A new poll asks Americans what they believe about God

A new poll asks Americans what they believe about God

VERBATIM:  The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University reports that only 50% of adults believe that God is best described as “the all-powerful, all knowing, perfect, and just Creator of the universe who rules that universe today.”  CRC Director Dr. George Barna says “The idea that the God of the Bible is the sole, omnipotent, Creator deity is no longer the dominant theological view of Americans, as it was until shortly after the start of the new millennium.”  MH REPORTING

The capital of Maryland issues an unusual alert

The capital of Maryland issues an unusual alert

VERBATIM:  The city of Annapolis has prompted some raised eyebrows and ridicule on social media by sending out an emergency preparedness guide specifically for the LGBT community.  The Annapolis Office of Emergency Management says disasters pose “unique challenges” for LGBT people.  Amongst the recommendations are that transgender individuals stockpile hormones to help them live as the opposite sex along with “chest binders and wigs”.  MH REPORTING

The Pew Research Center takes a closer look at abortion in the U.S.

(SRN NEWS)-VERBATIM:  And the first thing that Pew admits as it tries to crunch the numbers is that they don’t have all the data.  There were a little over 613,000 abortions in 2022 — the last year for which all the data is in.  However, four states do not report their abortion numbers and nobody knows how many women terminated a pregnancy that year using abortion pills they got through the mail without visiting a doctor.  It is feared that the real total is higher than the reported one.  MH REPORTING

A victory for religious freedom in Europe

A victory for religious freedom in Europe

VERBATIM:  Bulgaria has banned door-to-door evangelism while allowing canvassing for political reasons.  The European Court of Human Rights has struck down the law, saying it violates the European Convention on Human Rights.  Nicholas Bauer of the European Center for Law and Justices tells EWTN “The court ruling reaffirms a basic requirement of religious freedom for believers: the right to the same freedom of expression as everyone else.”  MH REPORTING

A new poll asks Americans about human life

A new poll asks Americans about human life

VERBATIM:  It comes from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University and it finds that 57% of the general population believes that humans are created in God’s image and likeness, are morally fallen and need redemption.  But only 27% of respondents think that human life is sacred while an equal amount says human life has no intrinsic value.  Just 44% of people who identify as born-again Christians believe life is sacred.  MH REPORTING

Some Major League Baseball players take a stand

Some Major League Baseball players take a stand

VERBATIM:  The San Francisco Giants celebrated Gay Pride at their stadium last week and gave all the players uniforms to wear with rainbow colors.  Three members of the team wrote Bible verses on the hats, including ones from the Book of Genesis explaining the REAL meaning of the rainbow.  Major League Baseball has issued a warning, telling the players that they are not allowed to alter Gay Pride uniforms in any way.  MH REPORTING

An Illinois man is going to jail for killing an unborn baby

An Illinois man is going to jail for killing an unborn baby

VERBATIM:  The state has some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country, but it’s still not legal for a man to slip his girlfriend abortion pills to end a pregnancy against her will.  That’s what 32-year-old Emerson Evans was convicted of and he will now serve seven years in prison.  Since abortion drugs were made widely available under the Biden administration, a growing number of men have been arrested for using them to force women to have abortions.  MH REPORTING

A battle over abortion pills in Alaska

A battle over abortion pills in Alaska

VERBATIM:  Planned Parenthood is suing to overturn a state law that requires women to visit a doctor in person before receiving abortifacient drugs.  The regional affiliate, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, claims that it is too inconvenient for women in Alaska to see a doctor in person.  The state attorney general’s office says it will defend the law.  Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion business and a leading provider of abortion pills.  MH REPORTING

Anti-Christian hate is up in Europe

Anti-Christian hate is up in Europe

VERBATIM:  The number of incidents soared in May including the highest number of arson attacks on churches in any month this year so far.  According to the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe, 37 hate crimes were documented during targeting churches, Christian institutions, religious symbols and individual believers — a rate of more than one per day.  Thirteen of those incidents were arson.  MH REPORTING

The Pew Research Center offers a new look at American politics

The Pew Research Center offers a new look at American politics

A counter attack is being launched against assisted suicide

A counter attack is being launched against assisted suicide

Congress considers a surrogacy bill

Congress considers a surrogacy bill

VERBATIM:  Lawmakers point to a case out of Pennsylvania in which a convicted sex offender was able to obtain a child through a surrogate mother.  Now Congressman Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, has introduced legislation that would penalize any surrogacy agency that provides a child to a known sex offender.  The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network says the bill addresses “the current patchwork of surrogacy laws that leaves too much ambiguity.”  MH REPORTING

