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How an Apocalyptic Plague Helped Spread Christianity (CNN) Sudan Death Row Woman Meriam Ibrahim Rearrested at Airport (The Guardian) Iraq’s Minorities Left between Scorpions and a Hard Place (AINA) Methodists Reinstate Pastor, Deepening Church’s Rift Over Gays (The New York Times) Church Hires Registered Sex Offender as Pastor, Man Now Faces Charges of Alleged Rape …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, June 25 Read More »

A Christian Convert, on the Run in Afghanistan (The New York Times) Sudan Frees Woman on Death Row for Apostasy (The Guardian) Prominent Egyptian Christian Receives Five-Year Prison Sentence (Christian Headlines) Malaysia’s Top Court Says Only Muslims May Use ‘Allah’ to Refer to God (Taipei Times) Netanyahu Slams “Disgraceful” Presbyterian Church Decision (The Washington Times) …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, June 24 Read More »

The Religious Cleansing of Iraq’s Christians (FOX News) Ukrainian Church Faces Obscure Pro-Russia Revolt in Its Own Ranks (The New York Times) Malaysia Allah, Christian Dispute: Top Court Rejects Challenge (BBC) Israeli PM Responds to PCUSA Divestment Vote (YNet) Anglican Church in North America Elects New Leader (Pittsburg Post-Gazette) Mormons Sues Canadian Polygamist Over Trademarked …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Monday, June 23 Read More »

Freedom of Religion Makes the World Safer (ERLC) Rand Paul: U.S. Foreign Policy Hurting Christians Worldwide (The Washington Times) Are You Too Christian for Non-Christians? (Desiring God) PCUSA Redefines Marriage (World) In Seoul, 40% of Women and 28% of Men Think Marriage Not Necessary (The Korea Times) Where Is God in My Suffering? (Crosswalk) ‘Sin’ …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, June 21 Read More »

Like Jews before Them, Iraq’s Christians May Face Extinction after Jihadist Invasion (AINA) Iraq: Mosul Archbishop Worried about Water and Fuel Shortages, Looming Humanitarian Crisis in Nineveh Plain (Asia News) Presbyterians (USA) to Allow Gay “Marriage” Ceremonies (USA Today) Obama Admin. Cancels Regional Military Exercise due to Uganda’s Laws against Gay Sex (The Washington Times) …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, June 20 Read More »

Could the Persecuted Church Rescue American Christianity? (Faith Street) The False God of History (The American Conservative) Where Christian Churches, Other Religions Stand on Gay “Marriage” (Pew Research) The Church Is a Family Formed by God, Pope Says (NC Register) United Methodists to Again Take Up Israel Divestitures, with Focus on Caterpillar, H-P, & Motorola …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, June 19 Read More »