Samuel Smith

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  Nov 23, 2018

  Former Planned Parenthood manager says evangelical church saved her life

  A former Planned Parenthood clinic manager says that joining a small nondenominational evangelical church “saved her life” and helped equip her to leave the nation’s largest abortion provider.

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  Nov 21, 2018

  Trump DOJ backs SC church banned from using town's civic center for worship services

  The Department of Justice on Tuesday issued its support for a South Carolina Baptist church that's suing Edisto Beach after the town banned worship services from being held at its civic center.

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  Nov 21, 2018

  PE teacher threatened with punishment for objecting to trans student in locker room, law group claims

  A Christian physical education teacher in Florida says he's been threatened with punishment for not agreeing to watch over and supervise a trans-identified student, who is a biological female, in the boys' locker room.

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  Nov 20, 2018

  Students ask Supreme Court to overturn school district's transgender bathroom policy

  A group of Pennsylvania students has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to protect their “bodily privacy” in school by overturning their school district’s transgender-inclusive bathroom and locker room policy.

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  Nov 20, 2018

  Bulgarian Parliament revises proposed rules that could have forced churches to close

  The Bulgarian parliament is revising controversial draft amendments to a national religion law that critics say would have asserted state control over churches and ministries and could have resulted in the closure of evangelical Christian schools and congregations.

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  Nov 17, 2018

  Instagram removes Baptist ministry's post on why only men should be pastors, then apologizes

  The social networking giant Instagram admits that it made an error when it removed a Reformed Baptist ministry's post promoting an op-ed contending that women can not be pastors and has restored the post in question.

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  Nov 16, 2018

  Colorado U denies apologetics student group official status for requiring members be Christian

  Christian students who have tried for three years to get official status for their campus apologetics group at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs have filed a lawsuit claiming their religious freedom rights have been violated.

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  Nov 14, 2018

  Democrats 'basically godless,' 'God will not bless America' due to abortion: Former SBC president

  The Democratic Party is not a political party but rather a "basically godless" religion, Houston megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Young said on election night.

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  Nov 13, 2018

  Nigeria 'aiding' Boko Haram by freeing hundreds of jihadis who've repented, activist warns

  The Nigerian government is "aiding and abetting" the deadly Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram by releasing captured militants who have "repented," a Christian activist has said.

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  Nov 13, 2018

  Megachurch pastor says yoga has 'demonic roots,' 'diametrically opposed to Christianity'

  Missouri megachurch pastor John Lindell has warned his 10,000-member congregation not to participate in yoga, saying that positions associated with exercise and meditation activity were designed to "open you up to demonic power."