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The atheist Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently set it sights on a Kansas teacher after complaints that the teacher was having students perform Christian worship music. The complaint came from a parent whose student attends Challenger Intermediate School in the Goddard Unified School District in Goddard, Kansas. In its letter to the district, the…

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Upstate Church in South Carolina, which has six sites and 7,000 members in the Simpsonville area, is celebrating a momentous day after baptizing 141 people in a single day on December 3rd. The baptism service was planned in advance, with 86 originally signing up to be baptized. By the end of the service, 55 other…

Author and pastor John Burke is detailing his examinations of over 1,000 near-death experiences in his new book, Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wanted. Burke was formerly an agnostic who was intrigued by stories of near-death experiences. “So, hearing these experiences as an engineer got me…

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A Christmas tree festival hosted by the National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, is facing backlash after it included a tree decorated by the Satanic Temple. The display is set to be up through December 31st and includes 66 trees decorated by various organizations. One other tree facing criticism is a “Gender Diversity Tree,” which…

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Christian leaders of various Christian denominations in Bethlehem are fielding criticism after canceling the town’s annual Christmas celebration as a mark of “solidarity” to the people of Gaza. The controversy began when city officials in Bethlehem, the famous birthplace of Jesus and site of the first Christmas, announced via Facebook that Christmas decorations would be dismantled…

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