President Trump issued an executive order Friday protecting babies who survive an abortion as well as those who are born prematurely or with a disability.

Trump had signaled the executive order earlier in the week during a message to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The Friday order was titled the “Executive Order on Protecting Vulnerable Newborn and Infant Children.”

“Every infant born alive, no matter the circumstances of his or her birth, has the same dignity and the same rights as every other individual and is entitled to the same protections under Federal law,” the executive order says. “… It is the policy of the United States to recognize the human dignity and inherent worth of every newborn or other infant child, regardless of prematurity or disability, and to ensure for each child due protection under the law.”

The executive order references several laws, including the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which was signed by President George W. Bush in 2002.

The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act “makes clear that all infants born alive are individuals for purposes of these and other Federal laws and are therefore afforded the same legal protections as any other person,” the executive order says. That 2002 law defines “born alive” as the “complete…

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division recently sent a letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed insisting that limiting church attendance to only one person “is contrary to the Constitution and the nation’s best tradition of religious freedom.”

According to The Christian Post, “San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera responded to the DOJ’s letter by calling it ‘lobbing careless legal threats.'” The letter is a response to a recent declaration by the mayor in response to the Coronavirus.

According to a press release published on the mayor’s site, “places of worship (allows one person at a time for individual prayer indoors; 50 people outdoors)” are limited in such capacity until the end of September. However, the article also states, “reopening is dependent upon San Francisco’s Health indicators remaining stable or improving, and the plan below is subject to change.” This means that, ultimately, Churches could stay in lockdown for however long the city deems appropriate.

The Department of Justice slammed the decision. In their letter they state “San Francisco’s treatment of places of worship raises serious concerns about religious freedom. In particular, the limitation of indoor worship to one congregant without regard to the size of the place of worship is draconian, out of step with the treatment afforded other similar indoor activities in San…

Three Christians were arrested in Moscow City, Idaho for not wearing masks and not social distancing while taking part in an outdoor worship service.

Two others at the worship service were issued citations for also not wearing masks.

Moscow Police Chief James Fry told reporters that some 150 to 200 attended the church event.

According to the city’s Amended Public Health Emergency Order, attendees at any public gathering must maintain a 6-foot physical distance or wear a mask. The order is in effect until January.

Violators of the order are subject to a misdemeanor charge, which carries a maximum punishment of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Fry said police have been “very lenient” on enforcing the order and officers have tried to work with groups on the policy.

Christ Church hosts a “Psalm sing” or hymn event about once a month.

“We were going to appear there at quarter to five, sing three psalms or hymns, then the doxology, and then out,” said Ben Zornes, a pastor at the church who helped organize the outdoor event.

“The songs were Psalm 20, Psalm 124, and Amazing Grace. When we arrived, the police were waiting for us. One of them informed me that people either had to social distance or wear a mask or otherwise face a citation.”

Another church representative said on the church’s Facebook page that the crowd was reminded of the city policy, but…

Christianity is a faith with a long and detailed history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.

Each week brings the anniversaries of great milestones, horrid tragedies, amazing triumphs, and everything in between.

Here are three things that happened this week, Sept. 27 to Oct. 3, in Church history. They include the death of Aimee Semple McPherson, the final sermon of George Whitefield, and the completion of the first section of the Gutenberg Bible.

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to protect patients with preexisting medical conditions.

According to CBN News, the signing of the order took place during Trump’s visit to the swing state of North Carolina.

“My plan expands affordable insurance options, reduces the cost of prescription drugs, will end surprise medical billing, increases fairness through price transparency, streamlines bureaucracy, accelerates innovation, strongly protects Medicare and always protects patients with preexisting conditions,” he said.

He noted that it was the first-ever executive order that seeks to protect patients with preexisting medical conditions, according to US government policy.

“The historic action I am taking today includes the first-ever executive order to affirm it is the official policy of the United States government to protect patients with pre-existing conditions,” Trump said during a speech, The Hill reports. “So we’re making that official.”

By signing the executive order, Trump hopes to encourage Americans that he will guarantee coverage for preexisting conditions.

