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  Apr 19, 2017

  Baylor University Picks Longtime Baptist Linda Livingstone as First Female President in 172 Years

  Baylor University, the largest Baptist university in the world and the oldest continuously-operating university in Texas, announced Tuesday that school officials had selected longtime Baptist Linda Livingstone as the first female president in the institution's 172-year history.

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  Apr 19, 2017

  Aaron Hernandez, Former New England Patriots Star, Commits Suicide in Prison

  Just days after he was acquitted of a 2012 double murder case, former New England Patriots tight end and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was found hanged in his cell at a Massachusetts prison early Wednesday morning officials said. He was 27.

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Mother Praises God After Baby Shot at Church Carnival Survives

  A young mother is now praising God after her 11-month-old daughter survived being shot along with five others after a fight broke out between teenagers at a church carnival in Birmingham, Alabama.

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Daughter of Church Bus Driver Who Died in Texas Crash Now Mourns Both Parents

  Two weeks after losing her father, Murray Barrett, along with 12 other members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels in Texas on March 29, Jenn Barrett says she's now "confused" after her mom, Dianne Barrett, died in her home just two weeks later on April 11.

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Pastor Preached on Holiness Then Dismissed Ex-Gov. Robert Bentley From First Baptist Church, Docs Say

  Ex-Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and his alleged mistress, former adviser Rebekah Caldwell Mason, were reportedly confronted and asked to leave the First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa by the church's senior pastor in March 2016, according to government documents.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  World's Oldest Person, Violet Mosses Brown, Is 117-Y-O Baptist Who Credits God's Word for Long Life

  Violet Mosses Brown, a church-loving Baptist from Duanvale in Trelawny, Jamaica, became the world's new oldest person on Saturday and is likely the oldest living Christian too.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Christian Man Stripped, Burned With Hot Iron Rods for Befriending Muslim Woman

  Ansar Masih, a 21-year-old Christian man, is being treated at a hospital in Pakistan after he was severely burned with hot iron rods for allegedly befriending a young Muslim woman in Sheikhupura district.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Saeed Abedini Promises to Stop Venting on Social Media, Doesn't Comment on Adultery Allegations

  After a whirlwind week of venting about his ex-wife Naghmeh and religious leaders, persecuted Pastor Saaed Abedini made one last public defense of his reputation Sunday but ignored recent allegations of adultery.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  Wife of Church Bus Driver Killed in Crash That Claimed 13 Found Dead

  Just two weeks after 13 members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels in Texas were killed in a bus crash on their way home from a church trip on March 29, the wife of the bus driver who also died, was found dead in her home on Tuesday.

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  Apr 13, 2017

  North Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Ban Gay Marriage

  Three Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are now looking to ban same-sex marriage in the state with a bill called the "Uphold Historical Marriage Act," which critics say is already "dead on arrival."