Inspiration
Wohlberg: Churches Should Not Surrender Right to Assemble
White Horse Media director Steve Wohlberg spoke this past weekend about the ramifications churches may face when they surrender their right…
Free Exercise
LA County fails bid to shut down church and must prove why free exercise rights should be infringed
Los Angeles County lost another battle in its bid to stop Grace Community Church from meeting indoors today. Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff foun…
Religious Institutions
Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders
Five months into the pandemic shut-down, Los Angeles County is asking for the courts to find that Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArth…
Church and State
Two Southern California Judges Refuse to Shut Down Churches This Weekend
With outdoor temperatures expected to pass the 100-degree mark, two Los Angeles area judges have given local churches some comforting news.
Church and State
Ventura County Sues to Stop Church from Meeting Indoors
On August 2, 2020, the church again met indoors and Pastor McCoy said he was "willing to go to jail" and "willing for them to take our build…
Employment Law
Founders’ First Freedom urges Supreme Court to Restore Title VII Workplace Religious Accommodation Standard
Today, Founders’ First Freedom, Inc. filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to revisit and restore the workplace relig…
Abortion / Contraception
Court rules agency can decide if employers must provide contraceptive coverage
Supreme Court sidesteps the free exercise claim and grants government agencies the power to determine whether to apply the ACA contraceptive…
Church and State
Supreme Court: Religious schools immune from teachers’ discrimination claims
The ethical and moral onus is now on religious institutions as they decide whether to fire "ministerial" employees for reasons illegal in th…
Church and State
Did the Supreme Court open the door to regulation of religious schools?
With the death of state Blaine Amendments this week, religious schools that welcome state money might find that they are now subject to regu…
Supreme Court
Soros-backed bid to eliminate anti-prostitution pledge loses at SCOTUS
The Supreme Court has ruled against George Soros' Open Society Foundations and upheld a law requiring foreign NGOs receiving funds to sign a…
