Communio's Nationwide Study on Faith and Relationships suggests that the collapse of marriage and lack of fathers living in the residence have each contributed to religious non-affiliation in the U.S. Communio founder and President J.P. De Gance discussed the findings at the Heritage Foundation where he called on churches to focus on restoring healthy marriages and fatherhood to combat the growing decline in Christianity. Read more.

Former Liberty University president and chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. has accused multiple past and current members of the Evangelical Christian university's senior leadership team of sexual misconduct and self-dealing in an amended lawsuit initially filed in July. Falwell, who was forced to resign in 2020 over a sex scandal, now names his brother, Liberty University Chancellor the Rev. Jonathan Falwell, and the school's President Emeritus Jerry Prevo, as defendants. Read more.

A German family that fled to the U.S. more than 15 years ago after being fined thousands for homeschooling their children may soon be deported. The Home School Legal Defense Association says the devout Christian Romeike family was informed by their local Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Sept. 6 that they have four weeks to leave the country. Read more.

Benjamin Garlick, a 32-year-old traveling Tennessee pastor and father of six has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of child rape; his wife, Shaantal Garlick, 29, has also been charged with facilitating his abuse. The pastor had just raised thousands of dollars for a vehicle to help him expand his ministry across the U.S. Read more.

In this editorial, First Liberty Institute's Jorge Gomez calls out attacks against the Supreme Court as attempts by the left to rig the Court in their favor. "If the Constitution and our legal system are going to endure another 200+ years, we need to expose the lies of the Supreme Court Coup. This is the time when we need to spread the truth with our family, friends, neighbors and coworkers," Gomez urges. Read more.

LifeWise Academy founder and CEO Joel Penton discusses his organization's biblical education classes and the importance of instilling core values in the lives of children. Penton shares the support LifeWise has received from parents, educators and even a Muslim city council member, explaining, "Character is essential in today's digital society where our kids face opportunities and dangers that have never existed before." Read more.

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Bible teacher, bestselling author and disabilities advocate Joni Eareckson Tada took to social media to declare that God rescued her after she was released from the hospital due to double pneumonia. "After 16 days in the hospital ... I am home, happy, healing, and resting," the 73-year-old shared. Read more.

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Christian actor and producer Kevin Sorbo ("Andromeda," "God's Not Dead") has released a new faith-based children’s book to combat "woke" gender ideology. The Test of Lionhood tells the story of a lion cub named Lucas who faces obstacles on a challenging route to find the cure to a deadly illness that has plagued his sister. The end of the book focuses on Scripture and what the Bible says about the gender roles God has designed for men and women. Learn more.