Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Aug 5, 2019

  Satanic Temple continues legal battle against Missouri abortion law after court defeat

  The Satanic Temple is continuing its legal battle against a Missouri law that requires women to wait 72 hours before getting an abortion after its case on behalf of a Satanic Temple member was struck down earlier this year by the state's supreme court. 

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  Aug 5, 2019

  Anglican vicar banned for life after affair with married woman seeking pastoral support

  An Anglican vicar has been banned for life for having an intimate affair with a married parishioner who came to him for pastoral support. 

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  Aug 4, 2019

  NYC pastor accused of stealing $631K from charities to pay for vacations, bar tabs

  A New York City pastor was charged with stealing over $631,000 from two charities that served HIV/AIDS-infected drug addicts and spent much of the money on things like  Carribean vacations as well as restaurant and bar tabs.  

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  Aug 3, 2019

  Nigerian priest killed by suspected Fulani gunmen; clergy march to protest killings

  A priest in Southern Nigeria was reportedly killed Thursday by gunmen suspected to be Fulani radicals while five pastors from a Pentecostal denomination were abducted in a separate incident just outside of Lagos. 

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  Aug 3, 2019

  40 percent of white evangelicals support idea of Green New Deal, poll shows

  A new survey sponsored by NPR and PBS NewsHour indicates that almost about four out of 10 white evangelicals support the idea behind the "Green New Deal" while 66 percent say they will definitely vote for President Donald Trump in 2020. 

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  Aug 2, 2019

  One Million Moms launches boycott of Whole Foods over Drag Queen Story Hour event

  The Christian conservative advocacy group One Million Moms is calling on parents to boycott popular grocery store chain Whole Foods Market over the organization's sponsorship of a "Drag Queen Story Hour" event in Atlanta. 

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  Aug 2, 2019

  3 Founders Ministries board members resign after controversial trailer is called 'sin'

  Three Founders Ministries board members resigned this week after a controversial trailer the organization released for its upcoming cinedoc on social justice in the Southern Baptist Convention seemed to demonize sexual abuse survivors.

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  Aug 2, 2019

  Trump DHS extends deportation protection for 7,000 Syrians as civil war continues

  The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday approved an 18-month extension for the temporary protected status for thousands of Syrian immigrants who feared they might face deportation.

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  Aug 2, 2019

  Christian girl kidnapped, forced into Islamic marriage in Pakistan

  The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl who was abducted in July and forced into an Islamic marriage are now battling the justice system in an attempt to rescue their daughter from her captors. 

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  Aug 1, 2019

  Iran sentences Christian convert to 1 year in prison for 'acting against national security'

  An Iranian Christian convert was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “acting against national security" and engaging in “propaganda against the system" as crackdowns against Christians continue, the aid group International Christian Response reports.