Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Apr 22, 2019

  Philadelphia can ban Christian foster agencies who don't work with gay couples, Appeals Court rules

  A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the city of Philadelphia after it was sued for requiring that faith-based foster and adoption care agencies place children with same-sex parents.

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  Apr 22, 2019

  Rachel Held Evans in medically-induced coma; Beth Moore, Kay Warren ask for prayers

  Christian leaders from across the political spectrum have offered their prayers for 37-year-old New York Times bestselling progressive Christian writer Rachel Held Evans after she was placed in a medically induced coma last week.

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  Apr 21, 2019

  Church membership in America hits historic low, new Gallup report finds

  The percentage of Americans who say they belong to a church, synagogue or mosque has hit a historic low, a new Gallup report released Thursday shows.

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  Apr 20, 2019

  Female students walk out after school allows male student in girls' locker room

  Female students at an Iowa high school staged a walkout last week to protest the school's decision to allow a trans-identified student to enter the girls' locker room.

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  Apr 20, 2019

  Evangelical churches can become 'seedbeds for rape culture,' seminary professor says

  Evangelical churches can be “seedbeds for rape culture” by failing to call out misogynist and radical conservative views as well as engaging in forms of victim shaming, a Dallas Theological Seminary professor has warned.

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  Apr 19, 2019

  China: 2 underground priests abducted by authorities, 1 church destroyed ahead of Easter

  Authorities in China have kidnapped a Catholic priest, forced another to relocate, and destroyed a Catholic church all ahead of Easter celebrations as the communist government continues its crack down on underground churches.

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  Apr 19, 2019

  A third of pregnancies for women in early 20s aborted in England and Wales

  New government data show that nearly one-third of pregnancies among women aged 20 through 24 in England and Wales resulted in abortions in 2017.

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  Apr 18, 2019

  5 big takeaways from the Mueller report

  A redacted version Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the findings of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released to the public Thursday. 

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  Apr 18, 2019

  NFL’s Torrey Smith says trip to notorious prison led him to question his view of forgiveness

  Carolina Panthers wide receiver Torrey Smith has detailed how a recent ministry trip to the largest maximum security prison in the United States changed the way he views forgiveness.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Twitter drops ‘hate map’ nonprofit SPLC as 'safety partner' amid accusations of discrimination

  Twitter is reportedly no longer partnering with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center after the organization was itself accused of having a culture of discrimination and sexual harassment.