Nicola Menzie

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  Nov 19, 2013

  Rob Bell's 'Love Wins' Nudged 1,000 People to Leave Mars Hill Bible Church, Says Michigan Megachurch Successor

  Mars Hill Bible Church, the congregation founded by author Rob Bell, lost about 1,000 people over their former pastor's controversial 2011 book, "Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived," according to the Grandville, Mich., megachurch's new pastor Kent Dobson.

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  Nov 19, 2013

  Liberty University Student Killed in Officer-Related Shooting

  While Virginia media reported Tuesday that a Liberty University student had been killed in an officer-related shooting, the evangelical Christian school founded by Jerry Falwell Sr., revealed that the incident had taken place at a women's-only dorm after a male student and a campus police officer got into an "altercation."

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  Nov 18, 2013

  'Armor Bearer Is Not a Biblical Church Office,' Says Fla. Pastor in Viral Post

  A Florida pastor has sparked an online debate about a church role often tied to the Bible but yet is not described in the New Testament as an actual church office. His post, having attracted nearly 8,000 Facebook "likes," challenges the concept of "armor bearers" — a position usually tailored to assist pastors and that can involve tasks like serving as a personal bodyguard or carrying a preacher's Bible.

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  Nov 18, 2013

  Muslim UK Minister of Faith Demands Greater Protections for Mideast Christians Amid 'Real Danger' of Extinction

  Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the United Kingdom's first-ever Minister of Faith and also its first Muslim cabinet member, has demanded a greater international response to the religious persecution of Middle East Christians, specifically those in war-torn Syria. Warsi called religion-based segregation, discrimination and violence "the biggest challenge we face in this young century."

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  Nov 15, 2013

  'Prophecy for the Philippines by Cindy Jacobs' Video Goes Viral; Animation News Company Challenges 2009 'Predictions'

  Christian minister Cindy Jacobs, described as a "respected prophet" in her online biography, made a prediction in 2009 that the Philippines would either experience a period "greatness" or "some troubled times." While Jacobs' 2009 video prediction has gone viral amid the island nation's current calamity from Typhoon Haiyan, a Taiwanese animation news company that went mainstream due to its 2009 Tiger Woods coverage has challenged the self-declared prophet's "vague" predictions.

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  Nov 14, 2013

  'My Entire Family Came to Faith Through Billy Graham,' Says Tearful Kathie Lee Gifford

  'Today' co-host Kathie Lee Gifford gave a tearful account this week of her encounters with the Rev. Billy Graham, and how the Christian evangelist impacted her faith, family and marriage in ways that she will never forget.

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  Nov 13, 2013

  US Names Boko Haram 'Terrorists' to Help Nigeria 'Root Out Extremism'; Christian Group 'Grateful' to God for Answered Prayers

  The United States government named on Wednesday Nigerian-based extremist group Boko Haram and its splinter faction Ansaru as foreign terrorist organizations, which is welcome news for a U.S.-based Christian Nigerian organization that has been pressuring both the Obama administration and the Nigerian government for over a year to crack down on the Islamist militants.

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  Nov 13, 2013

  'The NINES' Online Leadership Conference Disrupted by Calls for More Female Speakers

  The NINES, an annual online event featuring more than 100 speakers presenting on various topics for an allotted five minutes each, was briefly sidetracked Tuesday when author and popular blogger Rachel Held Evans pressed organizer Todd Rhoades about the lineup including only four women speakers this year.

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  Nov 13, 2013

  US Christians Impacting the Church and the World (Part 1)

  There are countless Christians of great influence, passion and creativity who serve as CEOs, ministry leaders, nonprofit founders, pastors, evangelists and in other capacities whose works and personal stories have touched and inspired the lives of many.This list is an effort to highlight but a few of these U.S.-based Christians and their work.

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  Nov 10, 2013

  Rick Warren Visits Jesse Jackson Jr. in Prison: 'We Just Want to Love on Him and Pray With Him'

  Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., has confirmed a visit to disgraced former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in his North Carolina prison on Friday, describing the visit in a public statement as a "private moment."