Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Apr 19, 2019

  China: 2 underground priests abducted by authorities, 1 church destroyed ahead of Easter

  Authorities in China have kidnapped a Catholic priest, forced another to relocate, and destroyed a Catholic church all ahead of Easter celebrations as the communist government continues its crack down on underground churches.

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  Apr 19, 2019

  A third of pregnancies for women in early 20s aborted in England and Wales

  New government data show that nearly one-third of pregnancies among women aged 20 through 24 in England and Wales resulted in abortions in 2017.

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  Apr 18, 2019

  5 big takeaways from the Mueller report

  A redacted version Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the findings of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released to the public Thursday. 

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  Apr 18, 2019

  NFL’s Torrey Smith says trip to notorious prison led him to question his view of forgiveness

  Carolina Panthers wide receiver Torrey Smith has detailed how a recent ministry trip to the largest maximum security prison in the United States changed the way he views forgiveness.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Twitter drops ‘hate map’ nonprofit SPLC as 'safety partner' amid accusations of discrimination

  Twitter is reportedly no longer partnering with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center after the organization was itself accused of having a culture of discrimination and sexual harassment.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  School district passes ‘biological sex’ rule for using gendered changing facilities

  At a time in which school districts across the United States are opening up their locker rooms and bathrooms on the basis of gender identity, a Pennsylvania school district in a largely conservative Christian area is bucking the trend with its own solutions.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Pete Buttigieg stops calling Mike Pence a 'Pharisee' because it offends Jews

  The campaign of Democrat presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg says that it will no longer refer to Vice President Mike Pence or other evangelical Republican adversaries as “Pharisees” after receiving complaints that the term is offensive to Jews.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Sovereign Grace refuses independent investigation on sex abuse cover-up claims

  Sovereign Grace Churches will not launch a third-party investigation into how the church network has handled accusations of sexual abuse despite allegations church leaders covered up and mishandled claims of sexual misconduct.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Azusa Pacific's new president to promote 'unity' amid concerns of 'theological drift'

  The largest Christian college on the West Coast has named a new president who looks to restore financial stability and promote unity at a 120-year-old institution that has faced questions about its commitment to the authority of scripture.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  Court orders return of Pakistani Christian teen raped and tortured in forced Islamic marriage

  A Pakistani court has ordered the return of a Christian teenager who was abducted and forced into an Islamic marriage in March after the victim gave testimony of how she was beaten, tortured and raped, rights groups are reporting.