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Black Church Conference Addresses “Biblical Sexuality” (Baptist Press) Migrant Crisis: Fleeing Life under Islamic State in Syria (BBC) Scarcity and Abundance (Reformation 21) Abortion and Death Penalty Come before Climate Change for Church, Vatican Official Says (The Guardian) Hajj Stampede: Saudis Face Growing Criticism over Deaths (BBC) Americans Eat All Day Long (Los Angeles Times) …

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Christian Woman Barred From Taking Her Bible Into the UK Wins First-Ever Caste Discrimination Case (The Christian Post) Church Splits Are Hell, This Play About One Isn’t (Christianity Today) Putin Takes Part in the Opening of a 10,000-Capacity Mosque in Moscow (The Jakarta Post) UK PM Cameron Ignored the Advice of His Party Colleagues and …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, Sept. 25 Read More »

One Christian Martyred Every Five Seconds, Watchdog Group (Christian Today) The Cult of Death and the Life of Christ (Russell Moore) With Over 500 Needing Transplants, Scotland Moves Toward Automatic Donor Register, with Opt-Out Option (Evening Times) Iceland Backs Away from Israel Boycott in Face of Economic Blowback (Iceland Review) “Keep Moving Forward” Pope Exhorts …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, Sept. 24 Read More »

Addressing the World-Wide Crisis of Religious Freedom (The Washington Times) For Christians and Yazidis Fleeing Genocide, the Obama Administration Has No Room at the Inn (NRO) Christian Jailed for Praying Dies When Authorities Deny Medication (The Christian Post) French Politician to Go On Trial For Comparing Muslims to Occupying Germans in WWII (The Local) Belgian …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, Sept. 23 Read More »

ISIS Uses Christian Churches as Torture Chambers Forcing Christians to Convert or Be Killed (The Christian Post) Scholars Reflect on History of Christian Persecution (Baptist Press) CCCU: Christian Colleges That Permit Professors in Same-Sex “Marriages” Resigns (Christianity Today) Pope Francis to Find a Church in Upheaval (The New York Times) REVIEW: Minority Religions Dot Middle …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, Sept. 22 Read More »

A Country Without Churches (The Washington Post) Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury Offer Lodging to Syrian Refugees at Lambeth and Vatican Respectively (The Telegraph) Why the Church Needs More Artists Than Managers Right Now (Christianity Today) Model Found Hanged after Fearing Devout Muslim Parents Would Force Her into Marriage (The Telegraph) Richard Dawkins Questions Ahmed …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Monday, Sept. 21 Read More »