Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Mar 25, 2019

  Michigan bars Christian adoption agencies from refusing LGBT couples after legal settlement

  Adoption and foster care agencies in Michigan who contract with the state can no longer refuse to place children with qualified same-sex parents over religious reasons thanks to a legal settlement Friday that some fear will put faith-based agencies out of business.

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  Mar 25, 2019

  Slain missionary John Chau to be honored at All Nations fundraising event

  Slain American missionary John Chau will be honored at an annual fundraising event in April hosted by the mission agency from which he received training.

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  Mar 25, 2019

  Christian genocide in Nigeria: 5 facts you need to know

  Hundreds of lives have been lost and hundreds of homes have been burned since the start of 2019, raising questions again about the truth behind the violence occurring between Fulani Muslim herdsmen and predominantly Christian farmers in Nigeria’s Middle Belt.

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  Mar 24, 2019

  How are men and women persecuted differently for their faith in Christ? Expert explains

  A new report from the Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors USA details differences in how men and women are persecuted for their faith in Christ.

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  Mar 21, 2019

  US evangelical leaders met, prayed with Brazil’s conservative President Bolsonaro

  A group of about a dozen American evangelical leaders led by Pat Robertson met with Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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  Mar 21, 2019

  Franklin Graham meets sanctioned Russian official, says VP Pence approved of his trip

  Leading American evangelical Franklin Graham recently met with a Russian official sanctioned by the U.S. government during a trip to Moscow that he says Vice President Mike Pence “wholeheartedly supported.”

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  Mar 20, 2019

  Religious 'nones' now as big as evangelicals in the US, new data shows

  The number of religious “nones” in the United States now statistically equal than the number of evangelicals, according to a political scientist who analyzed data from the recently released 2018 General Social Survey.

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  Mar 20, 2019

  Google banned Christian YouTube ad on homosexuality after backlash from employees

  A video advertisement informing people on the Bible’s teachings on homosexuality was banned by Google-owned YouTube and ruled to be “counter” to the organization’s mission.

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  Mar 20, 2019

  ‘Not a preaching series’: Joel Osteen details new History channel program 'Jesus: His Life'

  Televangelist Joel Osteen was on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Monday to talk about his upcoming 8-part History channel series detailing the life of Christ through the eyes of those around him.

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  Mar 19, 2019

  Muslim prisoner supported by Trump evangelical adviser Johnnie Moore released from prison

  An 82-year-old Muslim prisoner of conscience in Pakistan who was supported by Trump evangelical adviser Johnnie Moore has been freed after three years imprisonment for blasphemy.