Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 18, 2017

  Christians Barred From Seeking Asylum After Leaving Refugee Camp Amid Harassment by Muslim Migrants

  A Christian charity is pressuring the Greek government to change a policy that is preventing homeless Christian refugees who fled persecution, bullying and threats inside the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos from being able to apply for asylum and gain help via the United Nations.

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  Jul 17, 2017

  Arrested Eritrean Patriarch Makes First Appearance in Decade at Sunday Mass

  For the first time since being placed under house arrest in 2007, the legitimate patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church made a public appearance and participated in a mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Asmara on Sunday, according to an international human rights organization.

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  Jul 17, 2017

  Benham Bros. Wanted to Use HGTV Show to Make 'Disciples of the Nation'

  Popular conservative Christian real estate entrepreneurs the Benham Brothers recalled Saturday how they almost promised HGTV that they would keep quiet about their Christian beliefs on political issues in an attempt save their now-canceled reality television show that they wanted to use to make "disciples of the nation."

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  Jul 17, 2017

  93 Percent of UK Christians Feel Their Faith Is Marginalized, Survey Says

  A survey conducted by Premier Christian Communications, which is owned by the London-based charity Premier Christian Media Trust, has found that over 9 out of 10 Christians in the United Kingdom believe that their faith is being marginalized in British society today.

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  Jul 16, 2017

  House Rejects Ban on Transgender Surgery for Troops

  Leading conservative Christian activists are voicing their disapproval with the Republican-led House of Representatives after 24 GOP lawmakers voted against and helped sink an effort to bar federal tax dollars from being used to fund gender reassignment procedures for military service members.

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  Jul 7, 2017

  New Al-Qaeda Video Shows Kidnapped Christian Missionaries Alive

  Al-Qaeda affiliates in Mali have released a video that purports to show six foreign hostages, three of which are Christian missionaries from Colombia, Switzerland and Australia, alive.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Pastor Receives Feces in Mail, Has Car Keyed for Opposing Facebook's Rainbow Flag Emoji

  A pastor who leads a Christian ministry that vowed to ban anyone who posts the rainbow flag emoji to its Facebook page says LGBT activists have inundated his inbox, mailbox and phone lines with gay porn and threatening messages. They even keyed his car.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Turkish Gov't Seizes 50 Church Properties Amid Property Dispute

  The Assyrian Confederation of Europe has condemned the recent government confiscation of dozens of properties from one of the world's oldest Christian communities in Turkey, calling it a "grave violation of human and cultural rights."

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Robert Jeffress: Singing 'Make America Great Again' No Different Than Singing National Anthem

  Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress has responded to criticism over First Baptist Dallas choir's performance of the "Make America Great Again" song at the Kennedy Center in Washington last Saturday, telling The Christian Post that singing the song is no less patriotic than singing the national anthem.

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  Jul 5, 2017

  US Army Tells Female Soldiers to 'Accept' Having Naked Men in Their Showers

  The U.S. Army is instructing its female soldiers to "accept" having men in their showers and changing areas who are "transitioning" but still have their male genitalia, according to training documents that have been released.