A call for new warning labels on TV programs

A call for new warning labels on TV programs

VERBATIM:  A lot of shows for children are being loaded with characters and storylines promoting the gay agenda these days and Senator Jim Banks is concerned.  The Illinois Republican is urging the Federal Communications Commission to add an LGBT warning to its current content rating system so parents know what their kids are watching.  Concerned Women For America reports that 40% of Netflix shows aimed at small children contain LGBT content.  MH REPORTING

A new map of America’s LGBT population

A new map of America’s LGBT population

VERBATIM:  According to the Public Religion Research Institute, the highest concentrations of people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender can be found in the Northeast and the Far West.  The LGBT population is much lower in the Southeast and the Midwest.  The PRRI study indicates that the states with the highest percentage of homosexuals are Nevada and Rhode Island — Kansas and South Dakota are the states with the lowest percentage.  MH REPORTING

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation gets out of the transgender business

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation gets out of the transgender business

VERBATIM:  As part of a settlement with the Trump administration, the healthcare system will stop helping children live as the opposite sex and will pay two million dollars to help people who want to DE-transition, do so.  The administration had been investigating whether the Cleveland Clinic had been fraudulently billing for gender-transition treatments for kids.  The Clinic has also agreed never to perform a sex-change operation or give puberty-blockers to young people.  MH REPORTING]

Some good news from Iran

Some good news from Iran

VERBATIM:  Despite some of the worst persecution in the world, the underground church there is growing by leaps and bounds.  A new report from International Christian Concern reveals that there are more believers in Iran now than there were before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought with it an unprecedented wave of persecution.  ICC says “Some estimates point to a million or more Iranian converts to Christianity.”  House churches are also increasing in number.  MH REPORTING

The New York City Council hosts a Gay Pride Ball

The New York City Council hosts a Gay Pride Ball

VERBATIM:  It happened last week and has sparked a firestorm of controversy over the use of taxpayer dollars to celebrate the LGBT agenda.  According to video posted by the American Principles Project, the event featured transgender performers being cheered on by members of the city council.  APP suggested that “John Jay and Alexander Hamilton are turning in their graves right now” — a reference to a pair of Founding Fathers from New York.  MH REPORTING

Delta Air Lines stays woke

Delta Air Lines stays woke

VERBATIM:  Polls indicate that the LGBT agenda is not so popular any more and most corporations are heeding the signals, reducing their support for the most radical parts of the gay offensive.  But not Delta.  On X, the account Libs Of Tik Tok has published job postings from the airline that refers to “birthing parents” and “non-birthing parents” — instead of mothers and fathers.  Meanwhile, many corporations have eliminated or muted their Gay Pride Month celebrations.  MH REPORTING

Southern Baptists are ready for the World Cup

Southern Baptists are ready for the World Cup

VERBATIM:  It’s the biggest single sporting event on earth and this year it’s taking place in North America — mostly here in the U.S. — and the opportunities for evangelism are significant.  SBC spokesman Tim Dowdy tells Baptist Press “The World Cup presents a unique chance for our family of churches to engage people from all over the world with the Gospel.”  The matches, which run from June 11th through July 19th will draw as many as 25 million people.  MH REPORTING

New York writes women out of the law

New York writes women out of the law

VERBATIM:  The bill, which is on its way to Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul for her signature, would remove the word “mother” from all New York statutes and replace it with “gestating parent”.  “Father” would also be dropped in favor of “non-gestating parent”.  State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar calls the measure “Woke culture run amok.  It’s an example of how out of tune the New York legislature is. It’s an unnecessary and wasteful use of time.”  MH REPORTING

Is your pastor a Republican or a Democrat?

Is your pastor a Republican or a Democrat?

VERBATIM:  That’s what the Pew Research Center has been asking Americans lately and the truth is — they don’t know.  Amongst the general population, 44% of regular church-goers say they do not know which party their pastor or the other religious leaders of their congregation favor.  19% say Republican, 8% Democrat and 27% say their pastor, associate pastor, and other religious leaders are a mix of both parties.  MH REPORTINF

America prays

America prays

A victory for religious freedom in Egypt

A victory for religious freedom in Egypt

VERBATIM:  The government has granted legal status to nearly 200 churches and church-affiliated buildings after years of delay. Religious freedom advocates have complained for decades about Egypt’s unusually slow process of allowing Christians to legally open houses of worship.  Christians make up about 10% of the country’s population and while they enjoy generally good relations with the government, the legal status issue has been a sore spot.  MH REPORTING

Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo

VERBATIM:  The giant Christian relief agency has airlifted a treatment unit to the Africa country in hopes of helping stem an outbreak of the Ebola virus.  Up to 60 U.S. medical volunteers will staff the unit and ministry leader Franklin Graham tells Religion News Service “Our people know the risk, and they know how to protect themselves, and they’re ready for the task, but it’s dangerous.”  Ebola is currently spreading in the DRC and Uganda.  MH REPORTING