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Here’s the reality: the United States will lead, whether we like it or not, through the example they set. Protecting religious freedom at home, as America's Constitution guarantees, indirectly benefits believers around the globe.

In his inaugural speech, President Trump vowed 'we will not forget our God'. On retaking the White House, Trump has already acted on his promise to stand for Christian values. Check out his day one reforms here and learn how you can pray for the incoming administration.

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, marking what organisers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment.

During its four years in office, the Biden-Harris administration conducted a whole-of-government attempt to surveil, censor, and possibly imprison conservative Christians — and the FBI acted as “a witting participant” in their harassment campaign, a massive new government report details.

The fall of Assad isn’t a win for freedom — it’s a manufactured tragedy. The U.S., Israel, and Turkey orchestrated this collapse to serve their interests, leaving Syria in ruins and Christians in peril. HTS, a group of jihadist thugs, now rules Damascus.

Putin's censorship of a theologically sound sermon as a national security threat exemplifies how easy it will be for governments to abuse misinformation and disinformation legislation.

Christians in the Holy Land were Australia’s focus of the annual Red Wednesday commemoration on 20 November, held by Aid to the Church in Need to highlight global religious persecution.

Welcome to the Trump 2.0 'Apocalypse'. I mean ‘apocalypse’ in the biblical sense: as an ‘unveiling’, a look behind the curtain as to what’s really going on. And in this case, what a Trump 2.0 victory tells us about America.

Without these criminal charges, Päivi Räsänen would not have had the exceptional chance to testify about Jesus in front of police officers, in courtrooms and through live broadcasts and press conferences directly to Finnish families.

ARC is taking the best of Western history – the worth and dignity of each person, responsibility rather than victimhood, religious freedom rather than thought control, and promoting that story as the better one for our future.

Religious freedom, the ability to worship and evangelise, has been increasingly curtailed in the name of “anti-discrimination” and “inclusion”. Now, with its proposed misinformation laws, the federal government has Australians of faith in its sights in the name of “truth”.

One of the older and more well-known private schools in Australia is Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, founded in 1882. The Herald Sun reported that students were told to remove cross necklaces at the Christian school for fear of offending other students.

Appalled by Smith-Connor’s legal defeat, the UK branch of Alliance Defending Freedom exclaimed, “This is the first known conviction of a 'thoughtcrime' in modern British history. We’re examining the possibility of appeal.”

A Reformed Baptist pastor from Bristol is Britain’s latest “outlaw”. Police arrested Dia Moodley, a street preacher, for blaspheming Islam, and affirming binary biological reality.

When planning for the next federal election, due by September 2025, with some pundits suggesting as early as March, Prime Minister Albanese (aka one-term Albo) cannot ignore the Christian vote, the majority of which is Catholic.

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, has warned the church will be forced to consider closing religious schools if the government strips them of the ability to preference the employment of teachers supportive of Christian teachings.

Opposing the left’s assault on the culture may be viewed as a negative, but it is in defence of a deeper positive — protection for families, communities, human rights and faith in the face of political and cultural chaos.

The Costs Protection Bill is not innocuous. It could have serious consequences for religious institutions. It is not about minor procedural adjustments. It will inevitably lead to vexatious complaints. The Labor Government has aligned itself with radical critics of religious belief.

From our initial analysis, we have significant concerns. While the Misinformation Bill is an improvement on the previous iteration, and provides some protections for religious speech, it still puts the power of censorship in the hands of unaccountable private corporations.

Seattle street preacher Matthew Meinecke was forcibly removed by police at a pro-abortion protest and a PRIDEFest rally in 2022. Attendees abused and physically assaulted Meinecke. Instead of arresting Antifa and the LGBTQ+ self-identifiers involved, Seattle police detained the pastor.