In Church News Today this Thursday, Dec. 4: Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated the first Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Azerbaijan. “This is a historic day in Azerbaijan for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Elder Bednar said at a press conference. “We are honored and delighted to be here, to be formally recognized and to be able to dedicate this facility where we will meet and worship.” During his ministry in central Asia and the Middle East,

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Exploring the Clash at Cities Church: When Protest Meets Worship and Reporting On January 18, 2026, dozens of anti-ICE demonstrators entered Cities Church in St. Paul, MN, interrupting a service due to a pastor's ICE role. Journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon livestreamed the event, leading to their arrests on federal charges like conspiracy to interfere with religious freedoms under laws protecting worship (18 U.S.C. § 247). Prosecutors view it as a coordinated act; the journalists say they w

In societies throughout the world grappling with religious extremism and scientific skepticism, can harmony between science and religion offer a path to lasting peace? This was the central question explored at a recent national conference in Azerbaijan, organized by the Bahá’í community of that country in collaboration with the government’s State Committee on Religious Associations. The conference, titled “Global Peace: Unity of Science and Religion,” brought together some 80 participants, inclu