Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Mar 23, 2018

  Catholic College RA Threatened With Rape on Campus for Promoting Biblical Marriage

  A resident adviser at a Catholic college in Rhode Island needed to be escorted from his own dorm room for safety precautions earlier this month after he reportedly faced threats from his peers for posting a bulletin promoting the traditional Catholic teaching of marriage.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  Boko Haram Frees Over 100 Schoolgirls, Holds Christian Captive for Refusing to Renounce Christ

  The Islamic State-aligned Boko Haram on Wednesday released over 100 schoolgirls kidnapped from their boarding school in Nigeria last month. However, a Christian girl in the group was reportedly not released because she refused to renounce her faith in Christ.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  Bill Requiring 'In God We Trust' Display in Public Schools Passed by Tennessee Lawmakers

  The general assembly in Tennessee has passed a bill that if signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam would require schools to prominently display the motto "In God We Trust" on campus.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  North Carolina Church Halts CBF Funding Because New LGBT Hiring Policy Is Too 'Discriminatory'

  A Baptist church in North Carolina has discontinued funding to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship because the congregation feels the organization's new hiring policy opening the door to LGBT employees is still too discriminatory.

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  Mar 22, 2018

  7 Christians Injured After Muslim Men Open Fire on Pakistani Church, Beat Congregants With Bricks

  Seven Christians were injured this Sunday in the Punjab province of Pakistan after a group of enraged Muslim men attacked and beat worshipers with bricks and even "opened fire" on them as they were leaving their worship service.

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  Mar 21, 2018

  Abortion Clinic Investigated for Using Car to Transfer 'Infectious Waste' at Local Gas Station

  An abortion clinic in Greenville, South Carolina, has been cited by the state for the alleged illegal transportation of "infectious waste" in passenger vehicles and transfer of the contents at a nearby gas station.

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  Mar 21, 2018

  Ben Carson: HUD Homeless Shelter Transgender Policy Must Not 'Impede' Privacy Rights of Others

  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Tuesday that his agency is looking to ensure that protections for transgender people in homeless shelters won't trample the privacy rights of other homeless men and women.

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  Mar 21, 2018

  IMB Missionary Couple Die in Car Crash on Way to Theological Training in Africa

  A Baptist missionary couple from Missouri, who gave their lives to plant churches and spread the Gospel across Africa, died last week in a car accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board announced.

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  Mar 21, 2018

  University Reverses Ban on Conservative Student Who Said There Are Only 2 Genders

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania has reversed course after barring a conservative student from a religious studies course who voiced his belief that there are only two genders.

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  Mar 21, 2018

  Prison Fellowship CEO: Trump's Death Penalty for Drug Dealers Plan 'Doesn't Make Any Sense'

  Prison Fellowship President James Ackerman has voiced concern with President Donald Trump's new plan to impose the death penalty on drug traffickers when it is appropriate to do so under current law.