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  Feb 5, 2019

  480, mostly Christians, killed in Nigerian ‘military massacres' from 2015-2017: NGO report

  Nigerian military and security forces killed hundreds of mostly Christian ethnic Igbo civilians advocating for self-determination, in massacres that took place from 2015 to 2017, according to the most comprehensive report to date, which took three years to make.

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  Feb 5, 2019

  DC school boycotting sports at Karen Pence's Christian school over LGBT policy

  A private secular K-8 school in Washington, D.C., was accused of having a double-standard as prominent Christian conservatives have spoken out against its plan to boycott basketball games held at the conservative Christian school where second lady Karen Pence works.

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  Feb 4, 2019

  John Chau's dad blames 'extreme Christianity' for US missionary's death on remote island

  The father of slain American missionary John Chau blamed “extreme” Christianity for his son’s death while on a mission to evangelize an isolated and hostile tribe in the Andaman islands.

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  Feb 3, 2019

  Multiethnic church movement is ‘not where it should be’ despite tripling in past 20 years, Derwin Gray says

  Despite this growth in multiethnic churches nationwide, influential pastor Derwin Gray doesn’t think the multiethnic church movement today is “where it should be.”

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  Feb 2, 2019

  CCCU vice chair admits there is 'risk' associated with its LGBT compromise

  A board member for one of the largest Christian college associations in the country admits that there is “risk” associated with its recent push for legislation that would provide LGBT discrimination protections in exchange for religious exemptions for traditional Christian beliefs on sexuality.

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  Jan 31, 2019

  Vermont sued for barring Christian school students from state-funded education program

  Two families and a Catholic diocese are suing the state of Vermont for discrimination after Catholic school students were excluded from a program that offers college classes to high school students at state expense.

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  Jan 31, 2019

  First Catholic church built in Cuba since revolution opens, brings a 'new sign of faith'

  The first new Catholic church to be built in Cuba in over 60 years opened its doors Saturday in the rural town of Sandino, providing what some say is “a new sign of faith” in the socialist country.

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  Jan 30, 2019

  Pelosi praises evangelicals in address to Christian college presidents, cites Matthew 25

  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi offered kind words about evangelicals during her speech before an annual gathering of Christian college presidents Wednesday.

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  Jan 30, 2019

  1,000 educators to discuss struggles, trends facing private Christian schools

  Over 1,000 teachers and leaders from private Christian schools worldwide are gathering in Texas this week to collaborate and identify innovative ways to address the challenges and opportunities facing their institutions in an increasingly secular world.

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  Jan 30, 2019

  Principal bans teacher from attending church event; superintendent steps in after legal pressure

  A school superintendent in the midwest has overturned a principal’s decision to forbid a teacher from attending a church event during nonschool hours because the event was also to be attended by two students.