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  Dec 3, 2018

  Christian college president accused of plagiarizing Joel Osteen sermon and book

  The president of a historically black Christian college in Tennesee is facing accusations that she plagiarized a sermon from popular televangelist Joel Osteen during a speech to students in October.

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  Dec 2, 2018

  AR Bernard's Brooklyn megachurch to build $1.2 billion housing community to address gentrification

  New York City’s 40,000-member Christian Cultural Center is planning to build a $1.2 billion affordable housing development project on its 10.5-acre campus in Brooklyn, pastor A.R. Bernard said Thursday.

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  Dec 1, 2018

  4 missional focus areas for churches looking to transform their cities

  Over 400 Christian leaders from 45 countries and 149 cities convened in the nation’s capital this week to share best practices on how churches and ministries can network to transform their cities by addressing the pressing needs facing their communities.

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  Nov 30, 2018

  Lutherans are the biggest consumers of alcohol among Protestant Christians, poll finds

  Among Protestant Christians in the United States, Lutherans are most likely to say that they consume alcohol while Pentecostals are least likely, a recently released LifeWay Research poll has found.

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  Nov 29, 2018

  Church hosts continuous worship service for 1 month straight to protect refugees from deportation

  A church in the Netherlands has maintained a continuous worship service — 24 hours a day, seven days per week for the last month — in order to prevent an Armenian refugee family from being deported.

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  Nov 29, 2018

  Texas dad could lose custody of 6-y-o son for not affirming transgender identity

  A Texas father who objects to his ex-wife pushing their 6-year-old son into identifying as a girl is in danger of losing custody of the child after he was accused of “abusive behavior.”

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  Nov 28, 2018

  Young missionary who spent year sharing Gospel worldwide killed by suspected drunk driver in Denver

  A 27-year-old woman who spent nearly a year of her life bringing the Gospel to various corners of the world was killed in a car crash caused by a suspected drunk driver in Colorado last weekend.

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  Nov 28, 2018

  Congress passes bill to provide relief to ISIS genocide victims after nearly 2 years

  A bill, two years in the making, that aims to provide humanitarian relief to victims of the Islamic State’s genocide in Iraq and Syria is finally heading to President Donald Trump’s desk.

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  Nov 28, 2018

  Twitter bans 'deadnaming,' 'misgendering' trans-identified persons in updated 'hateful conduct' policy

  Twitter is now banning users from tweeting the birth names of trans-identified persons or referring to them by using biologically accurate pronouns, labeling such interactions as “hateful.”

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  Nov 28, 2018

  'We in American Christianity are in danger of losing our own mission,' Russell Moore argues

  Leading Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore argued Monday that Christians in America are “in danger” of “losing our mission” during a discussion with Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse.