Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 13, 2018

  Christian Ex-Jakarta Governor Jailed on Blasphemy Charges Refuses Parole, Hopes for Early Release

  The former Christian governor of the capital of the world's largest Muslim country who was convicted and jailed on trumped-up blasphemy charges last year plans to refuse parole and is hoping to be granted an early release.

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  Jul 13, 2018

  Perry Noble's Second Chance Church Lands New Home in SC Shopping Center

  Perry Noble's new Second Chance Church finally found a new home about two years after the famed megachurch founder and pastor was fired from South Carolina's largest church because of his alcohol addiction.

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  Jul 13, 2018

  Black Christian Leaders Call on Paul Ryan to Censure Maxine Waters' 'Call to Extremism'

  A group of black Christian conservative leaders are calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to censure Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California for comments she made last month urging supporters to directly harass administration officials at "anytime" and "anywhere" they see them.

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  Jul 12, 2018

  Some Christian Leaders Slam Paula White for Saying Jesus Wasn't an Illegal Refugee

  Both conservative and left-leaning Christian leaders are speaking out in response to President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser, Paula White, after she claimed in a recent interview that Jesus as a child refugee was different than refugees crossing into the United States illegally today.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Evangelical Group Voices Opposition to Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination

  While many conservative evangelical leaders and organizations have voiced their support President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace his former boss, Justice Anthony Kennedy, on the U.S. Supreme Court, at least one conservative Christian group is voicing its concerns with the selection.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Supreme Court Declines to Hear 2 Cases on Legislative Prayer, Leaves Contradictory Rulings in Place

  The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two cases dealing with the legality of prayer at legislative meetings, maintaining one municipal council's right to continue holding praying and leaving another stuck with a lower court defeat.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Judge Rules Trump Admin. Is Wrong to Deny 87 Iranian Christians, Religious Minorities Asylum Without Reason

  A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration wrongly denied asylum to dozens of Iranian Christians and other religious minorities who were invited to seek asylum in the United States under a Congressionally enacted program.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Family Members of Inmates Lobby Senators to Pass Prison Fellowship-Backed Reform Bill

  Dozens of family members of incarcerated inmates in federal prisons are meeting with nearly half of the United States Senate on Wednesday to urge them to vote in support of a Trump-backed prison reform bill that overwhelming passed in the House but has stalled in the upper chamber.

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  Jul 10, 2018

  Baptist Church Builds 20 Tiny Homes for Recovering Addicts in Opioid-Stricken Community

  A Southern Baptist church in one of the poorest communities in the United States plans to build 20 tiny homes to help accommodate the needs of recovering drug addicts in their quest toward sobriety.

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  Jul 10, 2018

  Paula White: There's a Difference Between Jesus as a Refugee and Those Who Enter the US Illegally

  Amid the hysteria surrounding the separation of immigrant families who recently entered the U.S. illegally, one of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Paula White, is speaking out in support of stronger border laws and explains the difference between Jesus as a refugee and those who break immigration laws.