A survey from the Public Religion Research Institute has revealed that white Evangelicals are the only major religious group in the United States in which a majority are opposed to a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Additionally, results showed that a majority of black Protestants (75%), Hispanic Catholics (70%), and other Christians (65%) support a pathway to citizenship. The survey, which examined the immigration policy attitudes of more than 2500 Americans, also found that a majority of respondents believe that immigrants strengthen society.

In a recent interview with German publication Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the archbishop of Munich and a reformist ally of Pope Francis, said he supports clerical marriage as part of reforms to battle sex abuse. Marx stated, "For some priests, it would be better if they were married — not just for sexual reasons, but because it would be better for their life and they wouldn’t be lonely."

As cancel culture continues to pervade society, it's time to move beyond knee-jerk reactions that come from this flawed mentality, Michael Brown writes. Brown asserts people need to be more tolerant, take responsibility for their wrongs, and learn to forgive and create a pathway for redemption. Click to continue reading.

In this op-ed, writer Sheldon Washington discusses the importance of creating a bridge between the church and Christian hip-hop to improve representation for the genre and the people it resonates with. Pointing to the growing number of Christian hip-hop artists, Washington says starting a conversation to help the church and the music genre mend their differences and understand they're "fighting the same good fight of faith" is key.

Global Ministries Foundation, based in Memphis, Tennessee, was founded by Dr. Richard Hamlet and Mrs. Ginger Hamlet with an innovative goal: to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ into businesses and around the world. Businesses and the workplace are often overlooked mission fields, and Dr. and Mrs. Hamlet have a burning passion for those practitioners in the “marketplace” who need to hear the saving gospel of Jesus and the hope we can find in Jesus Christ. Read Now

A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected an injunction request by a group of states suing the Biden administration over a new rule that allows Title X family planning funds to go to entities that promote or provide abortions. In their ruling, the panel concluded that the states suing the federal government “have not demonstrated that they will be irreparably harmed without the injunction."

North Carolina's Guilford County has reached a settlement in the case of Global Impact Ministries v. City of Greensboro. The case stems from the arrest of pro-life activists praying outside of A Woman’s Choice clinic in Greensboro on March 28 and 30, 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns. The activists were arrested for violating public health orders, but in settling the lawsuit, county officials agreed that protesting outside an abortion clinic constitutes protected speech, even during a pandemic. The $15,000 settlement will pay the pro-life advocates' attorneys' fees.

Lee Strobel’s bestselling book "The Case for Heaven" is headed to the big screen for three nights in April. The documentary-style film sees the apologist explore the evidence for the afterlife alongside notable Christian leaders including Francis Chan, John Burke, Luis Palau and more. Watch the trailer here.

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