Author: Erick Neuman
A Maryland pastor who has led a small Hispanic congregation since 2015 is being held at a detention center in Louisiana after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested him last week. Daniel Fuentes Espinal, a 54-year-old father of three, is reportedly preaching to detainees at Winn Correctional Center in Winn Parish, Louisiana, while waiting to face an immigration judge to request bond. “He’s a remarkably resilient man, and for all of the trauma that he has been subjected to and the stress that’s been inflicted upon him and on his family, he is upbeat and his spirits are good,”…
Evangelist Ray Comfort is very literally thanking the Lord for the safety of his wife and staff after a man armed with a knife was arrested for allegedly sneaking into his ministry warehouse. Comfort told CBN News his Living Waters office, located in Bellflower, California, experienced a deeply troubling incident on July 20 when staff noticed something wasn’t quite right. “That afternoon, we spotted one of our executive staff members in the ministry parking lot staring at his car,” Comfort said. “He was on the phone with the police — someone had tried to break into his vehicle. Whoever it was damaged…
A bi-vocational pastor in Louisiana says he was fired from his second job as a librarian because he declined to use the preferred pronouns of a co-worker. Luke Ash is the pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge and worked a second job at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library to support his wife and four children. Ash appeared on “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins,” to recount the ordeal, telling the host that he decided to take a job as a librarian after working as a truck driver. “I thought that the library would be probably better for the…
This year is shaping up to be a bad one for Planned Parenthood. The abortion giant has closed more than two dozen abortion facilities across the country, citing, in some cases, funding concerns caused by new federal regulations that prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements. As CBN News reported, the Supreme Court recently ruled that states can disqualify Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs. Earlier this month, President Trump also signed the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which places a one-year freeze on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for the organization. “A majority (60%) of Planned Parenthood health centers at…
Officials are planning to charge a man with terrorism and multiple counts of assault with intent to murder following a stabbing spree at a Walmart store in Michigan over the weekend. Eleven people were injured in the incident Saturday in Traverse City, but all are expected to survive. And the incident could have been much worse had it not been for the heroic interventions of bystanders. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Bradford Gille of Afton, Michigan, was taken into custody after bystanders detained him in the store’s parking lot. Investigators say the victims do not appear to have been specifically…
The story of a teenager who fell through the ice in 2015, was under water for 15 minutes, and was clinically dead for over an hour before miraculously being brought back to life has captivated audiences. Listen to the latest episode of “Quick Start” John Smith’s story was so compelling it was made into a feature film, “Breakthrough,” a 2019 drama starring Chrissy Metz of “This Is Us” fame. Jason Noble, the real-life preacher who ministered to Smith’s family during the ordeal, recently reflected on the impact of the story nearly a decade later. “It’s a modern-day Lazarus story when you look…
An Oregon mom is now free to begin the process of adopting from the state’s foster care system after officials initially denied her application because she refused to promote gender ideology in her home, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled. Jessica Bates filed a lawsuit in April 2023 challenging an Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) rule that excluded her from adopting any child—no matter their age or beliefs—because she would not lie to them and tell them that “girls can be boys and vice versa.” “State officials demanded that I agree to use a…
Hundreds of prison inmates at a Mississippi correctional facility praised Jesus and were touched by “the presence of God” earlier this month. As a result, more than 100 incarcerated men gave their lives to Jesus, and more than 50 took part in a spontaneous water baptism, a national prison ministry reports. God Behind Bars works to restore the lives of inmates by building their faith during incarceration and after their release. Nearly every week, they report on the impact their ministry is having on the more than the two million people locked up in the prison system. Earlier this month,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new investigation reveals China may have had access into sensitive U.S. military systems for over a decade thanks to a major federal contractor. Beijing’s potential “in” to DOD networks didn’t come in the form of a cyber-attack, or a rogue agent inside the government, but rather Microsoft employees based in China, operating under the oversight of under-trained U.S.-based supervisors. “These Microsoft engineers based in mainland China were feeding code to what were called Digital Escorts. So these were DOD employees with security clearances. They’re able to take the code that was produced by Microsoft engineers and…
Christian summer camps are seeing record demand as families try to break from screens and reconnect with faith. At places like River Valley Ranch in Maryland, faith and adventure go hand in hand, offering kids more than just a week of fun. “This year we have the biggest number of campers coming this summer that we’ve ever had, and they say last summer was our best summer ever,” said Gregg Hunter, president and CEO of the Christian Camp and Conference Association. River Valley Ranch is one of 850 faith-based camps serving 5.5 million people every year as part of the…