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  Mar 13, 2019

  Most evangelicals favor LGBT nondiscrimination protections: poll

  A majority of white evangelical Americans support laws providing legal protections for gays, lesbians and transgenders so that they can’t be discriminated against for jobs, public accommodations and housing, newly released polling data shows.

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  Mar 13, 2019

  4 Christian aid workers among those killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

  Four Christian aid workers on their way to attend training were among the 157 people killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash last weekend.

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  Mar 13, 2019

  Evangelicals voice concerns with Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan at White House

  Evangelical leaders gathered last week at the White House to offer their concerns as the Trump administration will soon unveil its Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal that reportedly could give the Palestinians a capital in parts of East Jerusalem.

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  Mar 12, 2019

  Christian student suspended for posting Bible verses in response to LGBT posters

  A Christian high school student in Ohio was suspended last week after she posted Bible verses on lockers and walls after she saw LGBT pride flags and posters decorating the halls of her school.

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  Mar 12, 2019

  Planned Parenthood has ‘no right to perform abortions,' Ohio can defund: 6th Circuit 

  The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an earlier ruling against an Ohio law that strips Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics public health funding.

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  Mar 12, 2019

  Egypt legalizes 156 church buildings; about 3,000 more awaiting approval

  The Egyptian government legalized 156 more Christian churches and church-affiliated buildings last Tuesday as it continues to slowly make its way through thousands of applications from churches seeking legal recognition.

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  Mar 12, 2019

  Ex-SBTS prof. accused of 'grooming' former student in decade-long abusive relationship

  A former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary student has come forward to detail how former professor David Sills, who resigned last year, engaged in an inappropriate and "abusive" sexual relationship with her that lasted for over a decade.

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  Mar 12, 2019

  In Hong Kong, top US religious freedom official says Chinese gov't is 'at war with faith'

  The Trump administration’s top religious freedom official, Sam Brownback, issued pointed words about the Chinese government’s religious freedom abuses against Christians, Muslims, and Tibetan Buddhists during his trip there over the weekend.

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  Mar 11, 2019

  Al Mohler explains why he didn’t sign John MacArthur’s anti-social justice statement

  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler explained why he did not sign last summer’s John MacArthur-led statement condemning evangelicals' embrace of social justice as dangerous to the Gospel.

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  Mar 10, 2019

  Michael Curry, church leaders call for national fast amid threat of ‘constitutional crisis’

  Episcopal Church leader Michael Curry, Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and a group of left-leaning church leaders are calling for Christians nationwide to pray, fast, and apply Lenten spiritual practices to prepare for a "constitutional crisis."