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  Apr 17, 2017

  Muslims in Jordan Guard Churches on Easter Sunday

  Young Muslims across Jordan stood guard to protect churches on Easter Sunday so that Christians could celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in peace.

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  Apr 15, 2017

  Mariam Ibraheem Deplores Saeed Abedini's Public Tirade: 'This Is Not What the Bible Taught Us'

  Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian mother who was sentenced to death in 2014, says she's "disappointed" by Pastor Saeed Abedini's public "attacks" against leading evangelist Franklin Graham, church leaders, his ex-wife and others.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Muslim Prof. Resigns After Controversy Surrounding Suspended Christian Student

  A Muslim professor at a Florida liberal arts college has resigned following a controversy involving a Christian student who claimed he was suspended for voicing disapproval with statements she made in class and a grade he received on a paper.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Missouri Gov. Ends Policy Banning Church-Owned Schools From Receiving Funds for Safety Upgrades

  Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has instructed the state government to allow funding associated with a secular playground aid program to be awarded to religious organizations, a move that relates to a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Evangelical College's Entire Faculty Senate Resigns After LGBT Activist Professor Denied Promotion

  Every member of Gordon College's faculty senate resigned from their senatorship last week in what is being labeled as a show of solidarity for a professor who claims that she was denied a promotion because of her criticisms about the school's policy on homosexuality.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Miss. Students Give Out Bibles at School Before Good Friday

  Students at a public high school in Mississippi handed out Bibles to their classmates on Thursday after school officials had previously prevented the Christian student group from doing so last month.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  Judge Orders CPS Return 7-Y-O Taken From Parents for Refusing School's Demands for Mental Diagnosis

  A 7-year-old Ohio boy who was taken away from his family by child protective services after his parents refused his school's demand to get him mentally evaluated has returned home after a court hearing on Wednesday, his parents have said.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  Senator to Trump: Remove Obama's 'Shame List' of Christian Colleges

  A Republican senator has told President Donald Trump that the Department of Education must remove from its website a "shame list" of faith-based colleges that have asked for an exemption to Title IX discrimination law that was first published last year by the Barack Obama administration.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  15 Felony Charges Against David Daleiden in California Are Bogus, Former Prosecutors Say

  Two former Los Angeles area prosecutors have said that California's attorney general was wrong to charge pro-life activist David Daleiden and his associate with 15 felony charges for their undercover work that exposed Planned Parenthood's illegal aborted baby body parts reimbursement practices.

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  Apr 12, 2017

  Some Evangelicals Left Church Over Trump, but Not the Ones You'd Expect

  Some evangelicals left their church due to politics after last year's heated presidential election, but in unexpected ways.