Tag: churches

United Methodist delegates approve plan giving U.S. churches more autonomy on LGBTQ issues

United Methodist Church delegates approved a restructuring plan that would allow church regions — including the U.S. — greater autonomy in deciding matters such as approving same-sex marriages and ordaining active LGBTQ clergy. Delegates to the church’s General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, approved the measure 586-164, sending it to local conferences, the equivalent […]

DOJ Must Defend Churches From Leftists’ Attacks

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A prominent Catholic organization is calling on the Department of Justice to defend Catholic churches from anticipated pro-abortion attacks, pointing to the disparities in the DOJ’s enforcement of a law protecting both abortion clinics and churches. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, CatholicVote President Brian Burch calls on […]

400th Attack on Catholic Churches Documented

FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Catholic churches in the United States have been attacked at least 400 times over the past four years, according to data compiled by the Catholic advocacy organization, CatholicVote. The hundreds of attacks across the nation began in connection with widespread civil unrest in May 2020, CatholicVote said. Examples include church burnings, […]

Economics, loss of faith push churches to the suburbs

Dennis Mical never expected to transform a crumbling Eastern Orthodox church in his childhood neighborhood in Pennsylvania into a volunteer arts center where musicians jam. But the retired state auditor says it’s better to hear the rhythyms of rock and jazz echoing in the building than the howl of the wind whipping through it. “Most […]