Christian parents are worried about their kids

Christian parents are worried about their kids

A new poll tracks religious switching around the world

A new poll tracks religious switching around the world

VERBATIM:  The Pew Research Center has been studying the phenomenon of people leaving the faith they were brought up in for a different belief system — or none at all.  Religious switching is MOST prevalent in South Korea, where HALF of adults have abandoned the faith of their youth.  In the U.S., 28% have done so.  The Pew report also indicates that MOST of the people who switch faiths are swapping the religion they grew up with for NO religion.  MH SRN NEWS.

Do you believe in the Trinity?

Do you believe in the Trinity?

The Navy and the Coast Guard are out of the abortion business

The Navy and the Coast Guard are out of the abortion business

VERBATIM:  The two water-borne services are complying with President Trump’s order for government agencies to quit spending taxpayer dollars on abortion.  Navy and Coast Guard officials say they will no longer pay for female members to travel to end their pregnancies.  The Pentagon WILL continue to fund various fertility treatments for women who wish to have children.  Other branches of the Defense Department and executive branch generally are also moving to comply.  MH SN NESD

A battle over transgenderism in Illinois

A battle over transgenderism in Illinois

VERBATIM:  The mother of a girl attending Shepard Middle School in Deerfield has filed a federal civil rights complaint.  She says school officials tried to force her 13-year-old to change clothes in front of a boy who is living as a girl in the school locker room.  When the girl refused, she was punished.  The school district has issued a statement saying they must comply with Illinois non-discrimination law, but claims that private changing rooms are always made available.  MH SRN NEWS.

National Right to Life has released its annual report

National Right to Life has released its annual report

A new report on the status of America’s churches

A new report on the status of America’s churches

VERBATIM:  It comes from LifeWay Research and it reveals that 52% of Protestant congregations have been growing over the past two years, versus 15% that have been declining and 33% that have plateaued — neither growing nor shrinking.  Evangelical churches are more likely to be increasing in membership than Mainline Protestant ones.  The bigger the congregation the more likely that it is growing while smaller churches just keep getting smaller.  MH SRN NEWS.

CNN honors a transgender influencer

CNN honors a transgender influencer

VERBATIM:  Dylan Mulvaney is a man who is living as a woman.  He came to prominence two years ago when Bud Light used him to advertise its product, sparking a nationwide grassroots boycott that cost the company millions of dollars in revenue and led to the firing of three top executives.  Last week CNN honored Mulvaney as its “Game Changer Of The Week”, airing an in-depth interview with him, highlighting a new book that he is promoting.  MH SRN NEWS

What’s going on in Kansas?

What’s going on in Kansas?

The Navy is out of the abortion business

The Navy is out of the abortion business

VERBATIM:  Female sailors and marines will no longer be giving leave or travel expenses to help them terminate a pregnancy.  The Navy is getting in line with new pro-life directives from President Trump.  While dropping support for abortion, the service WILL help women seeking in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments.  Mr. Trump vowed to get the federal government out of the abortion business when he was campaigning and now he’s doing so.  MH SRNN NEWS.

A victory for parental rights in Pennsylvania

A victory for parental rights in Pennsylvania

VERBATIM:  A three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled that the Downingtown Area School District MUST allow parents full access to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion lesson plans being used on their children.  School officials had rejected a request from one mother, saying the DEI lessons were “a trade secret”.  Conservative education activists say parents all across the nation need to find out what their children are being taught.  MH SRN NEWS.

A new poll of Americans on transgenderism

A new poll of Americans on transgenderism

VERBATIM:  It comes from the Pew Research Center and it asks whether the growing acceptance of transgenderism as a legitimate lifestyle by society as a whole is good or bad.  39% of the general population says it’s a GOOD thing, 38% say BAD and 21% don’t think it matters.  However, amongst people who describe themselves as Christians, 47% say the acceptance of transgenderism by society is a BAD thing, compared with 29% who say it’s good.  MH SRNNNEWS.

Christians are being targeted in Syria

Christians are being targeted in Syria

VERBATIM:  Fighting has broken out between the new ruling Muslim militia and other groups loyals to ousted strongman Bashar Assad.  But while Christians are not fighting, they are being killed.  At least 1,000 members of the country’s small Christian minority have lost their lives in this latest round of fighting and it is unclear which side is targeting them — possibly both.  The international community is calling for peace and the protection of religious minorities in Syria.  MH SRN NEWS.

