Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Dec 12, 2017

  Pastors in India Beaten, Forced to Sign Apology Letter Because the Gospel Offends Hindus

  Two pastors who were attacked and beaten by Hindu extremists right before the beginning of a three-day Gospel meeting in India's Chhattisgarh state were forced to apologize because their conference and the words of Jesus caused snowflake radicals to be offended.

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  Dec 12, 2017

  Christian Group Kicked Off University Campus Over Policy on 'Sexual Immorality'

  A Christian student group is suing the University of Iowa after it claims it was kicked off campus for requiring its leaders to sign a statement of faith that forces them to live out their careers in the organization without engaging in "sexual immorality."

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  Dec 12, 2017

  Evangelical Leaders Pray With Trump in Oval Office, Present Him 'Friends of Zion' Award

  Top conservative evangelical leaders prayed with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office again on Monday afternoon and also presented him with a "Friends of Zion" award after his decision last week to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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  Dec 12, 2017

  Christian Website SocialCross Refused Service by Web Developer Over Views on Gay Marriage

  The organizer of a new social media platform for conservative Christians is voicing his displeasure after he claims that he was refused service from a web development company because of his views on same-sex marriage.

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  Dec 11, 2017

  Trump's Job Approval Among White Evangelicals Drops 17 Points, Pew Poll Finds

  White evangelicals' approval of the way Donald Trump is handling of the presidency has decreased significantly since February, a recent survey from the Pew Research Center suggests.

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  Dec 9, 2017

  Thousands Sign Petition Seeking to Ban Franklin Graham From Entering the UK

  Members of the U.K. parliament and over 6,000 people have signed an online petition calling for leading American evangelist Franklin Graham to be refused entry into the country ahead of his scheduled trip to Blackpool next September.

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  Dec 9, 2017

  Syrian Refugee Shares Horrors of Abduction and How He Became Friends With His Captors

  A Syrian refugee who survived being abducted and beaten by both the Assad regime and the Free Syrian Army when he was just 15, is now an undergrad at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and is sharing his experiences living as a teenager during the Syrian civil war.

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  Dec 8, 2017

  Less Than Half of US Evangelicals 'Strongly Agree' With Core Evangelical Beliefs: LifeWay

  A new survey has found that less than half of Americans who identify as evangelicals actually "strongly agree" with the core evangelical beliefs, while almost one-third of Americans who hold evangelical beliefs don't identify as "evangelical."

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  Dec 8, 2017

  Christian Tight End Benjamin Watson Nominated for NFL's 'Man of the Year' Charity Award

  Devout Christian Baltimore Ravens tight end and author Benjamin Watson has been nominated for the National Football League's highest honor when it comes to individual charity work.

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  Dec 7, 2017

  7 Christian Missionaries Arrested After Hindus Accuse Them of 'Forcible Conversion' in India

  Seven pastors have been arrested in Northern India and could face years in prison after they were accused of forcible conversion even though family members say that the allegations stem from Muslim families' unwillingness to accept that their loved ones had converted to Christianity.