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  Mar 3, 2019

  Scammers posing as pastors: Churches nationwide issue urgent warning

  Scams in which local pastors are impersonated in order to trick their congregants out of hundreds of dollars has permeated communities across the nation.

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  Mar 2, 2019

  Tajikistan: Children barred from attending church, 5,000 Bible verse calendars burned

  Tajik authorities implementing a new religion law are barring children from attending religious services and have burned thousands of calendars with Bible verses.

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  Mar 2, 2019

  India: Christian convert beaten by Hindu villagers, beheaded by Maoist guerrillas

  An Indian man who had become a Christian last year was killed and beheaded in eastern India, reports Persecution Relief.

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  Mar 2, 2019

  At Least 32 Christians killed as mob burns homes, church in Nigeria

  At least 32 Christians were killed by suspected Fulani extremists on Tuesday in Nigeria, sources told a leading Christian persecution monitor.  

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  Mar 1, 2019

  NewSpring Church battling 2 lawsuits after day care volunteer molests 14 children

  NewSpring Church in South Carolina is fighting back against two lawsuits alleging that lack of church oversight enabled the sexual assaults of at least 14 children at the hands of a former church day care volunteer. 

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  Mar 1, 2019

  Gospel for Asia settles class-action lawsuit, maintains it did 'not act fraudulently'

  Gospel for Asia has reached a $37 million settlement to a class-action lawsuit that accuses the nonprofit of mishandling hundreds of millions in donations designated to be used in the mission field worldwide.

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  Feb 28, 2019

  How evangelical-supported group has helped 750,000 Jews migrate to Israel

  A philanthropic organization founded by a Chicago-area rabbi but funded mostly by western evangelicals has helped over 750,000 Jews fleeing persecution or poverty in their homelands to migrate to Israel as part of a process central to Zionism called aliyah.

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  Feb 27, 2019

  New kit aims to help men 'chestfeed' babies with help of banned drug

  A design student in the U.K. claims to have developed a prototype kit that would enable men to breastfeed with the help of a drug that's not approved for sale in the United States.

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  Feb 27, 2019

  Mob attacks 200 Christian families in Pakistan after 4 women falsely accused of blasphemy

  An angry Muslim mob in Pakistan displaced about 200 Christian families from their homes after four Christian women were falsely accused of blasphemy last week.

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  Feb 27, 2019

  5 big takeways from Michael Cohen's congressional hearing

  President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified before Congress Wednesday and detailed his involvement in alleged scandals and cover-ups tied to the thrice-married real estate mogul turned commander-in-chief.