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Donald 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 other religious minorities with China's top trade negotiator during this week's trade talks in Washington.
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Iran summons Christians to explain why they converted from Islam
Iran's intelligence minister, Mahmoud Mahmoud Alavi, blamed "evangelical propaganda" for the increase in Iranian Muslims converting to Christianity in certain areas of the country.
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US religious freedom report focuses on growing restrictions in China
Persecution against believers in China was front and center as the US Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 20th annual report Monday morning.
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Americans who prefer the New Testament are more likely to be pro-life and oppose gay marriage
Americans who say they prefer the New Testament over the Old Testament are more likely to oppose gay marriage and say they are pro-life, according to new data.
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Sharp drop in church membership among Americans - poll
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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Giant advert in Times Square blasts New York's 'abortion extremism'
The pro-life student association Students for Life of America is sponsoring a giant video advertisement this week in Manhattan's Times Square, speaking out against New York's "abortion extremism."
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How churches in Rwanda are bringing victims and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide together to rebuild communities
Farmer Habarurema Bosco did not feel like a human anymore after losing all of his family in the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi minority that saw the loss of about 1 million lives.
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Gap closing between number of evangelicals and religious 'nones' in the US
The number of religious "nones" in the United States are now statistically equal to the number of evangelicals, according to a political scientist who analyzed data from the recently released 2018 General Social Survey.
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Prison service opening new unit solely for transgender women inmates after safety concerns
The new unit comes in light of reported sexual assaults in women's prisons at the hands of transgender women which has forced the government to review its policies allowing trans-identified inmates to serve in women's prisons.
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WWE star Roman Reigns says cancer remission is down to prayer of fans
'God's voicemail was full,' said the 33-year-old while announcing that his leukemia has gone into remission
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In the hometown of 21 Coptic Christians murdered by ISIS, miracles are being reported
People from the hometown of 21 Coptic Christian men beheaded on a Libyan beach by the Islamic State are reporting miracles
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Over 700 people attend grand opening of Perry Noble's Second Chance Church
18 people were also saved at the inaugural service in South Carolina. Perry was ousted from his previous church NewSpring in 2016 over issues with alcohol
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Elementary school principal who banned Christmas has resigned
A Nebraska elementary school principal who sent an internal memo to teachers warning them not to use any Christmas-related messaging and activities in the classroom in December has resigned.
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Kids in YouTube video told abortion is God's plan and no different from a 'crappy dentist appointment'
'It was like a crappy dentist appointment or something. It was just like, blah — a body thing that was kind of uncomfortable but then it was over and I felt really just grateful that I wasn't pregnant anymore,' Amelia Bonow told the kids in a YouTube video
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Russia added to US State Department's religious freedom 'special watch list'
The U.S. State Department has added Russia to its "special watch list" for religious freedom violators and added Pakistan to its list of "countries of particular" concern.
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