Samuel Smith

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  May 19, 2020

  Churches leave Mennonite denomination over theology, LGBT stance

  Congregations from three Anabaptist churches in Ontario have left the over 100-congregation Mennonite Church Eastern Canada over theological concerns, some of which relate to issues of sexuality and salvation. 

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  May 19, 2020

  New Labor Dept. guidelines protect the beliefs of faith groups in grant programs

  U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued new guidance barring the department, service providers and state agencies from discriminating based on religious belief in a move aimed at improving the ability of faith-based organizations to participate in grant programs. 

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  May 17, 2020

  At least 620 Nigerian Christians killed so far in 2020 by Boko Haram, Fulani: NGO report

  A Nigerian civil society organization estimates that about 620 Christians were killed and hundreds of homes, as well as churches, were damaged in Nigeria since the beginning of the year as attacks carried about by Fulani radicals and Islamic terrorists continue. 

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  May 16, 2020

  Evangelical leaders urge Congress to protect churches from coronavirus lawsuits

  Prominent evangelical figures, including Franklin Graham and Kirk Cameron, have urged Congress to give churches immunity from lawsuits that could come in response to decisions to resume in-person services and activities during the coronavirus pandemic. 

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  May 15, 2020

  ERLC praises new 'safe harbor' rule protecting churches that received small COVID-19 loans

  The Small Business Administration and the U.S. Treasury issued a “safe harbor” this week to churches, businesses and other organizations that received small coronavirus relief loans under the CARES Act and now fear that their loan requests could be considered unnecessary.

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  May 15, 2020

  Lawmakers urge Pentagon to protect Christians in military from ‘anti-religion activists’

  Twenty members of Congress have signed onto a letter urging Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to protect Christian military service members who are under threat from a secular legal organization that's calling on the military to punish them for sharing their Christian faith. 

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  May 15, 2020

  Pakistan: Pastor attacked, church desecrated in attempted land grab by radical Muslims

  A church in Pakistan was attacked last Saturday by a group of Muslim men in an apparent land-grabbing attempt as systematic persecution against Christians in Pakistan continues. 

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  May 14, 2020

  Christian schools' legal team optimistic after Supreme Court weighs ministerial exception

  The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a pair of cases that could shape how far religious employers’ “ministerial exception” goes in protecting them from discrimination lawsuits brought by certain employees. 

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  May 14, 2020

  Over 20 killed in spate of new Fulani massacres on Nigerian Christians

  At least 22 people were killed in a spate of attacks carried about by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the Kajuru local government area of Nigeria’s Kaduna this week, sources told The Christian Post. 

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  May 13, 2020

  John Piper on what critics got wrong about his new book ‘Coronavirus and Christ’

  Popular Reformed theologian John Piper clarified his stance on whether the coronavirus is God’s judgment of sin and what the Bible says after a legal group called for an Army chaplain to be punished for sharing the minister's new book, Coronavirus and Christ.