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  Oct 26, 2019

  China releases Early Rain Covenant Church member 7 months after arrest

  A member of Early Rain Covenant Church in China was released from detention Thursday, seven months after his arrest. 

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  Oct 25, 2019

  Karen Swallow Prior leaving Liberty after 21 years to join SEBTS faculty

  Beloved Liberty University English professor Karen Swallow Prior plans to leave the school she has served since 1999 to join the faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina, beginning in the fall of 2020.

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  Oct 25, 2019

  Brownback shares ambitions of $25 million campaign to protect holy sites at USCIRF hearing

  Sam Brownback, the U.S. Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, detailed Thursday the ambitions of a new $25 million campaign to protect and restore holy sites and places of worship across the world. 

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  Oct 25, 2019

  5 Christians playing in the 2019 World Series

  While both the Nationals and Astros have excelled on the field this season, players on both teams are aware that there is more to life than the game they love so dear. The Christian faith is strong for players in both dugouts who acknowledge that the talent they have has been given to them by God. 

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  Oct 24, 2019

  Chicago churches erase over $5 million in medical debt for nearly 6,000 Illinois families

  United Church of Christ churches in Chicago have joined together to eliminate over $5.3 million in medical debt impacting nearly 6,000 Illinois families. Meanwhile, the UCC national church body has dedicated this year’s "Giving Tuesday" to the cause of erasing medical debt nationwide. 

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  Oct 24, 2019

  Cameroon: Bible translator murdered in his home as civil war rages on

  A second Bible translator has been killed by suspected Fulani extremists in the civil war-ridden Anglophone region in southern Cameroon this week, a ministry source has confirmed. 

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  Oct 23, 2019

  Christian NGO opens 58 food distribution centers to aid civilians fleeing war-torn northern Syria

  A United States-based Christian humanitarian agency says it is feeding around 10,000 people per day in war-torn northeastern Syria as local workers and volunteers put their lives on the line to serve those in need following the Turkish invasion this month.

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  Oct 23, 2019

  Over 1,000 victims freed from abusive Islamic reform centers in northern Nigeria

  Hundreds more have been freed after authorities began cracking down on illegally operated Islamic reform schools in northern Nigeria, where mostly male students have been chained, beaten, enslaved, starved and, in many cases, raped. 

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  Oct 22, 2019

  Suicide rate for kids ages 10 to 14 nearly tripled in last decade: CDC

  The suicide rate among children aged 10 through 14 has nearly tripled from 2007 to 2017, while the suicide rate among older teenagers has increased by 76% between 2007 and 2017, new federal data show.

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  Oct 22, 2019

  Most white evangelicals will support Trump regardless of personal conduct, poll finds

  Impeachment proceedings haven’t diminished white evangelical support for President Donald Trump. Most white evangelicals say Trump’s personal conduct makes no difference in, or increases, their support for him, a new poll shows.