Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Supreme Court Declines to Hear 2 Cases on Legislative Prayer, Leaves Contradictory Rulings in Place

  The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two cases dealing with the legality of prayer at legislative meetings, maintaining one municipal council's right to continue holding praying and leaving another stuck with a lower court defeat.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Judge Rules Trump Admin. Is Wrong to Deny 87 Iranian Christians, Religious Minorities Asylum Without Reason

  A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration wrongly denied asylum to dozens of Iranian Christians and other religious minorities who were invited to seek asylum in the United States under a Congressionally enacted program.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  Family Members of Inmates Lobby Senators to Pass Prison Fellowship-Backed Reform Bill

  Dozens of family members of incarcerated inmates in federal prisons are meeting with nearly half of the United States Senate on Wednesday to urge them to vote in support of a Trump-backed prison reform bill that overwhelming passed in the House but has stalled in the upper chamber.

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  Jul 10, 2018

  Baptist Church Builds 20 Tiny Homes for Recovering Addicts in Opioid-Stricken Community

  A Southern Baptist church in one of the poorest communities in the United States plans to build 20 tiny homes to help accommodate the needs of recovering drug addicts in their quest toward sobriety.

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  Jul 10, 2018

  Paula White: There's a Difference Between Jesus as a Refugee and Those Who Enter the US Illegally

  Amid the hysteria surrounding the separation of immigrant families who recently entered the U.S. illegally, one of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Paula White, is speaking out in support of stronger border laws and explains the difference between Jesus as a refugee and those who break immigration laws.

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  Jul 10, 2018

  Southern Baptist Pastor Resigns Amid Accusations He Sexually Molested Teenage Girls

  Southern Baptist Pastor John Finley has resigned after 31 years at the helm of Bartlett Hills Baptist Church in Tennessee following accusations that he sexually molested two teenage girls over 30 years ago while serving at a church in Texas.

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  Jul 9, 2018

  Greg Laurie: God Documents Actions of Every Human Through the 'Books in Heaven'

  California evangelist and megachurch pastor Greg Laurie said during his sermon on Sunday that God uses the "books in Heaven" to keep records and tallies of every action — good and bad — committed by all human beings throughout history.

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  Jul 9, 2018

  CNN Contributor Says Christian Conservatives Want to Impose 'Sharia Law'; Guest Storms Off Set

  A Christian conservative talk show host walked off the set of HLN during a panel discussion about the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court nomination after a left-wing pundit called critics of gay marriage and abortion "Christian Sharia law advocates."

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  Jul 7, 2018

  LGBT Activists Accused of Using FBI to Harass Christian Man Who Criticized 'Open to All' Campaign

  One of the nation's most prominent LGBT activist groups has been accused of filing a false complaint with the FBI in an attempt to "harass" a Christian conservative critic who spoke out against its recent campaign to place LGBT signs in the front windows of businesses nationwide.

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  Jul 7, 2018

  2 Families Survive Months in Mynamar Jungle, Cross Landmines Before Taking Refuge in Church

  Fleeing violence in their home village, nine people from the predominantly Christian Kachin state in northern Myanmar survived two months in a forest and had to cross over a landmine-ridden terrain before they were finally able to find refuge at a Baptist church.