Nearly $100,000 was raised for Planned Parenthood on CBS’ The Price Is Right special, sparking debate online.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, the special The Price is Right at Night was hosted by Drew Carey with popular drag queen RuPaul, as the special guest.

Get ready to shimmy and shake with @RuPaul on tonight’s #PriceIsRight at Night Primetime Special at 8pmPT! pic.twitter.com/0uOknlay3j

— The Price Is Right (@PriceIsRight) May 12, 2020

The special was aired on Monday, May 11, which was recorded prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was noted that all of the winnings would go to Planned Parenthood.

The show has aired similar broadcasts in the past where money was raised for organizations such as Seth Rogan’s charity, Hilarity for charity and for the Headstrong Project which was raised by members of the television series SEAL Team.

In light of Monday’s broadcast, Fox News reports that the contestants won $97,266 in prizes which meant that the abortion giant would receive the same amount in cash donations.

Planned Parenthood applauded the award-winning game show’s efforts on Twitter Monday evening, as reported by The Hill.

“RuPaul ‘coming on down’ to play for Planned Parenthood on @PriceIsRight is what we NEED right now! Thank you @RuPaul,” Planned Parenthood penned.

RuPaul “coming on down” to play for Planned Parenthood on @PriceIsRight is what…

A Christian film production company has launched a new streaming platform to assist churches in helping their members heal from addiction, trauma and brokenness.

The new service, called Soul Refiner, offers churches and individuals cinematic classes for those battling a variety of issues, including anxiety, ponography, betrayal, grief, PTSD, addiction, divorce and depression.

KingdomWorks Studios – the same company behind the Conquer series – launched it. 

Jeremy Wiles, the co-founder of Soul Refiner, said the company has been working on the platform for seven years. It can, he said, “totally transform the church.”

“Wounded and broken people are flooding our pews, enslaved to addictions,” Wiles said. “Marriages, families, lives are falling apart. So we decided to come alongside the church and do something about it.”

KingdomWorks Studios calls Soul Refiner the “world’s first video streaming platform that offers churches and individuals cinematic classes on inner-healing – anywhere, any time.” 

“The essence of Soul Refiner is sanctification,” said Tiana Wiles, co-founder of Soul Refiner. “It’s to disciple men, women and children to become conquerors, overcomers and leaders in Christ.”

The Soul Refiner platform, according to a promotional video, includes original content and “top Christian teachers and experts” who “provide…

High school students in Maryland’s largest school district soon will have a new elective option: LGBTQ+ studies.

The Montgomery County Public Schools board approved a plan Tuesday to develop a “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) Studies pilot course” that will be offered at two high schools in the 2020-21 school year and the remaining eight high schools during the 2021-22 school year.

WTOP in Washington, D.C., reported the LGBTQ+ course is believed to be the first in the region and one of the first in the nation. 

“It’s been a long time coming and I believe it will open a lot of minds,” board member Rebecca Smondrowski said, according to WTOP.

The class will be for juniors and seniors who have completed U.S. history. 

The course description and purpose/rationale passed by board members says the goal is “to increase the awareness of students to the history, culture, and challenges of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) community in America.” 

“The LGBTQ+ community faces enduring discrimination that has resulted in a rise in hate crimes against them, higher rates of depression, suicide, and addictive drug use,” the document approved by the board reads. “The course aims to bring acceptance, support, and a stronger sense of shared community among our students of all sexual and…

In the fourth episode of “The Biebers on Watch”, popstar Justin Bieber and his wife, model Hailey Bieber, played Jenga while sharing how their faith in Christ has kept them grounded “regardless of what’s going on in the world.”

The couple started off the video by sharing a little bit about what they’ve learned about themselves and each other amid global lockdowns because of the coronavirus.

As the game progressed, Justin asked Hailey what’s been keeping her anchored throughout the pandemic, noting that for himself, his love for “Jesus and His forgiveness [and] His salvation” have helped carry him through these uncertain times, Faithwire reports.

“Do you think that like having your anchor in your spirit, knowing that regardless of what’s going on in the world, you have the security?” the singer asked his wife. 

Hailey answered, “Not only knowing that we have the peace of Jesus and we can lean on Him during this time, we have the Bible, we can read, we can do so many things, we also have our church community that has been constant through this whole thing.”

Hailey continued, “being able to, every Wednesday, we watched our church services and there’s still that real sense of community even in isolation.”

