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You won’t find me criticizing President Bush often; I’m convinced he is God’s man for this time in our country and our world. However, when it comes to the travesty involving Muslim convert to Christianity Abdul Rahman, I have plenty of excoriation to carry Mr. Bush through the rest of his term. This recent and egregious violation of the highest of human rights—the right of religious conscience—nullifies any claim to “freedom” in the “new” Afghanistan. When I addressed this matter in a face-to-face with the European educated secular-minded Afghan ambassador, his response seemed dismissive of religion as something not worth...

Three conservative Christians barred by Capitol police from "consecrating" the hearing room say they'd secretly done it earlier. "We did adequately apply oil to all the seats," Rev. Rob Schenck says.

Prominent conservatives tell HUMAN EVENTS they are troubled by the revelation that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts worked on behalf of Playboy Entertainment Group--the second time in one week information has come to light that Roberts helped a liberal cause. Last Thursday conservatives were hit with the news that Roberts, while a partner at Hogan & Hartson, did pro bono work for gay-rights advocates in the case Romer v. Evans, which challenged a Colorado voter-approved initiative on sexual orientation. Yesterday, HUMAN EVENTS documented Roberts’ similar involvement in a case involving Playboy and its challenge of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,...

2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is reportedly consulting with a prominent evangelical minister who's coaching her on how to communicate with Christian fundamentalists, a top clergyman said this week. "She has engaged the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, Assemblies of God minister Dr. Don Argue," Rev. Rob Schenck said Thursday. Schenck is president of the National Clergy Council. Appearing on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" radio show, Rev. Schenck told fill-in host Steve Malzberg that Rev. Dr. Argue had visited with the Clintons "numerous times in the White House" and is now helping Mrs. Clinton "learn the...

I have been a great admirer of Billy Graham for more than 30 years. For 25 of those years, Dr. Graham was my role model in many ways as my ministry in preaching and evangelism developed.He set the gold standard for integrity, led the way in using technology to communicate the Gospel and stayed 'on message' resisting trendy distractions by preaching only the simple Gospel for more than 60 years.You can imagine how delighted I was to have the opportunity to travel to New York to sit in on what will likely be his last American crusade.It was with a...

National Clergy Council president Rev. Rob Schenck walked out on Rev. Billy Graham during the second night of his Queens, New York crusade on Saturday, after Graham yielded the stage to Bill Clinton and suggested his wife Hillary should be president. "I was stunned and appalled," Rev. Schenck told the Christian Wire Service, saying that he left Flushing Meadows Park while Graham was still complimenting the Clintons. "This was a deliberate, cunning, purely political move by the Clintons to divide the Evangelical vote and assure Hillary of a victory in '08," said Schenck, a minister with the Evangelical Church Alliance...

WND HOLIDAY BLUES Church leaders threatens Target boycott Seeks meeting with CEO over ban on Salvation Army ringers Posted: December 4, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Upset by Target's decision to ban Salvation Army's red kettles from its retail stores, the National Clergy Council -- more than 5,000 conservative Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant church leaders -- is pressing the company for a meeting with its CEO and chairman, Bob Ulrich. The NCC says the outcome of the meeting will determine whether it calls on "people of faith" to boycott Target. "The Salvation Army's red kettles are a powerful...

+ + + Special Petition Alert from Faith & Action + + + Do we still have the religious freedom to publicly acknowledge God in America? With the ferocious attacks against the Pledge, our National Motto and our religious symbols being stripped from the public square, by groups like the ACLU, the time has come for our parties to make a declaration as to where they stand on religious liberty and our right to publicly acknowledge God. This election year is the perfect time to motivate the major political parties in our nation to definitively address this issue. We are...

<p>It could be argued that the Ten Commandments should be publicly displayed for no other reason than that these precepts informed our Founders. Our system of law is based on English Common Law, which had its moral foundation in the Ten Commandments.</p>

National Clergy Council Reacts to Episcopal Vote and Alabama Ten Commandments Order 8/5/03 5:32:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk, Religion Reporter Contact: Rev. Rob Schenck of the National Clergy Council, 703-447-7686 WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Clergy Council, representing church leaders from Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant traditions, issued statements on two major developments of today: "The National Clergy Council is deeply disappointed with a decision by the Episcopal Church to proceed with a vote on the elevation of an 'openly gay' priest to the office of Bishop. Homosexual behavior is clearly contrary to Scripture and...

SUPREME COURT CHANGING THEIR MIND ON  "NO PRAYER ZONE" POLICY? Your efforts are already working! Late last week, we got word that the Supreme Court could be re-thinking it's "No Prayer Zone" policy. I am convinced the petition you signed is already having an impact! But the next few days could be critical. Here's what's happening. A short time ago, I along with three other ministers were denied permission to pray at the Supreme Court in recognition of this Thursday's National Day of Prayer -- further confirmation of the Court's "no prayer zone" policy. Then last week, the Court sent a...

"No Prayer Zone" Enforced At The Supreme Court Rev. Rob Schenck April 16, 2003 Not long ago, four women tourists from Kansas stopped in front of the Supreme Court Building. Concerned for our leaders, they bowed their heads and began to pray. Suddenly a Supreme Court police officer appeared and threatened to arrest them unless they stopped immediately. Sad but true, it is illegal for a citizen of the United States to pray anywhere on the property of the United States Supreme Court! BUT WAIT, IT GETS WORSE! According to the Court's interpretation of a federal statute, prayer is declared...