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  Feb 13, 2018

  Father of 5-Y-O Battling Cancer Who Took Refuge in a Church Granted 1-Year Reprieve From Deportation

  United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has granted a one-year stay to a Mexican-born father of a five-year-old American citizen battling leukemia after the agency first ordered him to report for deportation.

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  Feb 13, 2018

  11 Companies Designated 'Mainstream Facilitators' of Sexual Exploitation

  The National Center on Sexual Exploitation released on Monday its 2018 "Dirty Dozen List."

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  Feb 12, 2018

  Ousted Prison Chaplain Claims Inmates Were Forced to Convert to Islam for Protection

  Inmates at a prison in the United Kingdom are being pressured to convert to Islam in order to receive protection, an ousted Christian chaplain has claimed.

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  Feb 11, 2018

  US Olympic Skating Couple Credits Their Christian Faith for Return From Serious Illness

  United States Olympic pair figure skater Alexa Scimeca Knierim and her husband and partner, Chris Knierim, have opened up about how their Christian faith gave them the strength to battle through a life-threatening illness to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

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  Feb 11, 2018

  Don't Be Fooled by Korean Unity at Winter Olympics, Open Doors Warns

  The Christian persecution advocacy organization Open Doors is asking people across the world not to forget the atrocious human rights abuses committed by the Kim regime in North Korea in light of North and South Korea's show of unity at the Winter Olympics.

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  Feb 11, 2018

  How Parents and Churches Should Respond to Moral and Spiritual Confusion of Gen Z

  As recent polling suggests that "moral and spiritual confusion" is running rampant among American teenagers today, what should parents and churches do differently to ensure their children are prepared to defend their beliefs when they go to college and face a post-Christian society?

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  Feb 10, 2018

  Franklin Graham, Greg Laurie, Evangelical Leaders Discuss 2018 With Ivanka Trump

  A small group of prominent evangelical leaders met with President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, and several White House officials Thursday afternoon in Washington following the National Prayer Breakfast.

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  Feb 9, 2018

  Christian Teacher Fired for Sharing Views on Homosexuality With Class Loses Tribunal Case

  An employment tribunal in the U.K. has ruled against Christian teacher Svetlana Powell, who says she was dismissed from her job after responding to a student's question about her personal beliefs on homosexuality.

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  Feb 9, 2018

  Churches to Get FEMA Disaster Relief Funding in Budget Bill Signed by Trump

  A provision included in the two-year budget agreement signed by President Donald Trump Friday morning provides congressional assurance that churches and other houses of worship can legally receive disaster relief funding after several decades of exclusion.

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  Feb 9, 2018

  Nashville Pastor Calls for Mayor's Resignation Over Affair With Security Chief

  A pastor in Nashville, Tennessee, is calling on the city's first female mayor, Megan Barry, to resign after she admitted to having an extramarital affair with her chief of security.