Category: religious freedom

[Premiering at 8 PM ET] Christian Persecution and the Slippery Slope in America | Church & State

Christian persecution is on the rise around the globe, and the beginnings of religious persecution are starting to take place in the United States. In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles presents many horrific stories of Christian persecution, as well as highlights the many heroic believers who are rising above these circumstances every day. Also featured…


[PREMIERING NOW] Christian Persecution and the Slippery Slope in America | Church & State

Christian persecution is on the rise around the globe, and the beginnings of religious persecution are starting to take place in the United States. In this episode, pastor Lucas Miles presents many horrific stories of Christian persecution, as well as highlights the many heroic believers who are rising above these circumstances every day. Also featured…


Experts Say Churches, Faith-Based Social Service Agencies and Businesses Threatened by ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act

Multiple provisions of the Respect for Marriage Act the Senate is expected to approve after Thanksgiving threaten thousands of Christian churches, as well as faith-based social service agencies and businesses, with the loss of their federal tax exemption, according to legal experts interviewed by The Epoch Times. The threat is not directly stated in the…


Bao Tong, Senior Chinese Official Supportive of Democracy and Spiritual Belief, Dies at 90

Bao Tong, former political secretary of the deceased reformist party leader Zhao Ziyang, died in Beijing Wednesday, four days after his 90th birthday. “Obituary notice for my late father Bao Tong, who passed away peacefully at 7:08 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2022, at the age of 90,” Bao’s son Bao Pu wrote on Twitter. Bao’s…


Another 28 Reports in October From China of People Imprisoned for Their Spiritual Belief: Report

The Chinese communist regime has been persecuting a group of spiritual believers across China since 1999, and the massive suppression is still going on. As of Oct. 31, 28 Falun Gong practitioners in nine provinces in China were reported to have been sentenced to imprisonment from 1.5 to 10 years, adding up to 554 people…


The Sanctity of Religious Schools Could be Eroded by WA’s Anti-Discrimination Review

Commentary An indispensable part of religious freedom is the freedom to associate. A key way that governments may support religious freedom is by allowing people to create institutions and allow them to manage memberships so that they can be committed to the core principles of their founders. After all, as noted by law professors Rex…


Nursing Community Urged to Stand Against Chinese Regime’s Organ Harvesting Crimes

A lack of media coverage, silence from the medical community, and fear of Beijing’s retribution, are among the reason why nursing communities around the world are unaware of the Chinese regime’s murdering of innocent people for their organs. These comments were made by Géraldine Monti, who has been a nurse for more than 30 years…


Coach Fired for Praying to Be Reinstated in March 2023

The Washington high school football coach who won a U.S. Supreme Court case after being fired for praying on the 50-yard line will be reinstated by March 2023. Joe Kennedy and the Bremerton School District submitted a joint stipulation on Tuesday to U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik of the Western District of Washington. The…


CCP Imprisons Over 47 People for Their Belief One Month Before National Congress: Report

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has continued to persecute Falun Gong practitioners nationwide in the months before the CCP’s 20th national congress. At least 47 Falun Gong practitioners in China were imprisoned for their belief in September 2022, and nearly 2,000 were arrested or threatened, and their homes were raided by local police in July…


Lawsuit: Woman Illegally Fired for Opposing Gender-Altering Treatments

A Michigan health care system is accused of wrongfully firing a health care worker who held “religious beliefs about gender and sexuality that are contrary to its agenda,” a federal lawsuit says. As The Epoch Times reported last week, former physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman had attempted to avoid suing her former employer, University of Michigan Health-West…