is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

... Is this a passing phenomenon as the country emerges from a once-in-a-lifetime economic shock, or a more sustained trend that evokes the 1970s?

...Simply by publicizing its long-standing dorm policies, the college would be in violation of the law and subject to heavy fines.

...Reflecting on the past year, Surber exhorted pastors to “stick with it! This to shall pass! Be excited about the fact that the pandemic seems to be fading and things are reopening. We have a great opportunity...

About one in every three churches gets robbed. And it’s not just the megachurches...Most church fraud happens in small, local churches that don’t have enough employees to easily provide accountability.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a juror was wrongfully dismissed from a trial for saying the Holy Spirit influenced his views in the case after deliberations began.

...When it comes to government spending, fraud and inefficiency are baked into the cake. 

...But the truth is, sometimes we say, I can’t when really what we mean is I won’t. It just feels so much better–to ourselves and the people around us–to say I can’t.

...This is the first time a president has failed to mention “God” in the history of making this proclamation since the observance was created in 1952 by Congress...

Several countries criticized Belgium for its 2002 euthanasia law...this week, urging it to protect people with disabilities and the elderly, noting that registered euthanasia deaths had experienced a hundredfold increase in that country.