The state of Washington may vote on an abortion amendment

The state of Washington may vote on an abortion amendment

VERBATIM:  Democrats have introduced a measure that would enshrine both abortion in the state constitution as well as a right to a sex-change operation.  In order for the amendment to be placed before a vote of the people, it will have to pass both chambers of the Washington legislature by a two-thirds margin.  Observers say it’s going to be a big lift for Democrats — they don’t currently have the votes and would have to convince several Republicans to vote with them.  MH SRNN NEWS.

Seventeen states have taken action against DEI

Seventeen states have taken action against DEI

VERBATIM:  The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, which were under fire in recent years, are suddenly being abandoned by state governments.  Critics say DEI promotes the LGBT agenda, racism and censorship.  President Trump’s election seems to have been the catalyst for states to finally take action, though the business community began to jettison DEI about a year ago.  Texas, Florida, Georgia and Wisconsin are amongst the states making changes.  MH SRN NEWS.

Wyoming has a new bathroom law

Wyoming has a new bathroom law

VERBATIM:  The measure bars males from using female bathrooms, changing rooms, locker rooms or living quarters in any state building or institution — including universities and colleges.  Sara Beth Nolan of Alliance Defending Freedom says “States have a duty to protect the privacy, safety, and dignity of women and girls. Letting men intrude on women’s spaces is a threat to their safety, and a denial of the real biological differences between the two sexes.”  MH SRN NEWS

Women who have abortions are more likely to attempt suicide

Women who have abortions are more likely to attempt suicide

Americans don’t trust the mainstream media

Americans don’t trust the mainstream media

VERBATIM:  A new Gallup poll finds that less than one-third of adults think that the major news outlets are telling them the truth most of the time.  Christians are especially skeptical, given their treatment by the big networks and publications.  Another poll revealed that less than 20% of reporters say they know very much about religion.  The decline in media trust is most pronounced amongst Republicans, but Democratic trust is down as well.  MH SRN NEWS.

The U.S. is no longer promoting transgenderism abroad

The U.S. is no longer promoting transgenderism abroad

VERBATIM:  When President Trump shut down USAID, it killed funding for a lot of LGBT programs around the world.  In India, three clinics dedicated to helping people live as the opposite sex have shut their doors.  This country is also no longer funding so-called “gender identity” seminars in Scotland and has cancelled a check for 600,000 dollars to a British LGBT pressure group.  Critics of USAID point out that the U.K. is wealthy enough to pay for its own organizations.  MH SRN NEW.

A detailed look at America’s spiritual beliefs

A detailed look at America’s spiritual beliefs

America is turning against transgenderism

America is turning against transgenderism

VERBATIM:  The latest poll from the Pew Research Center finds support for laws that limit transgender behavior is growing.  66% of adults say males should not be allowed to play sports against females — up from 58% that felt that way three years ago.  56% say it should be illegal for doctors to perform sex-change operations on children — up from 46% in 2022.  Growing numbers of Americans also want transgenderism kept out of the public schools.  MH SRN NEWS.

A battle over transgenderism has been joined in Washington state

A battle over transgenderism has been joined in Washington state

VERBATIM:  A 15-year-old girl playing on the Tumwater High School girls basketball team was warming up for a game recently when she noticed that the opposing team included a boy.  She complained, the school officials on site did nothing, so she refused to play.  Now her complaints have prompted the school system to investigate her for “harassment”.  The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism has now filed a civil rights complaint on the girl’s behalf against school officials.  MH SRN NNEWS.

Religious leaders are throwing their support behind the Phoenix Declaration

Religious leaders are throwing their support behind the Phoenix Declaration

Something new in Qatar

Something new in Qatar

VERBATIM:  A church.  A BIG church.  The World Evangelical Alliance and the Evangelical Churches Alliance of Qatar have broken ground on a 50 million dollar building that will house 10,000 people on Sunday mornings.  It’s a big breakthrough for the country’s small Christian minority, which labors under a lot of restrictions in the mostly-Muslim petro-state.  The new church will be outside Doha on a plot of land leased from the government of Qatar specifically for the purpose.  MH SRN NEWS.