Emily Hawley

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  Mar 30, 2021

  8 Nigerian Christians abducted from church bus: 'Best we can do is pray'

  At least eight Christians were abducted by gunmen last Friday while traveling on a bus to a church program in the Kaduna state of northwest Nigeria. The church calls for prayer.

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  Mar 28, 2021

  Biden broke law by halting border wall construction approved by Congress, GOP lawmakers say

  Republican lawmakers urged the U.S. Government Accountability Office to weigh in on the legality of President Joe Biden halting border wall construction, which they argue violates federal law and has caused “an unfortunate, yet entirely avoidable scenario” at the overwhelmed southern border.

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  Mar 28, 2021

  US deploys Green Berets to Mozambique; ISIS-linked militants accused of beheading children

  The United States has deployed U.S. Army Green Berets to Mozambique to train local troops as the country faces a growing insurgency that has seen children as young as 12 beheaded as well as thousands killed and displaced in the southern African country.  

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  Mar 27, 2021

  Abducted Nigerian Christian girl Leah Sharibu gives birth to second baby in Boko Haram captivity

  Leah Sharibu, who was among 100 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in 2018, gave birth to her second child in captivity, according to reports. 

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  Mar 25, 2021

  Gunmen kill 137 people, including 22 children, in raids on Niger villages

  On the deadliest day in Niger’s recent memory, over 130 people and nearly two dozen children were killed in a series of suspected Islamic extremist raids Sunday afternoon in a region of Africa where jihadi attacks have become more prevalent in recent years.

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  Mar 25, 2021

  10 Bible translation organizations unite to end Bible poverty by 2033

  The world’s leading Bible translation agencies have united to “eradicate Bible poverty” in this generation by making Scripture available in every language by the year 2033 as half of the world’s languages still lack a complete translation.

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  Mar 24, 2021

  West Virginia church opens addiction recovery house in response to drug crisis

  A West Virginia church recently transitioned a vacant home on its property into a transitional recovery house to help men overcome addiction after the pastor realized the severity of the drug crisis in his area.  

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  Mar 23, 2021

  Boulder churches react to Colorado shooting: ‘Sickness in this world'

  Boulder churches offered resources and encouragement, while gun control activists called for action after a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store on Monday left 10 people dead.

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  Mar 23, 2021

  Assisted suicide deaths soar in Victoria, Australia as euthanasia becomes 'normalized' globally

  A recently released report details the increasing rate of voluntary assisted suicide in Victoria, Australia, as hundreds have ended their lives following the state’s legalization of euthanasia in 2019. 

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  Mar 22, 2021

  Wheaton College to alter missionary Jim Elliot's memorial plaque to nix 'pejorative' wording

  Wheaton College announced its plan to rephrase dehumanizing wording included on a plaque honoring Christian martyr Jim Elliot and the four missionaries killed by the Waorani people in Ecuador due to “pejorative” language referring to the tribe as “savage.”