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Church wants to open homeless shelter, but town wants to build community park.
The mayor of Toms River, New Jersey plans to revitalize the riverfront with a new park, but a local church owns part of the site and isn't selling.
Privacy protection laws passed, FaithfulGive, J.D. Hall arrested, Saddleback Church ordains women pastors
ONE YEAR AGO: On May 9, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that Georgia became the 19th state in the U.S. to pass a law protecting the privacy of members, donors, and volunteers of nonprofit groups. The Personal Privacy Protection ...
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 30, 2025, about whether Oklahoma can operate the nation’s first faith-based charter school. If the Supreme Court decides their way, St. Isidore of Seville would be a ...
It would reaffirm that the status is not equivalent to financial assistance from the government.
Congressional representatives are seeking to protect the freedom of tax-exempt charitable groups by filing the Safeguarding Charity Act.
More ministries call themselves a ‘church’ or ‘association of churches’ to avoid disclosure requirements
Since 2020, more than 80 of the 1,000 largest Christian ministries in the US have asked the Internal Revenue Service to classify them as an “association of churches.”
Ministry says it was ‘scapegoated’ for city’s overwhelming homelessness crisis
On April 8, a few dozen people stood outside The Salvation Army’s Denver headquarters for a protest organized by Housekeys Action Network Denver (HAND) against the Christian ministry’s partnership with the city.
Report serves as both theological and data-driven refutation of president’s campaign pledge to enact ‘largest deportation in US history'
A new report published by four prominent Catholic and evangelical organizations claims that around 1 in 12 Christians in the U.S. are vulnerable to deportation or live with a family member who could be deported ...
‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act’ would mandate AM access in new cars
Ever since the repeal of the FCC’s Fairness Doctrine in the 1980s, AM radio has maintained a reputation as the domain of free market capitalist advocacy.
Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
OPINION—President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education. The president needs congressional approval to shutter the department. The order, however, directs Education Secretary ...
Church fight for food pantry, BJU president resigns, Hillsong Dallas closes, New pastor at Willow Creek, ECFA revokes Harvest Bible Chapel membership
ONE YEAR AGO: On March 26, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that Gethsemani Baptist Church in San Luis, Arizona, was fighting the city for the right to continue operating its food pantry. Read more here. TWO YEARS ...
