Samuel Smith

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  May 12, 2020

  Suspected Fulani raid Christian school in Nigeria; 4 believers killed in another attack

  Suspected Fulani radicals in Nigeria reportedly attacked a Christian school in the Plateau state earlier this month, wounding the headmaster and his three family members two days after radicals killed four Christians in another attack.

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  May 11, 2020

  GOD TV says Israel gov't wants to shut new Christian channel down, vows to obey regulations

  The head of the international Christian television network GOD TV confirmed that Israeli authorities are looking to “shut down” its new Hebrew-language Christian channel after concerns were raised about whether the channel will proselytize to Jews. 

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  May 10, 2020

  MLB prospect says John 16 'flipped switch in his heart' after deaths of wife, baby son

  A minor league baseball player whose wife, 14-month-old son and mother-in-law were tragically killed last year, shared how God is comforting him during the hardest experience of his life and how he's overcoming Satan’s attempt to destroy him. 

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  May 9, 2020

  NC pastor arrested, accused of sexually assaulting 2 former youth group members

  The senior pastor of a North Carolina church was arrested Thursday after two people alleged that he sexually assaulted them when they were minors at a former church where he worked. 

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  May 8, 2020

  ISIS attacks return in Iraq; Andrew White warns jihadis 'seem more empowered' than before

  As Muslims celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and as governments try to combat the spread of COVID-19, there has been a resurgence of deadly attacks by the Islamic State in Iraq over two years after the group’s territorial defeat. 

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  May 8, 2020

  Nearly 200 pastors sign petition urging Va. Gov. Northam to allow weekly in-person church services

  Over 190 pastors in Virginia have signed onto a petition letter calling on the governor to modify two executive orders so churches can gather for in-person worship at least once a week as the coronavirus pandemic continues. 

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  May 7, 2020

  Texas Supreme Court orders release of mom jailed for reopening hair salon to feed family

  The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the release of a Dallas hair salon owner, who was sentenced to jail by a judge on Tuesday after she reopened her shop despite the governor’s order shutting down non-essential businesses.

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  May 7, 2020

  Air Force officer faces backlash for leading worship services from apartment balcony

  A leading church-state separation legal group is calling on the commander of a U.S. Army base in Germany to take action against a field-grade Air Force officer who has been leading Christian worship services from the balcony of his military housing apartment.

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  May 6, 2020

  Kansas City mayor amends rule forcing churches to record names of churchgoers

  Kansas City Democrat Mayor Quinton Lucas has amended an executive order that required churches and other non-essential businesses and organizations to record the names of anyone who enters their buildings for 10 minutes or more. 

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  May 5, 2020

  Israel threatens to shut down new evangelical GOD TV channel if it proselytizes

  A new evangelical Christian television channel in Israel has been threatened with being shut down if it engages in any type of missionary activity, according to Israeli media reports.