Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 7, 2017

  New Al-Qaeda Video Shows Kidnapped Christian Missionaries Alive

  Al-Qaeda affiliates in Mali have released a video that purports to show six foreign hostages, three of which are Christian missionaries from Colombia, Switzerland and Australia, alive.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Pastor Receives Feces in Mail, Has Car Keyed for Opposing Facebook's Rainbow Flag Emoji

  A pastor who leads a Christian ministry that vowed to ban anyone who posts the rainbow flag emoji to its Facebook page says LGBT activists have inundated his inbox, mailbox and phone lines with gay porn and threatening messages. They even keyed his car.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Turkish Gov't Seizes 50 Church Properties Amid Property Dispute

  The Assyrian Confederation of Europe has condemned the recent government confiscation of dozens of properties from one of the world's oldest Christian communities in Turkey, calling it a "grave violation of human and cultural rights."

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Robert Jeffress: Singing 'Make America Great Again' No Different Than Singing National Anthem

  Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress has responded to criticism over First Baptist Dallas choir's performance of the "Make America Great Again" song at the Kennedy Center in Washington last Saturday, telling The Christian Post that singing the song is no less patriotic than singing the national anthem.

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  Jul 5, 2017

  US Army Tells Female Soldiers to 'Accept' Having Naked Men in Their Showers

  The U.S. Army is instructing its female soldiers to "accept" having men in their showers and changing areas who are "transitioning" but still have their male genitalia, according to training documents that have been released.

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  Jul 5, 2017

  Ken Ham Pleased With 1.1 Million Ark Encounter Visitors, but Says Attendance Limited by Hotel Space

  Leading Young Earth Creationist and Answers in Genesis President Ken Ham says the 510-feet Noah's Ark replica and theme park, Ark Encounter, would have greater attendance and economic impact on the surrounding area of Grant County, Kentucky, if more tourist-related businesses were to open nearby.

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  Jul 3, 2017

  Massive Church Opens in Kurdistan Giving Christian Refugees Welcoming Place to Worship

  Displaced Iraqi Christians who have been pushed from their homes due to the rise of the Islamic State and are now living in the Kurdish town of Ankawa will soon have one of the largest churches in the region to call their place of worship.

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  Jul 3, 2017

  Vietnam Police Beat, Drag Priests by Their Hair for Defending Cross Erected on Disputed Land

  Police officers in Vietnam have reportedly assaulted a group of Catholic priests and parishioners who stood in defense of a cross erected on church-claimed land amid a property dispute.

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  Jul 3, 2017

  University Halts Plan to Remove Bibles, Cross From Chapel After Secularist Group's Complaint

  A public university in Oklahoma says that it will halt, for now, its plans to remove Bibles and other Christian icons, like a cross, from its chapel.

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  Jul 3, 2017

  Hostility to Christian Sexuality Beliefs Up 114 Percent in 3 Years, Report Finds

  A new report produced by one of the nation's leading social conservative activist organization claims that there has been 76 percent increase in religious freedom violations and a 114 percent surge in documented hostility toward Christian views on marriage and sexuality in the last three years.