Samuel Smith

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  May 28, 2019

  Indiana megachurch opens new campuses inside correctional, rehab facilities

  An Indiana megachurch is impacting the lives of incarcerated and troubled individuals through volunteer-run “microsite” campuses established this year inside a local jail, a rehabilitation center, and a local work-release facility.

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  May 26, 2019

  American church has ‘zero credibility’ in addressing ‘greatest issues of our time,’ Mark DeYmaz warns

  The American church has “zero credibility” when it comes the “greatest issues of our time” relating to race, class, and culture as pews across America remain mostly segregated on Sunday mornings, says multiethnic church movement leader and author Mark DeYmaz.

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  May 23, 2019

  NPR style guide tells journalists: 'Babies are not babies until they are born'

  A supervising editor at National Public Radio has advised NPR staff that it is incorrect to use the word "baby" to refer to a child in the womb and warned against using terms like “partial-birth abortion” and “the unborn.”

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  May 23, 2019

  United Nations urges US to 'ensure' abortion rights, slams passage of statewide bans

  In response to recent laws passed in conservative states that could provoke a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to abortion rights, the United Nations is calling on the United States government to ensure that women in the country can get an abortion.

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  May 23, 2019

  Pakistan Christians beaten by mob after mosque accuses them of blasphemy: report

  A small Christian community in Pakistan is living in fear after they were reportedly attacked last week by a mob of enraged radicals because a nearby mosque accused its members of committing blasphemy following an altercation with a Muslim man.

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  May 23, 2019

  Google changes policy after complaints about pro-life pregnancy center ads

  Internet giant Google has initiated a new policy requiring pro-life pregnancy centers and abortion clinics to get “clearance” before they can advertise through the search engine.

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  May 22, 2019

  Millennial evangelicals more likely to attend church weekly than older generations, poll finds

  Evangelical millennials are more likely to be engaged at church than older generations of evangelicals while also being more likely than Generation X evangelicals to give to charities every year, a recently released poll indicates.

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  May 22, 2019

  NFL star Kareem Hunt gets baptized, wants to 'feel reborn,' after assaulting woman

  With the support of his head coach and general manager, star NFL running back Kareem Hunt got baptized on Sunday just months after a video emerged showing him pushing and kicking a female at a Cleveland hotel.

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  May 22, 2019

  Alabama Public Television censors 'Arthur' gay wedding episode to keep parental trust

  Alabama Public Television refused to air an episode of the popular PBS KIDS children’s cartoon “Arthur” this month that featured a same-sex wedding between two male characters.

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  May 21, 2019

  Nigerian pastor, 16 worshipers kidnapped by gunmen who stormed choir practice

  An evangelical pastor, his daughter, and more than a dozen other churchgoers were reportedly abducted while one person was killed after a team of gunmen attacked villages in the troubled Kaduna state of Nigeria on Sunday.