Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Mar 22, 2020

  New language created to bring the Gospel to millions of deaf, blind people worldwide

  Wycliffe Associates has released a new translation of the New Testament in a new concept-based language that deaf and blind people across the globe can begin learning in less than a week. 

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  Mar 21, 2020

  Samaritan's Purse opens field hospital in northern Italy to help coronavirus patients

  The evangelical humanitarian charity run by Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse, opened a 68-bed emergency field hospital in northern Italy as the local medical system struggles to deal with the coronavirus. 

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  Mar 20, 2020

  VidAngel giving free access to families stuck at home over coronavirus

  With millions of American families being cooped up in their homes in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the streaming video service VidAngel made its platform free for two weeks to ensure access to family-friendly entertainment. 

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  Mar 20, 2020

  6 children escape government-run orphanage in Nigeria to attend church

  Six children temporarily escaped a government-run children’s home last weekend in northern Nigeria to attend a church service for the first time since they were removed from a Christian orphanage last December, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. 

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  Mar 20, 2020

  Iran releases brother of Christian woman who met with Trump to discuss regime’s persecution of believers

  The brother of an Iranian Christian who met with President Trump at the White House last July has been released from prison along with several other Christians and high-profile international political prisoners in Iran.

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  Mar 19, 2020

  Sudan abolishes Islamist committees formed to confiscate church properties

  Sudan’s transitional government has abolished committees formed under the Islamist regime of former President Omar al-Bashir that were used to take over church properties. 

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  Mar 18, 2020

  Idaho Senate passes bill to ban trans athletes from competing in girls' sports

  The Idaho Senate passed legislation Monday that would prohibit biologically male trans-identified athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s athletic competitions. 

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  Mar 18, 2020

  Christian NGO to deploy 'hospitainer' in Syria with donation from Glennon Doyle's charity

  A Michigan-based Christian humanitarian organization is partnering with a charity led by bestselling author Glennon Doyle to deploy a “hospitainer” that will treat thousands stuck in the crossfire of the Syrian civil war. 

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  Mar 18, 2020

  Is coronavirus hampering religious freedom rights worldwide? USCIRF explains

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is calling on world governments to account for religious freedom in their responses to the coronavirus outbreak, citing concerns with some government and societal responses to the crisis. 

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  Mar 17, 2020

  Church of the Highlands opens coronavirus testing site to help up to 500 people daily

  The multi-campus Church of the Highlands in Alabama says it will begin offering drive-through coronavirus testing at its Grandview campus starting Tuesday, even for people who can't afford to pay for it.