Trump’s administration has long desired to repeal ObamaCare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which also covers preexisting conditions. At the present time, the administration is currently asking the Supreme Court to overturn the ACA in full.

Last…

A church in Texas is mourning the death of their pastor and his wife after a head-on crash in southeastern New Mexico. Their three children, who were injured in the accident, are beginning life without their mom and dad.

Kenny Comstock, executive pastor of Crossroads Church in Odessa, his wife Melissa and their three children — 6-year-old Natalie, 4-year-old Camden and 1-year-old Carver — were in a multi-vehicle accident in the state of New Mexico, the church wrote on its Facebook page, confirming the death of the pastor and his wife.

“There is no easy way to deliver news like this… I am broken-hearted to inform you that Kenny and Melissa did not survive the accident. Their children Natalie and Carver, both survived with some scrapes and bruises. Camden, sustained head injuries, underwent surgery, and is expected to make a full recovery,” wrote Lead Pastor Jeremiah Ramer.

“In moments like this we turn to the Word of God and 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, ‘The Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles.’

“Please pray for God’s comfort for Kenny and Melissa’s…

The Pentagraph reports that Illinois State University football offensive coordinator Kurt Beathard quit after he put a sign on his office door that read “All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.”

Anonymous sources state Beathard apparently put up the sign after someone posted a Black Lives Matter poster in the locker room. But Beathard says the claims are completely false, telling The Pentagraph, “That locker room crap is wrong. I took the sign down somebody put on my door. That’s it. I didn’t take anything off that wasn’t put on my door. I wrote the message.”

The Pentagraph reached out to the School, which declined to comment and referred all questions to the athletics department. When Redbird head coach Brock Spack and director of athletics Larry Lyons were asked questions about the event, they declined to comment, stating it isn’t a school matter, but rather a personnel issue.

The Pentagraph reports the events may be tied to a statement from Spack that stated, “All Redbird Lives Matter,” which led some of the athletic students to retaliate, boycotting team meetings, workouts and practices as a result, in addition to an “Athletics March for Black Voices” that was held on Sept. 4. It is unclear what Spack originally meant by his comments, but he apologized for the comments shortly after making…

Christian and social conservative leaders are applauding President Trump’s selection of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court vacancy, calling her highly qualified and saying she could swing the court in a direction more favorable to their causes. 

Barrett, currently a justice for the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, would replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and become Trump’s third justice appointed to the high court. It would be the most Supreme Court justices appointed by a single president since Richard Nixon.

She formerly was a law professor at the University of Notre Dame.  

Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, noted that Barrett clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia – a legal hero to the Right – and made legal arguments at Notre Dame “that conservatives have been looking for and listening” for, for decades. 

“Conservative Christians need to understand this: We are looking at a game-changer,” Mohler said during his podcast, The Briefing. “… This is not just another conservative appointment to the Supreme Court.”

Although conservatives had a 5-4 majority on the court prior to Ginsburg’s death, Mohler noted that Chief Justice John Roberts has become a swing vote, siding with the liberal bloc in some cases and with the conservatives in others. A 6-3 conservative majority would make the court “far…

On Saturday, tens of thousands of Christians swarmed Washington D.C. to participate in two prayer events at the National Mall with the purpose of repenting before God, praying for the nation and calling for revival.

According to CBN News, one of the two events was The Return: National and Global Day of Prayer and Repentance, led by Messianic Jewish Rabbi, Jonathan Cahn.

At the event, Cahn highlighted the gradual omission of God across America.

“We drove God out of our hearts, out of our government, out of our ways, out of laws, out of the education of our children, out of the public squares. Out of our businesses, out of our media, out of our culture, out of our lives,” Cahn asserted. “And as we drove Him out, we opened up a vacuum into which came a flood of other gods.”

Other Ministers and prominent evangelical leaders also present at the event offered remarks, led prayers and read from the Scriptures.

“When you pray, remember that you are appealing to the highest authority there is,” said evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of the late Billy Graham.  “Nobody can go over His head. He is the highest authority we can appeal to. What he says, is so.”

 “Return our love of You to us that we’ll stand fearless in the face of evil,” Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said, as he pleaded with God.

Former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann also made an appearance as she took to…