Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Sep 13, 2018

  Trump Hurting Religious Freedom Worldwide With Refugee Cuts, Evangelical Leaders Say

  Evangelical leaders are continuing to speak out against the Trump administration's cuts to United States refugee resettlement, arguing that the historically low levels of refugees being resettled harms international religious freedom.

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  Sep 11, 2018

  81 Percent of Family TV Comedies Show Kids Being Exposed to Sexual Dialogue: Report

  Over 80 percent of prime-time network family comedy television shows have scenes in which adult characters use sexually explicit dialogue in front of children, a conservative media watchdog has warned.

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  Sep 11, 2018

  Megachurch Pastor Jim Garlow Resigning From Skyline to Minister to Politicians, Gov't Officials

  Southern California megachurch pastor Jim Garlow will step down from his role as senior pastor at Skyline Church in La Mesa in order to focus on ministering to lawmakers, ambassadors and federal government employees.

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  Sep 11, 2018

  Greg Laurie Leads 'Jesus Revolution Style' Baptism at California Beach; Over 550 Baptized

  Over 550 people were baptized on a California beach over the weekend during a mass baptism led by evangelist and megachurch Pastor Greg Laurie.

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  Sep 9, 2018

  Kaepernick Nike Boycott: Churches Offer to Give Unwanted Products to Poor, Needy

  Churches are responding to the recent Nike boycott over its Colin Kaepernick advertising by asking those who want to destroy Nike products to give them to those in need instead.

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  Sep 8, 2018

  Nigeria: Pastor, 3 Sons Burned Alive 'Beyond Recognition' in Fulani Militant Ambush

  A spate of attacks, in which at least 20 were killed in Nigeria's central Plateau State over the last week of August, has shattered peace efforts by religious and political leaders in its capital, Jos.

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  Sep 8, 2018

  Christian College Says Accrediting Agency's Proposed Guideline Change May Harm Religious Schools

  The president of a conservative Christian college in Colorado has voiced his concern about proposed changes to the Higher Learning Commission's standards for accreditation that he says could harm religious schools.

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  Sep 7, 2018

  Trump Admin. Reopens Asylum Cases of Indonesian Christians Facing Deportation

  The Trump administration has reopened the asylum cases of nearly three dozen Indonesian Christian immigrants who face the possibility of deportation back to a country where they could be persecuted.

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  Sep 7, 2018

  Mennonite Seminary Demotes President, Ousts 3 Megachurch Pastors Serving as Lecturers

  Fresno Pacific University has demoted the president of its Bible seminary and let go of three Anabaptist megachurch pastors who served as visiting lecturers in a move to protect the seminary's relationship with the Mennonite Brethren Church.

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  Sep 6, 2018

  Muslim Mob Attacks, Sets Fire to Christian Homes in Egypt; 3 Hospitalized

  A group of Muslims attacked a Christian village in southern Egypt last week in an attack that injured two Coptic believers and a firefighter, each of whom needed to be hospitalized.