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Texas Church Grieves Two Leaders Shot by Visitor in Disguise
Armed security guards protected the Fort Worth-area flock against “evil” in the pews.
December 31, 2019 11:07 AM
Outspoken Chinese Pastor Wang Yi Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
The Early Rain leader decried the evil of the Communist regime and was arrested with dozens of fellow Christians last December.
December 30, 2019 09:15 AM
Texas Churchgoers Shot Down Gunman Who Opened Fire During Communion
Police commend “heroic parishioners” who halted an attack that left at least two dead at a Church of Christ congregation outside Fort Worth.
December 29, 2019 04:18 PM
International
Sudan Lets Christians March for Jesus Again
Resumption of Christmas tradition comes as US State Department downgrades African nation on religious freedom blacklist.
December 28, 2019 03:01 PM
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11 Nigerian Christians Executed in ISIS Christmas Video
Martyrdoms by Boko Haram splinter group occur as US finally adds West African nation to religious freedom watch list.
December 28, 2019 02:07 PM
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Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2019
A glimpse at the important excavation work revealed this year.
December 27, 2019 06:00 AM
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Here Comes the Son: Church Turns Christmas Pageant Into Beatles Rock Opera
For more than a decade, Let it Be Christmas has celebrated the Gospel “according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, George, and Ringo.”
December 18, 2019 08:00 AM
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Black Protestants, Evangelicals Top Rankings for Longest Sermons
Pew Research Center finds more mentions of praise in black churches’ messages and more mentions of sin in evangelicals’.
December 16, 2019 10:45 AM
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Senate’s Genocide Vote Not the Only Good News for Armenian Christians
In addition to historic recognition by US lawmakers, this week a new patriarch was finally elected in Istanbul, Turkey.
December 13, 2019 01:10 PM
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British Evangelicals Brace for Brexit
Politics remain divisive, but churches seek unity in prayer.
December 13, 2019 11:00 AM
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