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School district policies say parents don't need to know if their child has gender dysphoria

Gender-bending sex-ed curricula used in some public schools, along with corresponding school district policies, don't meet established standards set forth in law, activists and scholars warned at recent Heritage Foundation panel.

Puberty blockers and hormone treatment will make children sterile - hospital officials

Consent documents from Children's Hospital Los Angeles that were made public this week reveal that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones used on gender dysphoric children do in fact cause sterility, contrary to repeated assertions made by some California Democratic lawmakers.

In Iraq, a Christian mother's bags are always packed in case she must flee ISIS again

"I remember being so anxious," said Dalia, a mother of three. "We left our house that we had spent years building and ran into the unknown, with not much more than the clothes on our back."

Body of missing pastor's wife found in shipping container

The body of a missing Kansas pastor's wife may have been found inside a shipping container in rural Arkansas.â¨â¨The 36-year-old pastor's wife, Marilane Carter, who is also a mother of three, had been missing for two weeks.

Most people are looking forward to a return to in-person church services - poll

Most Christians have been content to attend church digitally during the pandemic but Pew research finds that they are also eager to get back into the pews.

Pandemic is a divisive issue in some churches - survey

To re-open or not to re-open during the coronavirus pandemic has become a "pressure point" for many churches, a new poll shows.

Trump says he spoke to God about state of the economy

And God told him to rebuild it, the US President said.

Foreign Christians deported from Turkey or unable to return

Dozens of foreign Christians in Turkey have been forced to leave the country or been banned from returning in what appears to be government targeting of the Protestant Christian community, rights advocates say.

A Vietnamese mother rebuilds her life again after being banished from her village

When Y Bi's* young son died her life in a remote Vietnamese village fell apart. But it was not only her anguish which she had to contend with - Y Bi's grief exposed her as a Christian, which her community took as a direct betrayal of them.

Out with the old, in with the new? Survey reveals changing attitudes towards 'Christianese'

Older Christians may be comfortable with "winning souls" for Christ, but a new study by Barna suggests their younger counterparts could be squirming at such words.

Most Belgian doctors support after-birth abortion of disabled babies - survey

'After-birth abortion' or infanticide for babies with a disability is supported by more than 9 in 10 Belgian physicians surveyed, a shocking new research paper into abortion attitudes has revealed.

Parents warned over graphic sex education in schools

Parents are being urged to protect their children from sexualization and gender confusion by way of graphic sex education curricula in public schools.

Christians in the Middle East hear the Gospel through social media

Each day this week, Christian Today is sharing stories of persecuted Christian women who have leant on Christ and been strengthened in order to pull through the incredible hardships they have faced. Today we tell the story of Mariam, a young Christian woman in the Middle East who is using social media to share the Gospel and bring hope.

Verdict in Pakistan could lead to more forced marriages and conversions of Christian girls