Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Nov 8, 2017

  Houston Megachurch Explains Why a Russian Flag Is Flying Outside Its Building

  A Texas megachurch has responded after a picture was posted to Twitter on Sunday showing the Russian flag flying on a flagpole outside of the church in a prominent position.

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  Nov 8, 2017

  10 North Korean Defectors Face 'Imminent Threat' of Repatriation After Arrest in China, Group Warns

  Ten North Korean defectors are reportedly facing the "imminent" threat of being sent back to the oppressive nation where they could be tortured and killed after they were arrested in northern China last weekend, a human rights group said.

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  Nov 7, 2017

  Pakistani Christian Teen Found Dead With Throat Slit, Friends Suspected of Murder

  A Pakistani Christian family is searching for answers after their "prodigal" son's body was found with his throat slit in Islamabad over the weekend.

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  Nov 7, 2017

  Texas Church Shooting 'Hero' Stephen Willeford: 'My God Gave Me the Skills'

  The neighbor who helped chase down Texas church shooter Devin Patrick Kelley says that it was God that gave him the skills to help hold the perpetrator accountable.

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  Nov 7, 2017

  Teacher Suspended for Giving 11-Y-O Students 'Gender Identity' Sex Packets

  A public school health teacher in New York was placed on administrative leave for allowing an LGBT activist organization to give out "gender identity" packets to students as young as 11 years old.

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  Nov 7, 2017

  USDA Vows to Protect Christians' Views on Marriage After Business Owner Threatened Under Obama

  The United States Department of Agriculture has issued guidance ensuring that religious beliefs, especially beliefs opposing same-sex marriage and LGBT causes, will be protected, not punished.

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  Nov 7, 2017

  Billy Graham's Grandson Boz Tchividjian No Longer Identifies as 'Evangelical': Report

  Boz Tchividjian, the grandson of world renowned evangelist Billy Graham, is reportedly no longer identifying himself with the term "evangelical," joining many others who have abandoned the term in the wake of the election of President Donald Trump.

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  Nov 6, 2017

  Children Forced Into Hard Labor Inside North Korean 'Orphanage Shelters,' Defector Says

  A North Korean defector has shared what life is like for children sent to horrific, overcrowded "orphanage shelters" while their parents are imprisoned by the authoritarian Kim regime.

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  Nov 6, 2017

  Texas Church Massacre 'Wasn't Over Religious Beliefs,' Authorities Say

  Devin Patrick Kelley's assault on a worshiping Texas congregation on Sunday morning that left 26 people dead and about 20 others wounded was not a religiously or racially motivated attack, a state official said.

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  Nov 6, 2017

  Anne Graham Lotz Compares Reaction to Texas Church Massacre to John 11

  Billy Graham's daughter and evangelist Anne Graham Lotz has explained that the timeless truth that Jesus taught in John 11 after the death of Lazarus still applies today as the world is left wondering why God allowed Sunday's horrific church massacre in Texas to occur.