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• Jul 5, 2014

  Benny Hinn's Former Church to Be Sold in Foreclosure Auction

  Clint Brown, the pastor of Faith World Center in Florida, televangelist Benny Hinn's former church, is holding worship services at a school with a new name for his church, as its property is set for a multimillion-dollar foreclosure auction.

• Jul 1, 2014

  'Grand Theft Auto' Game Producer to Buy Landmark Church Building in Scotland for $858,000

  A Scottish video game producer, who is behind the popular Grand Theft Auto game, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a landmark church in Edinburgh for use by the community as a center of arts.

• Jun 30, 2014

  ISIS Terror Group Declares Caliphate in Iraq, Syria; Nails 9 Men to Cross for Rebellion

  An offshoot of al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, has declared the territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria a "caliphate," or Islamic state, and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as caliph or leader for Muslims. The group also nailed nine men to a cross in Syria as punishment for rebellion.

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  Jun 30, 2014

  Pope Francis Says Communism Stole 'the Flag of Christianity'

  Pope Francis, who is often branded as a Marxist due to his criticism of abuse of capitalism, said Sunday that communism has stolen ideas from Christianity, at whose center is the Gospel for the poor.

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  Jun 30, 2014

  GOP Expedites Efforts to Seek Evangelical Support for Midterm Elections

  To increase the voter turnout among evangelicals and seek support from conservative believers, the Republican Party has launched a new initiative to mobilize its "biggest, most reliable voting bloc."

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  Jun 30, 2014

  Supreme Court to Decide Hobby Lobby's Birth Control Mandate Case Monday

  The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide Monday whether the contraception mandate under the ObamaCare violates the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, as claimed by Hobby Lobby and dozens of other companies, or protects women's right to medical care, as alleged by the Obama administration.

• Jun 29, 2014

  Ohio Dad Loses Job, Arrested After Son Skips Church to Play in Neighborhood

  Police in Blanchester, Ohio, arrested a dad for endangering the life of his eight-year-old son, who missed his church van and was later found playing in a neighbourhood. The dad also lost his job after local newspapers reported on the incident.

• Jun 29, 2014

  South Korea Urges North to Release Baptist Missionary Sentenced to Life of Hard Labour

  South Korea has urged North Korea to release the Baptist missionary Kim Jung-wook, who was sentenced last month to hard labor for life on charges of spying and trying to set up underground churches.

• Jun 28, 2014

  Bahrain to Construct Its First Catholic Cathedral

  The Catholic Church in Bahrain, a small island country situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf, is preparing for the construction of a new cathedral thanks to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who has given land for what will be the largest parish in the Arab peninsula.

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  Jun 28, 2014

  Pastors See Domestic Violence as Pro-Life Issue but Rarely Address it, New Study Says

  While most Protestant pastors see domestic violence as a pro-life issue and know of victims, they rarely speak about it in their churches, according to a new survey from LifeWay Research, which also found that less than half of them are trained to deal with the issue.