Liz Lykins

3 days ago | julieroys.com | Liz Lykins |Julie Roys

A Michigan church’s “heroic” security team prevented an active shooter from causing a “large-scale mass shooting” during the ministry’s Sunday service, local police announced during a press conference. Staff at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, struck the gunmen with a vehicle and then fatally shot him before he could enter the church. Their actions averted a potential mass shooting, police said.

3 days ago | wng.org | Liz Lykins

A San Diego retiree could face criminal charges for talking with parents of unborn children outside of abortion facilities due to a “no-speech zone” law. Roger Lopez recently asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to repeal what he alleges is a discriminatory and unconstitutional law, the Chicago-based Thomas More Society announced last week. He argues that the lower court threw out his case based on a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that Lopez contends is a dead, “zombie” precedent.

6 days ago | julieroys.com | Liz Lykins |Julie Roys

Nearly 90 children at a children’s church camp in southeast Iowa were removed by local authorities last week, according to the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities took protective custody of 88 children on June 12-13 who were attending the Shekinah Glory Camp in Columbus Junction, Iowa, the sheriff’s office announced in a press release.

1 week ago | julieroys.com | Liz Lykins |Julie Roys

A Florida youth worker pleaded not guilty last week to nearly 30 charges of sexual abuse and assault, according to Osceola County court records. A local sheriff called Daniel R. Lamppin a “monster” for repeatedly raping minors. He has been charged with 24 counts of sexual battery by a custodian, two counts of sexual battery, two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior, and one count of child abuse, court records report.

1 week ago | julieroys.com | Liz Lykins |Julie Roys

Between 150-200 Christians, including families, children, and the elderly, were killed in a massacre in Nigeria on Friday, according to multiple sources. The rampage continues a wave of killings that Christians have endured for months in the central part of the country. Friday’s slaughter was in Benue state, a heavily Catholic region in southeastern Nigeria. While Benue State Gov.