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  Aug 2, 2019

  One Million Moms launches boycott of Whole Foods over Drag Queen Story Hour event

  The Christian conservative advocacy group One Million Moms is calling on parents to boycott popular grocery store chain Whole Foods Market over the organization's sponsorship of a "Drag Queen Story Hour" event in Atlanta. 

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  Aug 2, 2019

  3 Founders Ministries board members resign after controversial trailer is called 'sin'

  Three Founders Ministries board members resigned this week after a controversial trailer the organization released for its upcoming cinedoc on social justice in the Southern Baptist Convention seemed to demonize sexual abuse survivors.

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  Aug 2, 2019

  Trump DHS extends deportation protection for 7,000 Syrians as civil war continues

  The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday approved an 18-month extension for the temporary protected status for thousands of Syrian immigrants who feared they might face deportation.

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  Aug 2, 2019

  Christian girl kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage in Pakistan

  The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl who was abducted in July and forced into an Islamic marriage are now battling the justice system in an attempt to rescue their daughter from her captors. 

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  Aug 1, 2019

  Iran sentences Christian convert to 1 year in prison for 'acting against national security'

  An Iranian Christian convert was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “acting against national security" and engaging in “propaganda against the system" as crackdowns against Christians continue, the aid group International Christian Response reports. 

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  Aug 1, 2019

  Syrian Christians in US fear deportation as their protected status is in 'jeopardy'

  Thousands of Syrian immigrants in the U.S., including Christians, could be at risk of deportation back to their dangerous and deadly home country as a decision by the Trump administration to extend their longstanding temporary protected status has yet to be made as a crucial deadline looms, advocates say. 

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  Jul 31, 2019

  Buttigieg cites Proverbs to shame conservative Christians over minimum wage

  Conservative evangelicals have responded after Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg used a verse from the Old Testament book of Proverbs during Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate to shame Christian Republicans who oppose a $15 minimum wage.

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  Jul 31, 2019

  Kamala Harris' 'Medicare for All' plan slammed as example of abortion 'extremism'

  A leading pro-life advocate is speaking out against the "Medicare for All" plan proposed by Democrat 2020 hopeful Kamala Harris, concerned that it would allow taxpayer funding for abortion. 

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  Jul 31, 2019

  Founders Ministries expresses 'regret' over divisive film trailer as SBC leaders back out

  The head of Founders Ministries has responded to the backlash he received after the organization released a controversial trailer last week for its upcoming documentary that was highly critical of the social justice push within the Southern Baptist Convention and evangelical churches.

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  Jul 31, 2019

  Ravi Zacharias shares the 'most important phrase in the Ten Commandments'

  Renowned Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias sat down with popular Jewish conservative commentator Ben Shapiro this month to discuss a number of philosophical and theological topics, including what he believes to be the "most important phrase" in the Ten Commandments.