Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Mar 4, 2020

  Mike Pence mocked for praying with coronavirus task force at White House

  Vice President Mike Pence received a new round of criticism this week by some on the political left after the White House released a picture of the vice president praying with the coronavirus task force in his West Wing office. 

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  Mar 4, 2020

  Pakistani Christian man tortured to death for bathing in well water; family wants justice

  A 22-year-old Christian man was beaten to death in Pakistan’s Punjab province by men who accused him of “contaminating” water in a well owned by a Muslim farmer. 

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  Mar 4, 2020

  Televangelist wonders if liberal whitewashing of sin is the 'Great Apostasy' before Christ's return

  Georgia megachurch pastor and televangelist Michael Youssef fears that the tendency today among some Christian leaders to water down the Gospel to make it “palatable” for today’s culture could be a sign of the “great apostasy before the return of Christ.”

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  Mar 3, 2020

  'Great Awokening': CPAC panelist says 'woke' culture is seeking 'salvation from the mob'

  A panelist at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference warned Friday that being “woke” is like seeking “salvation from the mob” as liberal activists are promoting “authoritarianism” to push their political agenda. 

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  Mar 3, 2020

  Asia Bibi says imprisonment was a 'trial sent by God,' refused to renounce her faith

  During a trip to France to promote her new book, Christian mother Asia Bibi opened up about how prayer and Scripture sustained her throughout a decade of imprisonment over allegations that she insulted Islam and its prophet, Muhammad. 

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  Mar 2, 2020

  Christian college recruiter fired for lining students up by skin color, 'nappiest' hair

  An admissions counselor for Oklahoma Christian University was fired after allegedly forcing 11th-grade students at a preparatory school in Oklahoma City to line up according to skin color and “nappiest” hair during a gym assembly visit. 

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  Feb 29, 2020

  House minority leader Kevin McCarthy compares big tech censorship to China's ‘social score’ system

  While speaking at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California compared big tech censorship of conservatives to the “social score” system that the Chinese government uses to persecute political and religious dissidents. 

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  Feb 29, 2020

  Is the American family in better shape now than 30 years ago? CPAC speakers disagree

  The state of the American family was among the many topics of discussion at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference, with some speakers disagreeing about whether the strength of American families is better now than it was decades ago. 

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  Feb 28, 2020

  ‘This is the worst place in the world’: US faith leaders meet victims of Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen

  American faith leaders met with representatives of Nigerian communities devastated by Boko Haram and Fulani tribesmen as well as key figures within the Buhari administration as part of a fact-finding mission to investigate reports of escalating insecurity in the West African country.

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  Feb 27, 2020

  Pakistani Christians attacked over church construction, 1 left partially paralyzed

  A Pakistani Christian man is partially paralyzed after a mob of Muslim men shot two Christians and attacked another with an ax for constructing a church in a village in Punjab province.