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  Feb 26, 2018

  Trump Admin. Sends Baptist Man in Need of Special Medical Treatment Back to Congo; Pastor Calls Deportation 'Evil'

  The United States government has deported a Congolese Christian immigrant with chronic kidney failure and a host of other medical issues who could face persecution for his refusal to lie about atrocities he witnessed in his homeland.

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  Feb 25, 2018

  Congo Police Open Fire on Church-Led Protest, Kill 2 Activists, Wound 47

  At least two anti-government protesters were killed and dozens of others were injured by security forces during a nationwide protest against Congo President Joseph Kabila that was organized by Christian leaders, the United Nations announced.

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  Feb 25, 2018

  SBC Gives DC Baptist Convention 90 Days to Sever Ties With Church Led by Lesbian Pastors

  The District of Columbia Baptist Convention has been given 90 days to remove a church with lesbian co-pastors from fellowship or risk severing ties with the Southern Baptist Convention.

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  Feb 25, 2018

  CPAC Crowd Boos Notion Mexicans Have More In Common With Conservatives Than Democrats

  The Conservative Political Action Conference crowd balked at the idea that Mexicans and other illegal immigrants coming across the southern border have more in common with conservatives than Democrats.

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  Feb 25, 2018

  Trump, Roy Moore Defenders Are Hypocrites, CPAC Speaker Says; Needs Security Escort

  A conservative speaker was escorted by security out of the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday after she criticized conservatives for their hypocrisy when it comes to sexual misconduct allegations against President Donald and criticized event organizers for inviting French nationalist Marion Le Pen.

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  Feb 24, 2018

  Purdue University Tells Students to Stop Using Sexist 'Man' Words

  Purdue University is instructing its students to use "non-sexist" language in their writing assignments by making sure they don't include words that have "man" in them, such as "congressman" or "mailman."

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  Feb 24, 2018

  Are Women Prisoners Being Left Behind in Criminal Justice Reform?

  Female inmates in the United States face a host of issues that their counterparts in men's prisons don't even have to think about, yet problems with their undignified treatment, in many prisons across the country, have gone unsolved for years.

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  Feb 23, 2018

  Foster Care Agency Told to Nix Policy Requiring Parents Be Christian or Shut Down

  A Christian foster care ministry in South Carolina has been told that it must either change a requirement that foster parents be Christian or shut down.

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  Feb 23, 2018

  Benjamin Netanyahu Extends Condolences to Billy Graham's Granddaughter at Meeting in Israel

  Hours after the passing of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally extended his condolences to Graham's granddaughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, in a meeting Wednesday evening.

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  Feb 23, 2018

  12 Christian Homes Burned Down in Central Nigeria; Fulani Herdsmen Go on Killing Spree

  Radical Muslim Fulani herdsmen set on fire the homes of at least a dozen Christian families in Central Nigeria and killed a handful of people in the village, an evangelical pastor has reported.