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  May 9, 2018

  Sam Rodriguez, Johnnie Moore Launch New 'Congress of Christian Leaders' to Unite Global Church

  American evangelical leaders Samuel Rodriguez and Johnnie Moore have announced the founding of a new interdenominational body called the Congress of Christian Leaders, which they say will seek to foster unity and serve growing Christian movements across the globe.

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  May 9, 2018

  Kentucky Baptists Propose Banning Churches From Giving to CBF Over LGBT Hiring Policy

  Leaders in the Kentucky Baptist Convention have endorsed a recommendation to end the convention's cooperation with dually aligned churches that continue providing support to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in the wake of CBF's new policy ending a ban on LGBT employees.

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  May 9, 2018

  Oldest State Medical Association in US Says Self-Induced Abortions Shouldn't Be a Crime

  One of the nation's oldest state medical society's has adopted a new policy that states that it will oppose any effort to criminalize women who try to self-abort their own unborn children.

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  May 8, 2018

  Texas Missionary Kenneth Danforth Missing After Boat Capsizes Off African Coast

  Texas missionary Kenneth "J.R." Danforth and others are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Tanzania last week in the Indian Ocean.

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  May 8, 2018

  Charlotte's Elevation Church Denies Wrongdoing After Neighbors File Noise Complaint

  The Ballantyne campus of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, has denied wrongdoing after neighbors turned to police and a television news outlet to complain about the amount of noise coming from the Southern Baptist megachurch on a regular basis that they say is disturbing their peaceful lives.

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  May 8, 2018

  Indonesian Pastor Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Evangelizing to Muslim Cab Driver

  An Indonesian court sentenced a Protestant pastor to four years in prison and slapped him with a hefty fine on Monday simply because he shared his faith with a taxi driver.

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  May 8, 2018

  ISIS Assassin Reveals Horrific Ways He Killed Victims in Syria; Cut Man's Tongue Off With Scissors

  An Islamic State assassin who claims to have killed over 100 people while fighting in Syria has described the horrific ways in which he killed his enemies, including brutally cutting off man's tongue before ending his life.

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  May 7, 2018

  Facebook Introduced ISIS Jihadis to Each Other Through 'Suggested Friends' Feature, Analysts Find

  The social media giant Facebook has helped connect thousands of Islamic State terrorists with other potential jihadis across the globe via its "suggested friends" feature, a watchdog group has warned.

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  May 7, 2018

  2 Pentecostal Men Arrested in India After Being Falsely Accused of Forced Conversion

  Two Pentecostal Christians were arrested last week in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and falsely accused of the crime of forced conversion, becoming the latest in a growing list of Christians to be accused of the crime in India.

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  May 7, 2018

  Trump Religious Freedom Order Helps Charities Serve Over 13.7 Million in Need, Analysis Finds

  Over 13.7 million people have been provided with health care and other social services offered by faith-based organizations this past year thanks to President Donald Trump's executive order protecting religious liberty, a new analysis has found.