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Christian Police Transform Community Through God
- 6/4/2010
Back in 1997, Brazilians were outraged by the televised scenes of police brutality in Sao Paulo. The city was also plagued by extreme poverty. But two officers were so saddened by the plight of the homeless that they made a pact. Major Alexander Terr...
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Ted Haggard Starts New Church in Colorado
- 6/3/2010
More than three years after stepping down as pastor of the 14,000-member congregation he founded in Colorado Springs, Colo., Ted Haggard announced that he is starting a new church in the same city even though he once agreed not to start a church with...
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Down in the trenches with persecuted Christians
- 6/2/2010
Today more than 100 million Christians face unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beatings, torture and even execution in restrictive countries around the world. Their crime? They are followers of Jesus Christ. Rarely will the public hear about their pli...
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Christian Woman Kidnapped in Pakistan Escapes
- 6/2/2010
A Christian woman who was kidnapped, forced to marry a Muslim farmer and told to convert to Islam amid a dispute over a loan said she has returned home after weeks of "captivity and torture." Sania James, 33, was kidnapped April 5 by armed men who st...
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Al Qaeda Cleric’s Recordings Sold at Va. Store
- 6/2/2010
Some U.S. intelligence officials believe al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is now the world's most influential Islamic terrorist, surpassing even Osama bin Laden. CDs and DVDs by al Awlaki were found at Halalco, a Muslim supermarket in the Washington, ...
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Courageous Missionary Murdered
- 6/1/2010
Pastor Ajit saw his dream of a church building unfolding before him as God provided for the land and construction. He went to a nearby town to purchase the final building supplies for the church, but he never came home.
A violent anti-Christian gro...
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Muslim Students Stage Sit-In To Support Christians At Iraqi University
- 5/31/2010
One person was killed and 100 others, mostly students, were wounded when a roadside bomb and a car bomb exploded near a bus. It was transporting students from a predominantly Christian town to Mosul University. Lecturers and Muslim students at the s...
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Dallas Baptist Church Ousted over Gay Deacons
- 5/30/2010
Royal Lane Baptist calls itself "a vibrant mosaic of varied racial identities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and denominational backgrounds." In March, the "Dallas Morning News" reported the church was "coming out of the closet" and ordaining hom...
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"Fireproof" Producers Say Stakes Are Higher for New Film
- 5/29/2010
"Courageous" is a bigger effort in every way than the previous church-made movie that was the most successful independent release of any in 2008. The ensemble drama has more demanding scenes, double the previous half-a-million dollar budget and highe...
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US Trying to Deport Converted Son of Hamas Founder
- 5/28/2010
Mosab Yousef is the author of the best-seller, "Son of Hamas." It's the story of his conversion to Christianity and spying for Israel. Yousef's legal problems started when he told Homeland Security he was the son of a Hamas founder and asked for asyl...
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Aborted but Still Living Baby Sent for Cremation
- 5/28/2010
A funeral home worker was startled by a cry from a box, labeled "medical waste," that he was about to put into an incinerator. He opened the carton and found the baby moving, but choking on some cotton wool. After the worker cleared his mouth, the ba...
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‘Serve Weekend‘ Replaces Church Services
- 5/28/2010
At least one California church cancelled services for the weekend and took to the streets. Serve Weekend began five years ago at Whittier Area Community Church (WACC). This year, 16 other churches joined WACC with their own interpretation of Serve We...
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A New York City community panel has given a stamp of approval to build a mosque near Ground Zero.
- 5/27/2010
The city board voted 29-1 in favor despite a very contentious debate. New Yorkers are furious over the idea of building a mosque near the site. "This is an insult. This is demeaning." "This is humiliating that you would build a shrine to the very ide...
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U.S.-Born Muslim Cleric Calls for Killing American Citizens
- 5/26/2010
In a video message posted to a website on Sunday by a Yemeni offshoot of al-Qaeda, U.S.-born cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki called on Muslims to kill U.S. civilians. The cleric, who moved to Yemen in 2004, defended his position, saying the U.S. has purposely...
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Rifqa Bary Diagnosed with Cancer
- 5/26/2010
Rifqa Bary, the Ohio teen who fled to Florida after her Muslim parents discovered she'd become a Christian, has been diagnosed with uterine cancer. The 17-year-old has already undergone two surgeries and is preparing for a third surgery Thursday. She...
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NYC Panel Approves Ground Zero Mosque - More Approval Needed
- 5/26/2010
A New York City community board has voted overwhelmingly to support a plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero. The board voted 29 to 1 despite a very contentious debate. Opponents said it will be a monument to the 9-11 terrorist attack that killed 3,...
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Murdered Christian's Widow Could Lose Her Children
- 5/26/2010
The widow of a Vietnamese Christian who was brutally tortured and murdered may be in danger of losing her children to the state. The widow was taken to a police station and told she must sign documents giving her children to the state. The motivation...
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Judge Orders Hospital To Restore Patient’s Food and Water
- 5/24/2010
Recently Wuestoff Health System stopped feeding 83 year-old stroke victim Carrie Johnson. The hospital cited a power of attorney supposedly given to daughter Mamie Williams, who stands to gain from her mother's life insurance. But Johnson's grandaugh...
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Study Examines Link Between Having Children and Churchgoing
- 5/24/2010
Conventional wisdom that says having children will get people into church is an oversimplification. That's according to a new survey from the Barna Group, which reveals 50 percent of parents report no such link. 17 percent said having children did he...
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Two Female Prisoners of Faith Finally Out of Iran
- 5/23/2010
Fourteen months after they were arrested for their Christian faith and activities, Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh are free in an undisclosed country. But they were warned any future Christian activity in Iran would have serious consequences...
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