Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Utah’s Snow College on behalf of a Christian student group banned from including religious speech as part of a homecoming event. The college, located in the town of Ephraim, also denied the club benefits that it extended to other groups.

A Christian leader in Egypt is calling for prayers for a huge four-day evangelistic festival in the desert north of Cairo, which started Thursday. The unique event is expected to draw 50,000 people from all over Egypt. Hundreds of buses will transport the crowds every day from major cities to the site.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Students, staff, and faculty at Lee University are this week celebrating the 2012 Dee Lavender Missions Week. This year’s theme is “Lee for India,” and focuses attention on, and will send aid to, El Shaddai Home for Children in Igatpuri, Maharashtra in India.

Atlanta, GA–The suspected gunman in Wednesday’s shooting at World Changers Church International was taken into custody at a shopping mall later that afternoon.

On Wall Street and in the board room, the topic of “leading with love” doesn’t come up too often. Joel Manby, head of one of the country’s leading theme park companies, hopes to change that.

Why have so many young Christians today left the church? It’s partly because we haven’t been good mentors.

Cleveland, TN–The Pentecostal Theological Seminary will be hosting their annual Heritage Week Lectures Series next week, October. 30 – November 1.

Guideposts Publishing (guideposts.org) announces the addition of CBA and ABA publishing veteran Dale Wilstermann as Vice President, National Sales in its Retail Services division. Wilstermann will head sales teams for all Guideposts imprints in his role with the company.

Oral Roberts University will be opening a new Center for Faith and Learning on Jan. 1, 2013. The program will be headed up by Dominic Halsmer, who announced plans to step down as dean of the College for Science and Engineering to lead the initiative.