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James Macintyre is Managing Editor of Christian Today.
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Victory for evangelicals as US embassy moves to Jerusalem – but at what price?
As dozens are wounded along the Gaza border amid violent protests there and across the West Bank, shortly after 4pm local time today Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, will calmly pray for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump at the highly controversial new US embassy in Jerusalem.
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Mitt Romney blasts 'bigot' Robert Jeffress over prayer at US embassy in Jerusalem, John Hagee in spotlight too
Prominent pastors were last night drawn into the fierce controversy over today's US embassy move to Jerusalem, as Senate candidate Mitt Romney of Utah said that Baptist minister Robert Jeffress should not be giving the opening prayer because he's a 'religious bigot'.
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Top Christian lawyer blasts Fleet Street's 'scant regard for the truth' after Telegraph pays damages to mosque chairman
The eminent media lawyer behind the Sunday Telegraph being forced to pay 'substantial damages' to the chairman of Finsbury Park Mosque is a devout Christian who has issued a scathing attack on Fleet Street's 'scant regard for the truth'.
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Released: Three American Christians held in North Korea return to US
Three American Christians held in North Korea in recent years have been released and are currently flying back to the US with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump has announced.
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As Trump quits Iran deal, Israel should be careful what it wishes for
Be careful what you wish for was the message coming out of some elements of the mainstream Israeli media last night as Donald Trump dramatically pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Young newlywed becomes 8th Egyptian Coptic Christian woman to go missing since April
A young Coptic Christian woman who had been married for two weeks has been missing since disappearing from her school on May 2, sparking fears that she may have been kidnapped.
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Hungary's Viktor Orban reiterates pledge to keep country 'Christian'
Hungary's right-wing, nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban said yesterday that the main task of his new government will be to preserve the country's security and Christian culture, keeping out migrants and fending off what he calls foreign meddling.
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Secret witness testifies against US pastor Andrew Brunson
A witness testifying anonymously against Andrew Brunson, the US pastor accused of spying and terror-related charges in Turkey, claimed yesterday that Brunson helped Kurdish militants and aimed to create a Christian Kurdish state, the country's state-run news agency reported.
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Former bishop of Exeter in controversial Syria visit questions evidence for Assad chemical attack
A former bishop who held high-level talks with the Syrian regime hours after last month's western air-strikes has said he was 'appalled' by the intervention and questioned whether president Bashar al-Assad was behind the chemical attack on Douma.
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Three US Christians held in North Korea could be released
Three American Christians detained in North Korea could be released having reportedly been moved from a labour camp to a hotel on the outskirts of the capital city Pyongyang, according to CBN News.
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Gay activist Peter Tatchell defends Ashers bakery in 'gay cake' case
Peter Tatchell, the gay human rights activist, has reiterated his support for the Ashers bakery that refused to produce a cake with a message in support of gay marriage as the case went to the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland today.
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols: Alfie Evans case was 'used for political aims'
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has suggested that some people who campaigned in the case of Alfie Evans 'used the situation for political aims'.
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Christians in Jerusalem's Old City under threat from 'hostile radical settlers'
Christians in Jerusalem say their presence in the Old City is under threat from intimidation, with priests being spat at and abused, alongside aggressive property acquisition by hardline and 'hostile' Jewish settlers.
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Analysis: Alfie Evans, a social media frenzy and why some UK Christians swam against the tide
The tragic case of Alfie Evans has raised questions about the excesses of social media, right-wing political agendas hijacking deeply delicate human causes, nuanced differences between the approach of English Catholic bishops and that of the Vatican under the media-friendly Pope Francis, and the question of whether there is a right time to die.
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Chilean abuse victims say talks with Pope Francis have been 'enormously constructive'
Several men who were sexually abused by a priest in Chile have described private talks they have held with Pope Francis at the Vatican over the weekend as very helpful and respectful.
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