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Texas Floods: Houston Churches Turn to God for Support (IB Times) Church of England “One Generation from Extinction” After Dramatic Loss of Followers (The Independent) As Anglican Women Bishops Assume Posts, New Calls for Female References to God (The Telegraph) More Catholics, Fewer Receiving Sacraments: A New Report Maps a Changing Church (RNS) Pope’s Direction …

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Possible Boy Scout Gay Leadership Change Has Religious Groups Weighing Options (RNS) Race and the American Church (Reformation 21) How a Rare 19th-Century Bible Almost Got Away (Collector’s Weekly) Brazil’s Biblical Soap Opera “The Ten Commandments” Is a TV Hit (The Guardian) Germany Passes Japan to Have World’s Lowest Birth Rate (BBC) Lincoln and the World-Changing …

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Top Auction Bidder for Family Christian Stores Will Keep Doors Open (MLive) Popular Columbus Church Tour Now Available on DVD (Columbus Dispatch) Some Indians Unhappy with Canonization of Father Junipero Serra (Al-Jazeera) Boko Haram Hacks to Death Dozens, Including Scores of Christians (The Christian Post) Islamist Radicals ‘Recruited Freely’ at British University (Clarion Project) Why …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, May 29 Read More »

Methodist Church in Britain Apologizes for Historical Abuse (The Guardian) 3500 People Leave the Church Every Day (The Christian Post) Ed Stetzer: Too Many Churches in Australia Are Stagnant (Bible Society) Two Presbyterian Pastors Face Death Penalty in Sudan, Persecuted for Their Christian Faith (The Christian Post) Armenian Church Sues Turkey for Return of Seized …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Thursday, May 28 Read More »

Two Pastors in Sudan Face Death Over Christian Faith (FOX News) Fear Grips Christian Locality in Lahore Over Alleged Blasphemy Case (The Express Tribune) Islamic State Militants Destroy Assyrian Churches Northern Syria (AINA) Australian Man Attacked for Intervening When Men Were Verbally Abusing Muslim Women (The Age) Fiji Makes Grant to Muslim Women’s Group to …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, May 27 Read More »

Chinese Authorities Shut Down “Illegal” House Church (Christian News) Ethiopian Christian Ordered to Murder Two Pastors or Have His Children Killed (The Christian Post) Muslim Mob Loot Christian Homes (The Christian Post) Germany Struggles to Deal with Islamists Returning from War (Spiegel) Modern Gay/Transgender Advocacy Began in Germany in 1890s (The Local) Heads LGBTs Win, …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, May 26 Read More »