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  Apr 13, 2018

  Tim Keller, 50 Other Leaders to Discuss Future of Evangelical Identity at Invite-Only Meeting

  Dozens of leaders from prominant evangelical seminaries, churches and organizations will meet next Monday and Tuesday at Wheaton College in Illinois to discuss the future of evangelicalism in light of the Donald Trump presidency.

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  Apr 12, 2018

  Dozens of Megachurch Pastors Meet With Mike Pence, White House Staff During Retreat

  Dozens of Southern Baptist megachurch pastors and their wives met with Vice President Mike Pence and senior White House officials on Wednesday to cap off the annual Southern Baptist Convention MegaMetro retreat.

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  Apr 12, 2018

  UK Scraps Proposal to Regulate Sunday Schools; Evangelicals Praise Move to Protect Religious Freedom

  The United Kingdom government is no longer considering a plan to monitor church Sunday schools and other religious education institutions through its Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills.

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  Apr 12, 2018

  Penn State Eliminates Homecoming 'Queen' and 'King' Titles to Be More 'Inclusive'

  Penn State University has eliminated the titles of "Homecoming Queen" and "Homecoming King," in an effort to make its homecoming court gender-neutral and more inclusive.

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  Apr 11, 2018

  36 ISIS Suspects Sentenced to Death for Egypt Church Bombings

  Thirty-six militants accused of being part of Islamic State cells in Egypt have received preliminary death sentences for their alleged involvement in the bombing of three Egyptian churches, including the bombings of two churches on Palm Sunday 2017, and an attack on a police checkpoint.

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  Apr 11, 2018

  Alabama Football Team Prays for Donald Trump at White House National Championship Ceremony

  Members of the University of Alabama football team prayed with President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon as they made their ceremonial visit to the White House as winners of the 2017-2018 College Football Playoff National Championship.

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  Apr 11, 2018

  Ryan Bomberger Shares How White Parents Defied 'Racist' Decree to Adopt 10 Racially Diverse Babies

  Pro-life activist and Emmy Award-winning creative professional Ryan Bomberger opened up Monday about the personal sacrifice that his white adoptive mother and father had to make when they decided to bring him into their family as a 6-week-old biracial child conceived in rape.

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  Apr 10, 2018

  Franklin Graham, Religious Freedom Advocates Urge Senate to Confirm Pompeo as Sec. of State

  Leading evangelist Franklin Graham and 49 other religious freedom advocates are urging the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo.

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  Apr 10, 2018

  Missionary Says God Used Year-Long Abduction to Plant Seeds That Helped Bring Captors to Christ

  Over 15 years after she was rescued from a year-long abduction by Islamic terrorists in a Philippine jungle, Kansas missionary Gracia Burnham says her time in captivity showed her how faithless she was as she couldn't see the bigger plan that God had for her time of trial.

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  Apr 10, 2018

  Voters Back Transgender Bathrooms for First Time in Anchorage

  Voters in the largest city in Alaska have rejected a proposition that would have made it so people would have to use bathrooms and changing areas that correspond with their biological sex and would have allowed businesses and private organizations establish their own bathroom policies.