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Florida Mom Shot In Back By 4-Year-Old Son While She Was Driving
While driving on State Road 20, a Florida mother was shot in her back by her 4-year-old son with a .45-caliber pistol he found on the floor of her pickup truck, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred in Putnam County, Fla. Officials have not been able to interview the victim due to her medical condition.
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Chicago Historic Church Gutted By Fire Draws $650K in Donations To Start Rebuilding It
After a massive, penetrating fire nearly destroyed Shrine of Christ the King Catholic church in Chicago, Ill., last October, the beloved building was heading toward demolishment ... until donors stepped in to raise $650,000-plus to cover the costs of stabilizing the structure. Congregants were primarily from the Woodlawn and Hyde Park communities.
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Religious Freedom Bill Filibustered by Missouri Senators Due to Discrimination of Same-Sex Marriage
A 34-hour Democratic senate filibuster, which started Monday in Missouri's capitol of Jefferson City over proposed religious protection measure Senate Joint Resolution 39, is making national news. As of Wednesday morning, to force a vote and end the filibuster, the Republican sponsor of this "religious objections" proposal has distributed a new version of a measure that would allow protections if businesses deny services related to same-sex marriage.
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NASA Agrees To Stop Censoring 'Jesus' From Employee Emails About Praise, Worship Club
In June 2015, attorneys at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, told Christian employees they could no longer mention the name "Jesus" in e-newsletter announcements for their Praise and Worship club because they believed it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. After the legal intervention of First Liberty attorneys last month, however, NASA officials reversed their stance.
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American Religion's Fate May Rely On 'Unaffiliated' and Triumph of Faith
"What is the future of traditional religion in this country," asked Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute in a public policy blog Monday. He said he believes this question is now discussed constantly across America, from dinner tables to graduate seminars to think-tank conference centers.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
