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  Mar 31, 2017

  Televangelist Ernest Angley Ordered to Pay $388K for Using Coerced Church Labor for Buffet Business

  Televangelist Ernest Angley and the Cathedral Buffet business he owns in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, were ordered on Wednesday to pay more than $388,000 in damages and back wages to a group of employees the U.S. Department of Labor found were members of his church coerced into working as unpaid volunteers.

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  Mar 30, 2017

  Michael Sharp, Son of Kansas Bible College Teacher Working for UN, Found Dead in Congo

  Michael Sharp, 34, a United Nations humanitarian worker and son of Hesston College professor of history and Bible John Sharp, was found dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo Monday, buried in a shallow grave along with Swedish colleague, Zaida Catalan, 36.

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  Mar 30, 2017

  Republican Leaders Look to Repeal North Carolina's Transgender 'Bathroom Bill'

  Republican North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore agreed in principle Tuesday to a proposal made by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that would repeal the controversial House Bill 2 that requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates in public buildings.

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  Mar 30, 2017

  13 Dead, 2 Injured in Horrific Crash Involving Church Bus Filled With Senior Citizens

  Members of the New Braunfels First Baptist Church in Texas were left reeling in grief Wednesday after a bus carrying 14 senior female parishioners from a retreat was involved in a fatal crash that left 13 of them dead.

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  Mar 29, 2017

  Former Mayor, a Professed Christian, Pleads Guilty to Raping 4-Y-O Girl

  Richard Keenan, 65, a self-professed Christian who served as the mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, for nearly two years could now spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting that he repeatedly raped a young girl he began molesting when she was just 4 years old. He also claimed the child was a "willing participant" in her rape.

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  Mar 29, 2017

  Paul Washer Develops 'Severe Skin Reaction' to Heart Medication; Hospital Release Delayed

  After several days of encouraging reports on his recovery from emergency heart surgery last Monday, HeartCry Missionary Society founder Paul Washer has developed a "severe skin reaction" to medication, delaying his hospital release.

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  Mar 29, 2017

  Anti-Abortion Pair Behind Planned Parenthood Sting Videos Charged With Felonies in California

  Eight months after similar charges against them were dropped in Texas, pro-life activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress were charged in California Tuesday with 15 felony counts of invasion of privacy for recording undercover videos targeting abortion giant Planned Parenthood.

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  Mar 28, 2017

  47 People Fall Ill With Food Poisoning at Oak Glen Christian Conference Center

  The Oak Glen Christian Conference Center in Yucaipa, California, was open and "busy" Tuesday despite 47 visitors from several churches becoming ill from food poisoning at the camp on Saturday.

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  Mar 28, 2017

  'Where Is Jesus Now?' Murderer Sean Price Asked Victim as He Raped Her in Christian Book Shop

  Sean Price, a serial rapist and career criminal who was convicted of the murder of a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Australia in 2015, reportedly raped another woman inside a Christian bookstore shortly after the murder and asked her, "Where's Jesus right now," as he violently choked her during the act.

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  Mar 28, 2017

  Border Wall Not Christian, Illegal Immigrants Are 'Children of God,' California Gov. Says

  California Gov. Jerry Brown appealed to the touted Christian values of President Donald Trump and his evangelical supporters Sunday when he called undocumented immigrants "children of God" and suggested the construction of an estimated $20 billion wall along America's Southern border is not Christian.