“I think that’s honestly helped a lot and staying in touch with the people that we love and care about and…

On Tuesday morning, an American missionary pilot perished in a plane crash.

According to The Christian Post, Joyce Lin, 40, was en route to deliver supplies to remote Indonesian villages battling the novel coronavirus when her plane went down.

Lin worked as a pilot for The Mission Aviation Fellowship delivering humanitarian aid, Bible translators and missionaries to some of the world’s most remote areas. She also worked as an IT specialist for the ministry.

“The Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) family is deeply saddened by the loss of their colleague and friend, Joyce Lin”, MAF said in a statement Tuesday.

Reportedly, Lin had taken off from the Sentani, Papua, Indonesia airport Tuesday morning to deliver goods to “the village of Mamit in the Papua highlands.” The plane was carrying “COVID-19 rapid test kits for the local clinic.”

Despite travel restrictions in Indonesia due to COVID-19, MAF was granted permission in flying cargo and helping people with medical emergencies.

According to the statement from MAF, “within minutes of takeoff, [Lin] reported an emergency and the aircraft descended into Lake Sentani. Joyce was the only person on the airplane.”

According to police spokesman Ahmad Musthofa Kamal Papua, Lin reported having technical issues two minutes after takeoff, NBC 4 reports.

The pilot had requested to return to the airport, but the control tower had…

Roughly half of weekly churchgoers in the United States believe President Trump was “anointed by God,” according to a new survey that also shows many weekly churchgoers also believe “all presidents” are anointed by God.

The survey by Paul A. Djupe of Denison University and Ryan P. Burge of Eastern Illinois University shows an increase from 2019 among white Protestant churchgoers who believe Trump was “anointed by God to become president of the United States.”

Last year, 29.6 percent of white Protestants who attend church weekly affirmed the statement, while this year, 49.5 percent of the same group said they believe Trump was anointed by God.

But this belief isn’t confined to white Protestants. A total of 49.1 percent of weekly churchgoers who are not white Protestants in this year’s survey said they believe Trump was anointed by God. The survey was conducted in March.

“White Protestants are NOT distinctive in their beliefs in Trump’s anointing,” Djupe and Burge wrote in a May 11 blog. “… The religious significance of the presidency is swelling across the board for the religious, indicating further polarization along religious and partisan lines is continuing.”

Still, many churchgoers apply this belief to all presidents – not just Trump. Although 49.5 percent of white Protestants who attend church weekly believe Trump was anointed by God, 34…

Evangelist Franklin Graham says he supports Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, for his decision to reopen a manufacturing plant in California regardless of local shelter-in-place rules.

“I don’t know Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, but I like that he’s standing up for his rights, which are your rights too,” wrote Graham.

“He’s been trying to get his car manufacturing plant in California opened back up and get his employees back to work, but the bureaucrats want to keep him shut down even when his competitors in other parts of the country are able to go back to work.”

Musk announced this week that he would reopen his Fremont, California plant despite a local shelter-in-place order.

“Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules,” Musk tweeted. “I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.”

Graham, who leads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, posted his message on Facebook earlier this week, saying it’s time for the country to reopen albeit carefully.

“I like his stand!” Graham said. “I think the majority of Americans agree that it’s time to get the country opened back up, as long as it’s done with caution — don’t you?”

Alameda County says Musk’s plant has reopened beyond the “Minimum Basic Operations” allowed by the order.

“We…

(RNS) — The Poor People’s Campaign, a grassroots group with branches in more than 40 states, is urging resistance to or noncooperation with state plans calling for the reopening of the economy just weeks after the coronavirus put most of the country on lockdown. 

In its new slogan, the campaign, co-chaired by two Christian ministers, is asking its followers to “Stay in Place, Stay Alive, Organize, and Don’t Believe the Lies.”

The campaign urges Congress, the president and state governors to follow the recommendations of public health experts and not risk a resurgence of the virus, which is disproportionately affecting poor, uninsured, low-wage laborers, many of them “essential workers” who have no alternative but to go to risky jobs that make them vulnerable to the virus. 

“These plans to reopen show no regard for human life,” said the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, during an online news conference on Wednesday (May 13). “They’re prioritizing the profit of the few over the needs of the majority.”

The Poor People’s Campaign has long demanded that the government provide health care and paid sick leave for all. Theoharis also called for a universal guaranteed adequate income for all.

The campaign is planning a day of action on May 21 that will include a call-in to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch…