Engel v. Vitale,370 U.S. 421 (1962),was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools,due to violation of the First Amendment. The ruling has been the subject of intense debate.
Liberty Counsel is a 501(c)(3) Christian ministry that engages in strategic litigation to promote evangelical Christian values. Liberty Counsel was founded in 1989 by its chairman Mathew Staver and its president Anita L. Staver,who are attorneys and married to each other. The Southern Poverty Law Center has listed Liberty Counsel as an anti-LGBT hate group,a designation the group has disputed. The group is a Christian ministry.
The Chino Valley Unified School District is a school district in San Bernardino County,California,United States. It serves the cities of Chino,Chino Hills,and the southwestern portion of Ontario,though originally it served only Chino when it was founded in 1860. It now encompasses 88 square miles (230 km2) and serves about 32,000 students from grades kindergarten up to 12th grade. CVUSD serves four high schools,five junior high schools,twenty-one elementary schools,one continuation school,an adult school,&one Charter school.
Harry R. Jackson Jr. was an American Christian pastor,Pentecostal bishop,and author who served as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville,Maryland,and served as the presiding bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches. He was also a social conservative activist and commentator and was known for his opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion. Jackson was the founder and chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition,an organization of ministers who promote socially conservative causes,and was a co-founder of The Reconciled Church Initiative. Jackson died in November 2020 of unknown causes.
The Thomas More Law Center is a Christian,conservative,nonprofit,public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor,Michigan,and active throughout the United States. According to the Thomas More Law Center website,its goals are to "preserve America's Judeo-Christian heritage,defend the religious freedom of Christians,restore time-honored moral and family values,protect the sanctity of human life,and promote a strong national defense and a free and sovereign United States of America".
The Spiritual Counterfeits Project (SCP) is a Christian evangelical parachurch organization located in Pasadena,California. Since its inception in the early 1970s,it has been involved in the fields of Christian apologetics and the Christian counter-cult movement. Its current president is Dr. Mark J Harris. In its role as a think tank,SCP has sought to publish evangelically based analyses of new religious movements,New Age movements,and alternative spiritualities in light of broad cultural trends. SCP has also been at the center of two controversial U.S. lawsuits,one involving church-state issues and the other being a religious defamation case. It published the SCP Journal and Newsletter.
The Supreme Court of Korea is the highest ordinary court in the judicial branch of South Korea,seated in Seocho,Seoul. Established under Chapter 5 of the Constitution of South Korea,the Court has ultimate and comprehensive jurisdiction over all cases except those cases falling under the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court of Korea. It consists of fourteen Justices,including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. The Supreme Court is at the top of the hierarchy of all ordinary courts in South Korea,and traditionally represented the conventional judiciary of South Korea. The Supreme Court has equivalent status as one of the two highest courts in South Korea. The other is the Constitutional Court of Korea.
Seocho District is one of the 25 local government districts which make up the city of Seoul,South Korea. Seocho is a part of the Gangnam region,along with the Gangnam district of Seoul. Seocho District ranks as one of the richest neighborhoods in South Korea and among the most expensive areas in Seoul with an average sales price of 47.75 million South Korean won per 3.3 square meters. Many of the wealthiest residents are concentrated in the three Gangnam districts including Seocho,known as Gangnam School District Eight.
Union School of Theology is a Reformed educational institution in Bryntirion in Bridgend,South Wales. The School is part of the wider Christian ministry of Union which also involves church planting and the production of theological resources.
Myung Sung Presbyterian Church is the largest Presbyterian church in the world. It is located in Myung-il-dong,Seoul,South Korea,with its Prayer Sanctuary in Wonju. Myung Sung Presbyterian Church has over thirty church plants,including Myung Sung First Presbyterian Church,founded in 2004,and Myung Sung Second Presbyterian Church,founded in 2006. There are an additional ten "screen" (video) churches. The current senior pastor of the church is Pastor Kim Ha Na,and Dr. Kim Sam Whan has become the emeritus pastor.
The World Mission Society Church of God is a new religious movement established by Ahn Sahng-hong in South Korea in 1964. Some ex-members and several experts have called it a cult. The police have announced that the church is a legitimate religion and could not find any criminal activities. The church believes that the late Ahn Sahng-hong is the Second Coming of Jesus,and that Zahng Gil-jah is God. Its headquarters as well as its main church are located Sungnam City,Kyunggi Province,near Seoul.
Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation,551 U.S. 587 (2007),was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which ruled that taxpayers do not have the right to challenge the constitutionality of expenditures by the executive branch of the government. The issue was whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the existence of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The case centered on three Supreme Court precedents:Flast v. Cohen,Bowen v. Kendrick,and Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church &State.
Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District,508 U.S. 384 (1993),was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning whether the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment was offended by a school district that refused to allow a church access to school premises to show films dealing with family and child-rearing issues faced by parents. In a unanimous decision,the court concluded that it was.
Torch Trinity Graduate University is an evangelical graduate school and seminary in Yangjae-dong,Seocho District,Seoul,South Korea. It was formerly called Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology (TTGST). The university commits itself to the cause of Christian missions,with an emphasis on training future leaders of the church from all over the world.
In Protestant usage,a consistory designates certain ruling bodies in various churches. The meaning and the scope of functions varies strongly,also along the separating lines of the Protestant denominations and church bodies.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) is a Canadian legal advocacy organization specializing in a social conservative approach to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The libertarian organisation has partnered with several right-wing backers in the United States.
Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al.,484 U.S. 260 (1988),was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held,in a 5–3 decision,that student speech in a school-sponsored student newspaper at a public high school could be censored by school officials without a violation of First Amendment rights if the school's actions were "reasonably related" to a legitimate pedagogical concern.
Jeon Kwang-hoon or Jun Gwang-hoon is a South Korean pastor and politician. He is the incumbent President of the Christian Council of Korea. He was also the former President of the now-defunct Party of Practice of Christian Love,as well as one of key figures to found the Christian Liberal Party. He is head pastor at Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul,South Korea,and is known for his conservative political activism against the Moon Jae-in administration.
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