CHURCH & MINISTRY INSIDER

Helping Churches & Ministries Navigate Today's Cultural and Legal Landscape

CHURCH & MINISTRY INSIDER

Helping Churches & Ministries Navigate Today's Cultural and Legal Landscape

Legislative

3 Reasons the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Should Be Preserved

For over 25 years the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) has protected believers against laws and regulations that would force them to stop...

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Churches

Edisto Beach Is Working So Hard to Protect the First Amendment That It’s… Violating the First Amendment

Imagine the uproar, a few decades ago, if Madison Square Garden had refused to rent space to Billy Graham to hold one of his crusades in the arena.

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Churches

A Look inside the Courtroom during Oral Arguments on the Ministerial Housing Allowance

On the morning of October 24th, the courtroom at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was jam-packed with interested spectators.

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Churches

Standing Together

We're in a time of change in our country. A total revolution is emerging in the life of our nation’s people to usher in a new “age of greatness” and what they believe to be human flourishing.

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Other Ministries

A Faith-Based Adoption Agency Was the Turning Point for This Family

We all love a good adoption story. Reading about children finding their forever home warms our hearts and reminds us of the best of humanity. But we often forget that behind many adoption...

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Churches

This South Carolina Church Should Be Treated the Same as Other Groups

The Town of Edisto Beach in South Carolina is standing its ground. The problem is that the ground on which it is standing is unconstitutional.

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Legislative

How the Supreme Court Tackled the Question of Compelled Speech in 3 Different Decisions

We all know that the First Amendment protects us from censorship of what we say, but we often don't think about the flipside. Our constitutionally protected freedom of speech also means...

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Churches

6 Years Later, Trinity Lutheran Church Finally Got Its New Playground Surface

It took six years and a Supreme Court decision, but Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia finally has a new playground surface.

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Churches

“Sue the State” Shouldn’t be Part of Any Pastor’s Job Description

Even though Lewis started his career as an attorney before enrolling in seminary, bearing the church’s legal burden is not something he thought he would ever need to do.

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Churches

How Our Supreme Court Case Defending Pregnancy Centers Could Affect the Church

Alliance Defending Freedom stood before the Supreme Court on behalf of our ally the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) and its affiliated pregnancy centers in California.

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