“Free to be Faithful Newsletter” provides update on the U.S. Army dropping its investigation against Southern Baptist chaplain Jerry Scott Squires, who was charged with discrimination against a lesbia…
church and state
‘Free to be Faithful Newsletter’ – Summer 2018
LCMS’ “Free to be Faithful Newsletter” provides an update on the case concerning ministers’ housing allowances. Churches should note this discussion is taking place, as it could change the…
‘Free to be Faithful Newsletter’ – Winter 2018
Members of Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregations joined marches to stand for life and to remind the government of its role to protect life.…
Free to be Faithful – Fall 2017 Newsletter
Read the latest about religious liberty issues affecting Christian service members in our nation’s military and how LCMS military chaplains, the Synod’s Ministry to the Armed Forces and some religious…
Free to be Faithful Newsletter – Summer 2017
Read about the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church (LCMS) of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer and its implications for religious liberty.…
Free To Be Faithful Newsletter – Spring 2017
Read the latest about Judge Ruth Neely, a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church — an LCMS congregation in Pinedale, Wyo. — whom state officials censured even though they chose not to remove her from he…
Free To Be Faithful Newsletter – Fall 2016
The Fall 2016 issue of the Free To Be Faithful Newsletter features information on important court cases and related issues at the forefront this year having significant implications for the rights of …
Free To Be Faithful Newsletter – Spring 2016
The spring 2016 Free To Be Faithful Newsletter contains information about several pending U.S. Supreme Court cases affecting religious liberty, including those impacting the pro-life movement and the …
City torn by multiple fights over public crosses
The American Humanist Association asks Lake Elsinore, Calif., officials to remove a memorial cross because its location on public land violated the separation of church and state.…
Judge rejects city’s religious war memorial
According to the ruling, a granite monument depicting a soldier kneeling in prayer before a cross lacks “a secular purpose.”…