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  May 8, 2019

  Jerry Falwell Jr. denies report he got Trump's 'fixer' to bury embarrassing 'racy' photos

  Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. denied reports that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen intervened in 2015 after someone obtained “personal” photographs the Falwell’s did not want to go public.

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  May 8, 2019

  Chinese gov't agency hosts a seminar on 'enormous harm' of Christianity to China

  A local government communications agency in China held a seminar in April to discuss with Communist Party members the “enormous harm” the growth of Christianity is to the atheist nation.

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  May 8, 2019

  Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan to be reunited with daughters in Canada: reports

  Reports have indicated that Pakistani Christian mother Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), who spent years on death row, left Pakistan and arrived in Canada.

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  May 7, 2019

  Boko Haram kidnaps pastor, churchgoers on their way to evangelize and deliver aid

  Suspected members of Boko Haram have reportedly kidnapped a pastor, a Christian relief worker and members of Living Faith Church while on their way to deliver relief supplies and evangelize in the northeast Borno State.

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  May 7, 2019

  HBO releases trailer for new televangelist comedy series 'The Righteous Gemstones'

  HBO released a teaser for a new comedy series that centers around the lives a grandfather-father-son trio who carry on the family legacy as televangelist megachurch pastors — complete with crude humor and private jets.

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  May 7, 2019

  Iranian intelligence minister concerned with growth of Christianity; converts summoned

  Iran’s intelligence minister, Mahmoud Mahmoud Alavi, openly expressed concern last weekend about the spread of Christianity in the Islamic republic and said that some converts to Christianity were “summoned” to explain why they have converted.

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  May 7, 2019

  Evangelical-supported charity looking to secure every vulnerable synagogue in the world

  An evangelical-backed philanthropic organization has announced an effort to help every vulnerable synagogue in the world protect themselves as extremist attacks against synagogues and other places of worship are becoming all too frequent.

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  May 4, 2019

  North Korean defector details decade of abuse, forced labor at orphanage

  A North Korean defector recounted Thursday the “hell” she experienced during a decade full of abuse, starvation and enslavement as an orphan in the rogue nation, a fate that too many children are still experiencing today under the Kim regime.

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  May 3, 2019

  Cory Booker faces pushback for speaking at 'anti-LGBT' Willow Creek Church in 2011

  After declining to speak at a Christian conservative gathering this week, Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is facing pushback for his decision years ago to speak at an Illinois megachurch known for its traditional stance on sexuality.

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  May 3, 2019

  National Day of Prayer: Americans called to 'love one another' or risk destruction as divided nation

  Christian leaders, lawmakers and distinguished guests packed into the U.S. Capitol for the 68th National Day of Prayer observance Thursday night, calling on Americans of all political stripes to “love one another” or run the risk letting a divided kingdom fall.