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  Jun 14, 2018

  Franklin Graham Blames Politicians of the Past for Trump Policy Separating Families at Border

  Leading evangelist Franklin Graham has argued that past politicians, rather than President Donald Trump, is to blame for the administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration enforcement policy that has resulted in more children being separated from their immigrant parents who have been criminally charged at the U.S. Southern border in recent months.

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  Jun 14, 2018

  Unborn Babies Are No More of a Person Than Zombies, Ex-Evangelical Psychologist Argues

  Former evangelical psychologist and author Valerie Tarico, a graduate of the evangelical Wheaton College in Illinois, has claimed that babies who are in danger of being aborted in their mothers' wombs are about as human as zombies in some kind of science fiction movie.

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  Jun 13, 2018

  Prison Must Provide Muslim Inmates With Nighttime Ramadan Meals, Federal Court Rules

  A federal judge has ruled that a prison in the state of Washington must provide meals to four Muslim prisoners at night so that they can abide by the required Islamic tradition of fasting from sunrise to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.

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  Jun 13, 2018

  Christians in North Korea Will Benefit Because of President Trump, Franklin Graham Says

  Leading evangelist Franklin Graham believes that President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday will benefit the highly persecuted Christian community in the isolated nation.

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  Jun 11, 2018

  Turkey President Anticipates 'War Between Cross and Crescent' Over Austrian Mosque Closures

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of a possible "war" between Christianity and Islam after the right-wing Austrian government announced it would shut down seven foreign-funded mosques and could expel dozens of Turkish Muslim imams in its crackdown on political Islam.

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  Jun 11, 2018

  Family That Lost 9 in Texas Church Massacre Sues US Gov't for 'Institutional Failures'

  A family that lost nine loved one's in the Sutherland Springs church massacre in Texas last year has filed a lawsuit against the United States government over "institutional failures" that allowed perpetrator Devin Patrick Kelley to buy the semi-automatic gun he used in the crime.

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  Jun 10, 2018

  Will Stormy Daniels, Russia Collusion Claims Lower Evangelical Turnout in Midterms? Ralph Reed Answers

  There is no reason to believe that white evangelical voter turnout will fall off in the 2018 midterm elections because of President Donald Trump's porn star controversy or the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, prominent evangelical activist Ralph Reed has said.

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  Jun 10, 2018

  Pence Vows Trump Admin Is Aiding Middle East Christians, Fighting Bureaucratic Delays

  Vice President Mike Pence assured conservative Christian activists and donors Saturday night that the Trump administration is still following through on its promise to provide direct assistance to Iraqi and Syrian Christians despite complaints that some religious minorities groups have not seen the promised aid.

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  Jun 9, 2018

  Assembly of God Pastor and Family Held Hostage for 4 Days Released by Captors in Burkina Faso

  The Christian pastor who was abducted last Sunday with his family in Burkina Faso's northeastern province of Soum has been released.

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  Jun 8, 2018

  Church Fire Destroys Nearly Everything Except Bibles That Remain Unscathed

  A fire that engulfed an Indiana church last Sunday destroyed nearly everything in the building except for a handful of Bibles that made it out of the inferno unscathed.