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  Nov 12, 2019

  Kidnapped Nigerian pastor freed after 7-month Boko Haram abduction

  A Nigerian pastor who was abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic terrorist group seven months ago was finally freed on Sunday and said his captors demanded that he convert to Islam. 

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  Nov 12, 2019

  Evangelical-backed Jewish charity scraps plans for Christian visitors center in Israel

  An evangelical-backed Jewish philanthropy organization has scrapped plans to build a $60 million outreach center for Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem in order to devote more attention to its humanitarian efforts. 

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  Nov 11, 2019

  James MacDonald issues 'repentance,' wants future focused on preaching and teaching

  Ousted Illinois megachurch pastor James MacDonald issued a statement of “repentance” and said he hopes to return to preaching even though he was fired in February over allegations of bullying, intimidation and using his position for personal benefit.

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  Nov 9, 2019

  Over 80 evangelical leaders call for restitution-based immigration reform

  Over 80 evangelicals signed onto a statement this week calling a restitution-based pathway for immigrants residing unlawfully in the United States to be granted legal permanent residency.

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  Nov 8, 2019

  Father outraged over school giving 7-year-old son flyer promoting free condoms, birth control

  A father in Tennessee is outraged after his children’s elementary school distributed a flyer promoting a three-day clinic to access free condoms and contraception.

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  Nov 8, 2019

  Trump strips Cameroon of US trade benefits over torture, human rights abuses

  President Donald Trump has stripped trade benefits from Cameroon over accusations that its military has committed human rights abuses against civilians and separatists in the West African country’s two civil war-ridden Anglophone regions. 

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  Nov 8, 2019

  Nearly half of young adults with ties to Christianity say church can’t answer their questions: survey

  Extensive new research from The Barna Group shows that nearly half of young adults worldwide who have a connection to Christianity feel that the Church can’t answer their questions. 

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  Nov 6, 2019

  Swiss Protestant church network votes in favor of same-sex marriage

  The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches, a Reformed association uniting 26 member churches and nearly 1,000 congregations, voted during a nationwide assembly this week to allow same-sex marriages. 

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  Nov 6, 2019

  Birth coach in UK resigns over Facebook post stating 'women birth all people'

  A birth coach in the United Kingdom has resigned from the national association for birth coaches, Doula UK, after she was “ostracized” for a Facebook post that claimed that “women birth all people.”

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  Nov 5, 2019

  Anne Graham Lotz: Trump's Syria pullback could set up war prophesied in Ezekiel 38

  Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of the late Billy Graham, put forward the question of whether God is working through President Trump’s decision to pull back U.S. troops in Northern Syria to usher in a war prophesied in Ezekiel 38.