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  Nov 22, 2019

  Faith groups sue over Trump order allowing states, localities to block refugee resettlement

  Three faith-based refugee resettlement organizations are suing the U.S. government in an attempt to stop President Donald Trump’s executive order giving state and local politicians the ability to block refugee resettlement within their jurisdictions.

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  Nov 22, 2019

  Christian printing company refuses to print college magazine promoting LGBT messages

  A Christian publishing company in Alabama is receiving heat from mainstream media outlets after it refused to print an issue of a college student magazine that promotes LGBT messages, which goes against the company's religious convictions. 

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  Nov 22, 2019

  Only 3 in 10 American adults hold 'positive' perception of evangelicals: Barna research

  Only 30 percent of adults in the United States have a “positive” perception of evangelicals as Americans increasingly view the religious demographic through a political lens, newly released Barna Group research indicates. 

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  Nov 21, 2019

  Pastor and hearing-impaired child killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon church

  A retired pastor and a Christian boy were reportedly killed by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram in the Central African nation of Cameroon earlier this month. 

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  Nov 21, 2019

  'Chick-fil-A remains committed to Christian values,' Franklin Graham says after call to CEO Dan Cathy

  Rev. Franklin Graham said he was assured by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy that the company "remains committed to Christian values," after the fast-food chain’s charity arm decided to no longer donate to three organizations criticized for upholding traditional Christian beliefs on sexuality. 

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  Nov 21, 2019

  Iraqi Christian groups respond to criticism of USAID grants to help victims of ISIS

  Iraqi Christian groups are responding after grants they were awarded last month from the U.S. Agency for International Development to help restore the Nineveh Plains and strengthen communities victimized by the Islamic State (IS) were criticized by media. 

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  Nov 19, 2019

  School board objects to FCA's views on marriage, pressures student club to disaffiliate

  Students with a Fellowship of Christian Athletes club in Montana are examining their legal options after being given an ultimatum by the school district to disaffiliate with the national organization over its beliefs on sexuality.

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  Nov 19, 2019

  Fulani suspected of killing 2 Christians in Nigeria; 87-y-o hacked to death

  An 87-year-old Christian man was reportedly cut to death with a machete and another was shot to death in Nigeria’s Kaduna state by suspected Fulani radicals last week, a local source has claimed. 

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  Nov 18, 2019

  Mexican pastor shot dead in truck at Juarez intersection; motive unknown

  A Mexican pastor was reportedly shot dead while sitting in his truck at an intersection in the Chihuahua state, police have said. 

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  Nov 18, 2019

  Democrats and abortion: Attorneys general PAC adds litmus test, pro-life governor reelected

  The Democrat Party's challenges on abortion continued this weekend with the re-election of Louisiana’s pro-life Democratic governor while a prominent national Democratic political action committee instituted an abortion litmus test for its support.