Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  May 11, 2018

  Freed Americans Give Mike Pence Note Quoting Psalm 126 After Returning From North Korea

  The three American Christians who were released this week from North Korea gave Vice President Mike Pence a note citing Psalm 126 as a thanksgiving of freedom during their meeting early Thursday morning.

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  May 11, 2018

  Are Christian Colleges Censoring Their Student Newspapers?

  About half of Christian college student newspaper editors who participated in a new survey say that their publications are censored in some form or another and nearly the same percentage said school officials have, in the past, asked their newsrooms to stop pursuing stories or reporting angles.

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  May 11, 2018

  Parents Push Liberal Transgender Ideology on Young Children in New Viral Video

  A new viral YouTube video shows parents discussing with their young children a range of complex concepts related to gender identity, such as calling a transgender child "they/them" and telling confused boys that even though they have a "weiner" they can be a girl too.

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  May 10, 2018

  Newlywed Egyptian Christian Woman Goes Missing; Believed to Be 8th Girl Kidnapped Since April

  A Coptic Christian woman who got married late last month has become the eighth Christian woman to disappear since the beginning of April when she went missing last week.

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  May 10, 2018

  Trump Admin. to Strengthen Religious Freedom Protections for Christian Colleges

  The Trump administration is reportedly looking to strengthen religious freedom protections for Christian and other faith-based colleges and universities that receive federal tax dollars.

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  May 9, 2018

  Sam Rodriguez, Johnnie Moore Launch New 'Congress of Christian Leaders' to Unite Global Church

  American evangelical leaders Samuel Rodriguez and Johnnie Moore have announced the founding of a new interdenominational body called the Congress of Christian Leaders, which they say will seek to foster unity and serve growing Christian movements across the globe.

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  May 9, 2018

  Kentucky Baptists Propose Banning Churches From Giving to CBF Over LGBT Hiring Policy

  Leaders in the Kentucky Baptist Convention have endorsed a recommendation to end the convention's cooperation with dually aligned churches that continue providing support to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in the wake of CBF's new policy ending a ban on LGBT employees.

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  May 9, 2018

  Oldest State Medical Association in US Says Self-Induced Abortions Shouldn't Be a Crime

  One of the nation's oldest state medical society's has adopted a new policy that states that it will oppose any effort to criminalize women who try to self-abort their own unborn children.

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  May 8, 2018

  Texas Missionary Kenneth Danforth Missing After Boat Capsizes Off African Coast

  Texas missionary Kenneth "J.R." Danforth and others are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Tanzania last week in the Indian Ocean.

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  May 8, 2018

  Charlotte's Elevation Church Denies Wrongdoing After Neighbors File Noise Complaint

  The Ballantyne campus of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, has denied wrongdoing after neighbors turned to police and a television news outlet to complain about the amount of noise coming from the Southern Baptist megachurch on a regular basis that they say is disturbing their peaceful lives.