24% of Protestant pastors support Kamala Harris; Ford, Harley-Davidson, and Lowe’s end perverted alliance; Donations by Evangelicals are down

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By Jonathan Clark

Indonesian officials release Christian apologist from jail

Praise God! Indonesian officials released a Christian apologist from prison earlier this year. International Christian Concern confirmed the release last week.

Authorities arrested Gratia Pello back in 2022 for allegedly insulting Islam. Pello taught at a Christian school in East Java and published many videos defending Christianity.

A local Christian leader previously told Morning Star News, “The police always put the arrest of Christians on their priority list, but they are silent when it comes to the many . . . [Muslim teachers] who insult Christian holy books even if the case has been reported.”

Psalm 146:5 and 7 says, “Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God, … Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners.”

Country of Georgia reaffirms ban on homosexual faux marriage

Lawmakers in the Eastern European country of Georgia approved legislation to protect family values yesterday.

The law would allow authorities to limit the promotion of sexually perverted lifestyles in public like homosexual Pride events and their rainbow flag.

The measure also reaffirms Georgia’s ban on faux homosexual marriage and transgender surgeries.

Leaders with the governing Georgian Dream Party say they want to protect “traditional moral standards.”

Ford, Harley-Davidson and Lowe’s end perverted alliance

In the U.S., big companies are dropping support for diversity initiatives.

The Human Rights Campaign, a radical pro-homosexual group, releases the Corporate Equality Index every year to determine how supportive companies are of sexually perverted lifestyles.

But companies have faced pressure from customers and conservative groups for participating in the perverted index.

Ford, Harley-Davidson, and Lowe’s are among the latest companies to drop out of the index.

Dan Lennington with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has supported challenges to diversity initiatives. He said, “We have no problem with nondiscrimination, but we’re worried about these policies going too far and harming innocent third parties who have either religious objections or they’re being excluded because they’re not LGBTQ or a certain race.”

Donations by Evangelicals are down

Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter Research released a new report on Evangelical giving.

The study found 61% of Evangelical adults donated to a local church last year. That’s down from 74% in 2021. Over the same time period, giving to a nonprofit or a ministry outside of a church fell from 58% to 50%. And the proportion of Evangelicals who did not donate at all rose from 19% to 31%.

Between church and charity, the average Evangelical donor gives just 3.3% of their household income, down from 4% in 2021.

In Malachi 3:10, God said, “’Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of Heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.’”

24% of Protestant pastors support Kamala Harris

Lifeway Research released a new study on the upcoming presidential election.

The report found 97% of U.S. Protestant pastors plan to vote in the election. But nearly a quarter of them did not share who they plan to vote for, up from 4% in 2020.

Of the pastors who plan to vote and were willing to share their preference, 50% support former President Donald Trump. Twenty-four percent support Vice President Kamala Harris, and 23% are undecided.

Pastors voting for Trump are among the most likely to say an important issue in their voting decision is the ability to protect religious freedom, the position on abortion, and the size and role of government.

Oregon city compensates church $400,000 over homeless ministry

And finally, an Oregon city agreed to pay a $400,000 settlement to a church over its homeless ministry.

The City of Brookings had passed an ordinance in 2021 that restricted the homeless ministry of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. In 2022, the church filed a lawsuit saying the ordinance violated their religious liberty. As part of the recent settlement, the city agreed to repeal the ordinance.

Father Bernie Lindley of St. Timothy’s said, “We had to stand up for our religious freedoms. … We’re really glad that the whole thing’s over with and we can get back to … getting to the needs of the marginalized in our community without the distraction of this lawsuit.”

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