Research from Gallup shows that worship service attendance in the U.S. is still below pre-pandemic levels despite a slight uptick in the last two years. Findings show that 31% of respondents attend a weekly service, compared to 34% in 2019. Catholics saw the sharpest decline in attendance, going from 37% from 2016-2019 to 30% from 2020-2023. Protestants, meanwhile, dipped from 44% to 40% during the same period. Read more.

A June 27 NBC News story describing a chant by LGBT activists about "coming for your children" as "lighthearted" was fact-checked on Twitter after readers challenged the accuracy of the network's article. NBC claims the chant "has been used for years" and is "one of many provocative expressions used to regain control of slurs" against LGBT people. Read more.

A jail chaplain is facing up to life in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting a female relative as a form of punishment. David DeBerge, 66, a pastor who served as a chaplain with the Jail Chaplaincy of Kenosha County Inc., the American Legion Post 21, and works part-time at the Kenosha YMCA, is accused of assaulting the relative beginning in the third grade. Read more.

A trans-identified person swore at a Walgreens pharmacist in California and accused him of being "disgusting" and having "hate" in his heart for refusing to refill a testosterone prescription that she is taking in an attempt to look like a man. The employee explained he could not fill the prescription due to his religious beliefs. "You're not my [expletive] doctor," Roscoe Rike, 30, is heard saying on a recording. Read more.

Scarlett Clat details why she believes the Bible is clear when it comes to women serving in pastoral roles. "Though the Word of God has closed the office of pastor/elder to women in the context of the assembled church, innumerable ministry opportunities are ripe for the contributions of more women," writes Clat, the Chapter Director of Ratio Christi Christian apologetics club at the University of Texas. Read more.

In this editorial, Dr. Michael Brown addresses the overtly perverse sexual agenda that is increasingly on display at pride events. "[W]ith more and more June 'Pride' events being marked by open displays of nudity and sexual perversion, we must ask the question again: Why are these events marked by such displays? Could you imagine seeing such displays at any other ethnic or national pride event? Surely not," he writes. Read more.

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During an episode of the "Ask Pastor John" podcast, theologian, author and Bible teacher John Piper used 1 Timothy 2:12-14 to detail why he believes women should not hold spiritually authoritative positions in parachurch organizations. Piper told an inquiring listener, "[T]he fact that Paul gave instructions for how this original design relates to the church in no way implies that it is limited to the church or the home." Read more.

According to data compiled by UM News, 6,182 congregations have been given the approval to leave the United Methodist Church in the last four years amid the denomination's schism over homosexuality. Read more.

Director and "Sound of Freedom" co-writer Alejandro Monteverde encouraged his friend, actor and Mexican film producer Eduardo Verástegui, to "run for president" of Mexico to ensure a lasting impact on the fight against trafficking. Verástegui requested prayers earlier this month as he has to decide on a possible 2024 presidential run "very soon." Monteverde told CP he felt "called" by God to make "Sound of Freedom," which tells the true story of one man's journey to combat child sex trafficking. Learn more about "Sound of Freedom" and Angel Studios' "Pay It Forward" ticket program here.