The City of New Bedford is once again facing legal action for allegations of discriminatory treatment towards churches. According to a demand letter sent today by First Liberty and Massachusetts Family Institute, officials in New Bedford are telling the leaders
In case you missed it, Tuesday’s second installment of the MFI Book Club on Live Not By Lies is up online now. I think you’ll especially like hearing from the young people who joined us and shared what their families
Over the weekend, author Ryan T. Anderson became the latest victim in big tech’s purge of conservative voices. Anderson, who currently serves as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, wrote the bestselling “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to
In our thirty years of fighting for family values in the Commonwealth, MFI has consistently defended the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman – and we always will. For the past decade, however, we’ve increasingly had
I imagine you’ve heard by now about the Supreme Court’s strong defense of religious liberty last week. In a decision issued the day before Thanksgiving, the Court blocked New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s discriminatory COVID-19 restrictions on churches and synagogues.
The recent US Supreme Court decision barring NY Governor Cuomo from targeting churches and synagogues is making waves here in Massachusetts. Yesterday, the City of New Bedford rescinded their May 22nd memorandum which restricted houses of worship to gatherings of
Have you signed up yet for the MFI Fundraising Celebration on Friday, October 16th? While we normally have 500 people join us for our banquet at the Marriott, this year’s event will be hosted at a local church with a
In May of 2020, MFI was able to effectively bring together almost 400 pastors from all across Massachusetts to sign a Letter to the Governor, establishing the essential mission of the local church and pushing for reopening in Phase 1.
A number of you reached out to me this morning concerned about a new vaccine mandate for children going back to school in MA. This issue intersects with important questions of parental rights and religious liberty, so I am sharing
Good news for religious freedom and Christian education from the Supreme Court yesterday! In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, the court ruled that religious employers, in this case two religious schools, have a clear First Amendment right to make employment
