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  Apr 17, 2019

  School district passes ‘biological sex’ rule for using gendered changing facilities

  At a time in which school districts across the United States are opening up their locker rooms and bathrooms on the basis of gender identity, a Pennsylvania school district in a largely conservative Christian area is bucking the trend with its own solutions.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Pete Buttigieg stops calling Mike Pence a 'Pharisee' because it offends Jews

  The campaign of Democrat presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg says that it will no longer refer to Vice President Mike Pence or other evangelical Republican adversaries as “Pharisees” after receiving complaints that the term is offensive to Jews.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Sovereign Grace refuses independent investigation on sex abuse cover-up claims

  Sovereign Grace Churches will not launch a third-party investigation into how the church network has handled accusations of sexual abuse despite allegations church leaders covered up and mishandled claims of sexual misconduct.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Azusa Pacific's new president to promote 'unity' amid concerns of 'theological drift'

  The largest Christian college on the West Coast has named a new president who looks to restore financial stability and promote unity at a 120-year-old institution that has faced questions about its commitment to the authority of scripture.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  Court orders return of Pakistani Christian teen raped and tortured in forced Islamic marriage

  A Pakistani court has ordered the return of a Christian teenager who was abducted and forced into an Islamic marriage in March after the victim gave testimony of how she was beaten, tortured and raped, rights groups are reporting.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  SWBTS removes stained glass honoring Paige Patterson, conservative SBC leaders

  Stained-glass windows at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary immortalizing leaders of the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention have been removed.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  Rick Warren criticized for hosting Rwanda president at Saddleback Church

  California megachurch pastor and author Rick Warren is facing criticism for his decision to invite Rwanda President Paul Kagame to speak at Saddleback Church about the transformation of the Central African nation since the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994.  

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  Apr 15, 2019

  New Museum of the Bible exhibit to explore relationship between science and the Bible

  The Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. has announced plans for a year-long exhibition examining the often contentious relationship between science and the Bible over the course of history.  

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  Apr 15, 2019

  American missionary in Paraguay gunned down in home by suspected robber

  An American Christian missionary in Paraguay was killed in his own home last week by a suspected robber after serving as a missionary for over 25 years, according to his sponsoring agency.

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  Apr 14, 2019

  'Running from pimps': Colorado megachurch turns meth homes into a center for homeless moms

  A nonprofit associated with a Colorado Springs megachurch has converted two former “methamphetamine houses” in the most violent part of town and incorporated them into a three-year-old program that is helping break homeless single mothers and their children out of the cycle of poverty.