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  Apr 10, 2018

  Banning Adoption Agencies That Don't Serve LGBT Couples Hurts Foster Kids, Expert Says

  Efforts to "eliminate" faith-based adoption agencies that don't place children with same-sex couples are "not in the best interest" of kids stuck in the nation's foster care systems, Chuck Johnson, president of the nonpartisan National Council for Adoption, warned Monday.

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  Apr 8, 2018

  Christian Missionary Details His Time in Sudanese Prison, Sharing a Cell With ISIS Members

  Czech missionary Petr Jasek shared Saturday how God spared him from waterboard torture at the hands of Islamic State extremists and eventually used him to lead fellow inmates to Christ during his 14-month imprisonment in Sudan.

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  Apr 7, 2018

  ERLC Scholar Tells Christians 'Freedom' Shouldn't Be Their Main Political Value

  Southern Baptist scholar and author Jonathan Leeman is encouraging Christians to "rethink" the way they engage in the public square and urging them not to lift up certain gifts from God, such as the gift of freedom, higher than God Himself.

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  Apr 7, 2018

  Most Pastors Say Their Churches Never Discipline Members for Sinful Misconduct, Survey Finds

  Protestant churches in the United States rarely reprimand their members for misconduct as a survey indicates that more than half of pastors say they don't know of an instance in which their church has disciplined a member.

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  Apr 6, 2018

  Baptist Association Becomes First in SBC to Expel Church for 'UnChristian' Racist Attitudes

  On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, a Baptist association in Georgia held a historic vote to expel a longtime member church because of alleged racist attitudes and actions.

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  Apr 6, 2018

  Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Names Augie Boto Interim President

  The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee on Tuesday named attorney D. August "Augie" Boto as its interim president following the retirement of former president Frank Page last month due to an "inappropriate relationship."

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  Apr 5, 2018

  Nigerian Pastor Accused of Beheading 'Secret Lover,' Burying Her in Church

  A Nigerian pastor has been arrested after he was accused of killing his "secret lover" and burying her in his unfinished church.

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  Apr 5, 2018

  Beth Moore: Christians Proud to Criticize Prosperity Gospel Have Subscribed to 'Pampered Gospel'

  While many evangelicals in America today are proud that they don't subscribe to the "prosperity gospel," Christian evangelist Beth Moore argued Wednesday night that many are guilty to subscribing to a "pampered gospel."

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  Apr 5, 2018

  John Piper Questions Martin Luther King's Theology at MLK50 Event

  In the closing speech of the MLK50 Conference in Memphis on Wednesday night, popular theologian John Piper seemingly questioned Martin Luther King Jr.'s theological beliefs but stressed that God used the Civil Rights hero to open his eyes to his own "inexcusable" blind racism.

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  Apr 4, 2018

  Texas Megachurch Pays Off Over $10 Million in Medical Debt for 4,229 Families This Easter

  A Texas megachurch has blessed more than 4,000 families within a 20-mile radius of each of its five campuses this Easter by paying off their medical debt totaling more than $10.5 million.