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Justice Alito: Some COVID-19 church restrictions blatant discrimination
By Diana Chandler WASHINGTON (BP) – The nation’s High Court allowed blatant discrimination to stand in at least two cases limiting church activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told the Federalist Society on Nov. 12. Alito referenced the July case of a Nevada church limited to 50 attendees when casinos were allowed […]
Pastor of burned church encouraged by outpouring of love
The fire occurred during a night when protests over the police shooting death of a Black man roiled the city of Philadelphia, but the cause of the fire is still unknown.
SBDR prepares Zeta response; NOBTS avoids major damage
There are reports of widespread damage in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Zeta is the fifth named storm to hit Louisiana this year.
Appreciation drives church to meet pastor’s need
“I was in shock at that moment. It was just mind-blowing.”
Poll: Trump support dipping among white Christians
…78 percent of white evangelical Protestants still plan to vote for him in November…
Capitol Hill Baptist gains religious liberty win in court
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, Capitol Hill Baptist had met in person every Sunday since its founding in 1878 except for three weeks during the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918, Sok said.
‘Lake Charles grit’ tested by two hurricanes in weeks
By Diana Chandler LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) – Trinity Baptist Church Senior Pastor Steve James calls it “Lake Charles grit,” an ability to persevere during hardship on top of hardship. “Grit up” is the local rallying cry after Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit western Louisiana just weeks apart. “We had one hand tied behind our […]
Barrett pledges to interpret Constitution, laws as written
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said Monday (Oct. 12) she has done her best as a federal appeals court judge “to reach the result required by the law” regardless of her own preferences.
Justices: Court’s marriage ruling harming religious freedom
By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – A case the U.S. Supreme Court refused to accept Monday (Oct. 5) offers evidence of the damage inflicted upon religious freedom by its five-year-old decision that legalized same-sex marriage, two justices said. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas – joined by Associate Justice Samuel Alito – wrote that a former Kentucky […]