Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  May 15, 2019

  Transgender powerlifter stripped of women’s records because he is male

  A biologically male trans-identified powerlifter who broke four world records last month during a women’s weightlifting competition in Virginia has been stripped of titles and medals because organizers say the lifter should have been classified as "male."

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  May 15, 2019

  After Sri Lanka bombings, 60 Christian refugees flee homes over revenge threats

  Persecuted Christian refugees and asylum seekers in Sri Lanka are in hiding inside a police station as a result of death threats from angry Sri Lankans following last month’s Easter Sunday bombings that claimed the lives of over 250.

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  May 14, 2019

  4 killed during Catholic procession in Burkina Faso; third attack on Christians in 2 weeks

  Four Catholics carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary were killed in northern Burkina Faso Monday, one day after a priest and five other congregants were killed by gunmen in a neighboring province.

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  May 14, 2019

  How one of America's largest black denominations is campaigning against abortion

  Black churches across the nation are engaging in a campaign against abortion that involves not only political advocacy against groups like Planned Parenthood but also the provision of resources to vulnerable mothers who choose to give birth.

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  May 13, 2019

  Indiana church pays off $1.5 million in crippling medical debt for people in poverty

  A church in Indiana will pay off over $1.5 million in medical debt that is plaguing people living at or below the poverty level in its local community.

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  May 13, 2019

  India Supreme Court grants bail to Christian falsely imprisoned for over 10 years

  The Supreme Court in India has granted bail to one of seven Christian men that advocates say was wrongly convicted of murdering a Hindu leader over a decade ago in Kandhamal.

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  May 13, 2019

  How should churches respond to porn use among Christians?

  As pornography use is becoming more common and acceptable in today’s culture, many practicing Christians today feel trapped in a shameful dependency they know is direct disobedience to the will of God.

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  May 13, 2019

  Ex-North Korea military officer once loved regime more than Christ, now he's helping victims escape

  As a former North Korean military officer marked for execution, Kim Yong-Hwa says he knows all too well the tribulations facing the thousands of defectors on the run for their lives from the repressive Kim regime of North Korea.

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  May 12, 2019

  100 million women ‘missing’ worldwide trapped in sex slavery, killed by abortions or domestic violence

  As many as 100 million women and girls are “missing and unaccounted for” as the quantitative impact of sex-selective abortions, sex slavery and horrific abuses against women, a new report has found.

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  May 10, 2019

  Trump urged to condemn China's religious freedom abuses in trade talks

  The Trump administration was strongly urged by a congressionally-mandated commission to bring up the continued persecution of Christians and religious minorities with China’s top trade negotiator during this week’s trade talks.