The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center, the Institute of Christian Jurists, and others recently co-founded International Christian Professors. International Christian Professors is a global fellowship of distinguished Christian scholars representing many academic disciplines and countries. Together, they form an online think tank where faith and scholarship intersect to address some of the most pressing issues facing our world today. Through this network, professors contribute th

A proposal for a new Executive Order would require states to adopt free-market education policies as a condition of receiving federal funds is a decisive step toward empowering parents, protecting religious liberty, and ensuring educational excellence across the nation. At the heart of this proposed order is a simple principle: parents, not bureaucracies, should control education dollars. By mandating that state appropriations follow the child in the form of vouchers or educa

The Ben Franklin Fellowship Working Group on Human Rights just published a short white paper that is worth the read. It offers a vigorous defense of the natural rights foundation of the United States’ political order, situating the Declaration of Independence within the broader Lockean and Stoic traditions. It emphasizes that governments exist not to create rights, but to secure those unalienable ones—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—through which human beings atta

Comment praises Department of Veterans Affairs’ proposed rule (RIN: 2900-AS31(P)) as a measure that protects the dignity of human life and restores good governance under the rule of law. SPRING ARBOR, MI — William Wagner, Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom at Spring Arbor University, and others, filed an official public comment today in strong support of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), proposed rule “Reproductive Health Se

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Governments increasingly infringe on parents' liberty to direct and control the upbringing of their children. Does the Constitution limit the exercise of government power in this area. Can government school officials, for example, secretly participate in the social gender transitioning of a child without notifying the child's parents? Fundamental Liberty, Strict Scrutiny, and the Deeply Rooted Legal History and Tradition of a Parent's Right to Direct and Control the Upbrin

Faith & Freedom Episode 142 - Professor Wagner explains how the government uses its power to interfere with religious expression and how the First Amendment can restore this precious freedom. Listen Here To listen to more episodes of Faith & Freedom with Prof. Wm Wagner, go here:

Conversation censorship laws regulating professions (e.g., lawyers, physicians, pharmacists, counselors, etc) substantially interfere with a Christian person's religious identity and expressive exercise of their religious conscience. WFFC's latest White Paper focuses on Colorado's conversation censorship law that regulates counselors licensed by the State. Under the law, the State of Colorado deliberately requires a Christian person to renounce her religious expression, cons

The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center hosted a trip to Washington, D.C. Here is a day by day summary of our learning adventure including titles of the daily lectures and presentations. Day 1 Many of the national monuments reflect biblical principles and Christian faith. World War II Memorial Christian Heritage and Worldview Short Lecture - Freedom isn't Free I The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million Americans who served in the armed forces during the war and the more than

April 21, 2025 — Denver, Colorado — William Wagner presented testimony to the Colorado House of Representatives concerning a constitutional amendment recognizing the inalienable right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. “The deeply rooted historical and legal traditions of this nation recognize what every parent knows the moment they hold their child for the first time … It has been given to them the duty, responsibility, and right to

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago — A Council of Evangelical Churches hosted a landmark gathering of pastors and ministry leaders from across the Caribbean, featuring a powerful keynote address by the Wagner Faith & Freedom Center. The event focused on equipping church leaders with a deeper understanding of the foundations of freedom, grounded in timeless principles of democracy, good governance, and the rule of law. Drawing from his newly presented work, The Foundations of

Presented by Prof. William Wagner to International Christian Professors 9 April 2025 Good morning, colleagues. We come from over twenty nations with very different cultures, yet we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a distinct honor share this message with you today. As a fellow Christian and former judge, I stand before you not just with legal experience, but with a shared reverence for the One who authored both law and liberty. The Apostle Paul tells us in 2 Cor

We are excited to announce a Sunday Evening Seminar Series with Professor William Wagner to help parents see what’s on the horizon and how they can protect their families. Starting with the wisdom of God’s Word, Professor Wagner will examine issues in the culture and legal protections in place for Christian parents on a wide variety of topics. Join us at Victory Baptist Church in Manchester, Michigan on July 14th at 6:00 p.m. as we kick off our “Summer of Parental Rights.”

The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center and the School of Nursing and Health Sciences presented a Bioethics Seminar for faculty, administration, and clinical leaders at the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. The seminar featured Nikolas T. Nikas , President and General Counsel of the Bioethics Defense Fund. The seminar provided a deep discussion on issues of human cloning / embryonic stem cell research, abortion and end-of-life questions. For over three decades Nikas directe

Coach Joe Kennedy prayed and it cost him his job. Come here his story and be inspired.

Great turnout of Godly men in Wisconsin loving Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Prof. Will Wagner privileged present a seminar on Contending for the Faith and moderate a pastor training. " God calls us to do more than state the Truth -- He calls us to guard the Truth and contend for the Faith " - WW

God showed up at the Wagner Faith & Freedom Center program for MLK / Religious Freedom Day. Featuring the niece of MLK Jr and Prof. William Wagner, this powerful program focused on the sanctity of life. Alveda King shared her amazing Christian testimony, ultimately commissioning the audience to participate in the cause for life. As part of the commissioning, Alveda put together an impromptu children's choir from the audience who sang "This little light of mine, I'm gonna le

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with chi