Samuel Smith

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  Dec 5, 2018

  5 things to know about the evangelical-based prison reform bill FIRST STEP Act

  Some senators are rushing to get passed, before the end of the current Congress in January, a prison reform bill that advocates say could be the most substantial prison reform the United States has seen at the federal level in decades.

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  Dec 5, 2018

  Harvest Bible Chapel to launch ‘Freedom House’ 90-day residential addiction recovery program

  The multicampus Harvest Bible Chapel led by Pastor James MacDonald will launch a 90-day residential addiction recovery program for men 18 and older at the church’s retreat property in Michigan next month.

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  Dec 4, 2018

  USCIRF wants more sanctions to punish Myanmar's abuse of Rohingyas, Christians and others

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is calling for harsher sanctions to be placed on the Myanmar military and nonstate actors in response to the human rights abuses committed against the Rohingyas, Kachin Christians and other religious minorities.

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  Dec 4, 2018

  How God prepared former Dodgers GM to fight sex trafficking: It’s spiritual warfare

  In the years following former Dodgers general manager Kevin Malone’s departure from Major League Baseball, God pointed Malone and his passionate heart toward a new area of interest, one that he wasn’t really aware of until he went on a trip to Thailand with his pastor Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley.

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  Dec 4, 2018

  UK doctor ran illegal gender transition clinic for kids as young as 12, gets major fine

  A doctor investigated for running an unregistered online gender clinic from her home in which she provided cross-sex hormone drugs to a child as young as 12 has been fined by a court in the United Kingdom.

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  Dec 3, 2018

  Christian college president accused of plagiarizing Joel Osteen sermon and book

  The president of a historically black Christian college in Tennesee is facing accusations that she plagiarized a sermon from popular televangelist Joel Osteen during a speech to students in October.

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  Dec 2, 2018

  AR Bernard's Brooklyn megachurch to build $1.2 billion housing community to address gentrification

  New York City’s 40,000-member Christian Cultural Center is planning to build a $1.2 billion affordable housing development project on its 10.5-acre campus in Brooklyn, pastor A.R. Bernard said Thursday.

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  Dec 1, 2018

  4 missional focus areas for churches looking to transform their cities

  Over 400 Christian leaders from 45 countries and 149 cities convened in the nation’s capital this week to share best practices on how churches and ministries can network to transform their cities by addressing the pressing needs facing their communities.

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  Nov 30, 2018

  Lutherans are the biggest consumers of alcohol among Protestant Christians, poll finds

  Among Protestant Christians in the United States, Lutherans are most likely to say that they consume alcohol while Pentecostals are least likely, a recently released LifeWay Research poll has found.

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  Nov 29, 2018

  Church hosts continuous worship service for 1 month straight to protect refugees from deportation

  A church in the Netherlands has maintained a continuous worship service — 24 hours a day, seven days per week for the last month — in order to prevent an Armenian refugee family from being deported.