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Vice President JD Vance says a lack of strong Christian community helped pull him away from the faith of his youth. In an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters promoting his memoir *Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith*, Vance said, “I wasn’t properly formed in my faith,” explaining that while his grandmother, Beverly Vance, was “a person of very deep faith,” he was never rooted in “any particular church” or community. Vance said, “I, unfortunately, had a lot of friends who were not people of faith,” adding, “I kind of just lost it.” The Roman Catholic said his drift was gradual, not caused by any single break, and later wrote, “The story of how I regained my faith… only happened because I had lost it to begin with,” crediting God’s grace and influences including Charlie Kirk.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/vance-says-lack-of-christian-friendships-drew-him-away-from-faith.html
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A new Gallup Values and Beliefs Poll suggests Americans are growing more conservative on several social issues, with support falling for behaviors once seen as widely acceptable. Reporting from The Christian Post, Ryan Foley notes that the share calling birth control “morally acceptable” dropped from 90% to 83%, the lowest Gallup has recorded, while approval of sex between unmarried adults slipped from 68% to 65%. One of the sharpest shifts came on children born outside marriage, down from 67% to 58%. Acceptance also fell for gambling, pornography, euthanasia and gender transition, with just 38% now saying changing one’s gender is “morally acceptable,” a record low. Abortion remained largely steady, with 49% calling it acceptable. Gallup surveyed 1,001 U.S. adults in May, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 points.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/fewer-americans-think-birth-control-premarital-sex-are-ok-poll.html
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Primary elections across several states are sharpening the 2026 midterm map, with results underscoring what analysts call two defining trends: President Donald Trump’s continued grip on Republican primaries and “fierce competition” in key November battlegrounds. In Maine, Graham Platner emerged with a win that helps set up a closely watched Senate race involving Sen. Susan Collins, while in California, unresolved contests from last week finally came into focus, clearing the field for a high-stakes governor’s race. Trump-backed candidates also advanced in South Carolina and Nevada, reinforcing his influence over GOP voters. As the campaign season intensifies, the Maine Senate contest and California governor’s race are expected to draw national attention, with both now “officially decided at the primary level” and poised to become marquee general-election showdowns.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/5-highlights-from-tuesdays-elections.html
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Bethany Christian Services says it is reaffirming and strengthening its Christian identity, with the board approving an updated Statement of Faith and Belief for the Michigan-based foster care and immigrant resettlement ministry. CEO Keith Cureton told The Christian Post the move “is really about three things: it’s about clarity, it’s about conviction and it’s about faith and belief,” adding that when he arrived in 2023, “we were really struggling with our identity.” Bethany says employees must personally believe and adhere to the statement, and beginning in June 2027 the organization will license and re-license only foster families whose beliefs align with its Christian mission. Cureton said families who cannot align will be helped through a transition, “with a goal of minimizing disruptions for children,” while stressing, “We’re looking for people looking for us.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/bethany-christian-services-reaffirms-statement-of-faith.html
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House Speaker Mike Johnson and Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock met face to face Tuesday after Warnock, the pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, sharply questioned Johnson’s faith over support for President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In a New York Times interview, Warnock said, “The acid test of one’s faith is the depth of your commitment to the people who are on the margins,” adding, “I’m a Matthew 25 Christian.” He criticized lawmakers for praying and then backing cuts he says would slash Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion, asking whether the religion on display was “more performative than substantive.” After the roughly 30-minute meeting, Warnock called it “honest, candid” and “respectful,” saying they “agreed to disagree,” while Johnson described it as a “positive, fruitful discussion” and said such talks are “more productive… face to face.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/warnock-meets-with-house-speaker-mike-johnson-after-criticism.html
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The Southern Baptist Convention has taken a major step toward formally tightening its stance on women in church leadership, with messengers in Orlando approving the so-called “Truth and Unity Amendment” by a 6,028 to 2,026 vote, or 74.66 percent. Backed by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler Jr., the measure would require cooperating churches not to “affirm, appoint, or endorse a woman serving in the office or function of a pastor/elder/overseer, such as preaching to the assembled congregation.” Mohler called it a chance for the SBC to speak “in truth and unity,” while supporter Colin Smothers said, “the culture is attacking gender on all fronts.” Critics, including Pastor Doug Mize of South Carolina, argued “what we have already works” and warned the amendment goes “over and beyond the reach that we need to have.” A final ratifying vote is still required next year in Anaheim.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/sbc-passes-amendment-banning-female-pastors-elders.html
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A small-town Minnesota bakery is drawing national attention and backlash after launching “Nuclear Family Month” in June as an alternative to Pride Month. Joshua Streblow, owner of Carl’s Bakery in Granite Falls, says the promotion is meant to “celebrate the beauty of God’s design” and uphold what he calls the biblical model of family life through weekly doughnut and coffee specials honoring married couples, parents, children and grandparents. Streblow said, “The majority of the response we get locally is very supportive,” but added that the harshest reaction has come online, with callers allegedly saying they “wish we would die” and “hope our business burns down.” Local resident Melissa Peterson criticized the campaign as feeling “very grifty” and warned some neighbors may feel excluded. The dispute comes ahead of Granite Falls’ second annual Pride event on June 20.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/small-town-bakery-counters-pride-month-faces-backlash.html