Christian news in politics — policy affecting believers, from a Christian worldview.
Oct 3, 2026
Vote Your Faith
Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare told the 'Wake Up Church' podcast that Christians 'who care about souls' must vote in next month's midterms and mobilize their churches, saying free worship and telling others about Jesus are at stake.
Source: Christian Post
Oct 4, 2026
Seminary aid shield
Oklahoma religious leaders backed Sen. James Lankford's Religious Education Fairness Act, introduced Sept. 29 with Sen. Ted Cruz, which would exempt seminary and religious-vocation programs from a new federal 'Do No Harm' earnings rule that could strip low-earning ministry programs of Direct Loans, Pell Grants, and work-study; ADF and the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities back it.
Source: The Oklahoman (Gannett)
Oct 2, 2026
Shrine zoning fight
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist v. Frederic, a religious-liberty case about a Kentucky chapel's plan to build a Marian grotto shrine on its own property, after the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled against it. The Catholic association argues blocking the shrine violates the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act; First Liberty is arguing the case this term.
Source: National Catholic Register (EWTN News)
Oct 4, 2026
Pastors called to engage
SBC President Willy Rice called on pastors nationwide to engage the political process ahead of the midterms, arguing political issues are at their heart theological and moral issues, and lamenting that Christians were encouraged to withdraw while the theological left stayed engaged.
Source: Fox News