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  Feb 8, 2019

  Democrat Rep. blasts transgender ban in women's sports, claims it's 'discrimination'

  Democratic Muslim Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has called for an investigation into USA Powerlifting’s barring of a trans-identified male athlete from competing in a women’s competition because of “competitive advantage.”

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  Feb 8, 2019

  Religious colleges fear higher education becoming more hostile to faith

  Religious colleges are attempting to “re-write” the narrative that exists today about faith in education before societal hostility mobilizes to one day push faith-based institutions out of the “mainstream” of higher education.

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  Feb 8, 2019

  Leith Anderson to retire from NAE, praised for shaping evangelical mov't in complex times

  Faith leaders on both sides of the political aisle are commenting on the retirement of National Association of Evangelicals President Leith Anderson who has “shaped and stewarded” the evangelical movement in recent decades as something not to be defined by politics.  

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  Feb 7, 2019

  University can't ban Christian group for requiring that its leaders be Christian, court rules

  A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the University of Iowa can’t selectively enforce its non-discrimination policy on a Christian student group that requires that its leaders abide by a Christian statement of faith.

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  Feb 7, 2019

  'Finishing the task': Misconceptions about Christian missions to the unreached

  In the aftermath of American missionary John Chau's controversial death, mission agencies and scholars are refuting misconceptions that have emerged about the way the Gospel is being brought to the world’s most unreached communities.

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  Feb 6, 2019

  Myanmar pastor killed after being kidnapped at gunpoint, leaves behind wife and 3 kids

  A pastor in Myanmar who led multiple fellowships is confirmed dead after being kidnapped from his home at gunpoint last month, the nonprofit mission organization Gospel for Asia has confirmed.

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  Feb 6, 2019

  University accused of creating ‘watch list’ for faith groups, denies clubs are on probation

  A conservative religious freedom law group claims that the University of Iowa has created a “watch list” highlighting religious student groups that have what the school claims are discriminatory leadership policies.

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  Feb 6, 2019

  10 Christian reactions to Trump's State of the Union address

  President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging second State of the Union address Tuesday night, his first before a divided Congress, has drawn mixed responses from Christian leaders.

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  Feb 5, 2019

  Cory Booker asks Trump judicial nominee if she believes gay relationships are a 'sin'

  Democrat 2020 presidential candidate and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker prodded a Trump judicial nominee Tuesday over her ...

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  Feb 5, 2019

  180,000 attend first-ever papal mass on the Arabian peninsula in Islamic history

  An estimated 180,000 people attended the first-ever papal visit to take place in the cradle of Islam — the Arabian Peninsula — on Tuesday to celebrate what has been dubbed the “Year of Tolerance.”