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Study: 2.6 Billion of World Population Expected to Be Christian by 2020 (The Christian Post) America Remains as Religious as You Thought (The Weekly Standard) What American Christianity Looks Like: Theologically (Patheos) The State of Christianity in Israel (The Jerusalem Post) Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq? (Juan Cole) Islamic Bias in Brevard Textbook?

King David’s Palace Found, Says Israeli Team (Associated Press) Is ‘Background Information’ Ever Necessary to Understand the Bible? (The Gospel Coalition) India: An Afghan Church Grows in Delhi (The New York Times)   Indonesia: Churches Closed Under Islamic Law (Worthy News) Christian Girls Being Snatched by Islamist Traffickers (CBN) U.S. Marriage Rate Drops to New Low

8 Christians Jailed in Iran (Christian Today) Without Morsi, Christian Persecution Surges in Egypt (Baptist Press) Pakistan Clerics Call for Ban on ‘Vulgarity’ of Women Shopping Alone (IBT) In the U.K., Online Pornography to Be Blocked by Default (BBC) Going Pagan:  ‘Church Army’ Shows Signs of Theological Compromise in the Church of England (World) Catholic

Disciples of Christ Church Votes to Affirm Homosexuality, Transgenderism, Allows Openly Gay Leaders (The Christian Post) U.S. House Republican Leaders Drop Opposition to Gay “Marriage” Statute (The Guardian) The Problem with Sexual Compatibility (The Gospel Coalition) Hobby Lobby Wins Significant Victory for Religious Freedom (Acton Institute) Polish Priest Removed from Parish in Part for Affirming

Syrian Christian Girls Describe Daily Life of Fear, Violence (Religion Today) George Bush, Muhammad, Jesus & Christianity Some of the Most Edited Topics on Wikipedia (The Telegraph) Missouri Synod Lutherans to Gather in St. Louis for Convention on Church’s Future (St. Louis Today) Pope Francis to Encounter a Church in Crisis in Brazil (The Washington