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City of Houston Subpoenas Christian Pastors’ Sermons Dealing with Homosexuality, Gender Identity or 'Bathroom Bill'
Attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a motion on behalf of a group of pastors who received subpoenas from the city of Houston demanding all sermons and communications which reference a controversial city ordinance.

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Forty-Three Students, Teachers Still Missing from Rural Mexican City
Mexican soldiers and federal agents are closely monitoring the rural town of Iguala, Guerroro after the bloody massacre of student teachers by corrupt police officers and drug cartel criminals two weeks ago. Thursday's discovery of four more grave sites led to today's vigil at the Raul Isidro Burgos rural teacher's college in the Ayotzinapa neighborhood of Tixtla, Mexico.

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Christian Persecution in Middle East Focus of Jerusalem’s Feast of Tabernacles
Thousands of Christians gathered at sundown today in Ein Gedi, Israel to celebrate the first day of the 35th Feast of Tabernacles. Sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, the event - also known as Sukkot - gathers Christians from around the world to rejoice in the power of God, remember His past provisions, and celebrate His anticipated return.

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Iconic Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NY Manhattan Purchased for $2 Billion by Chinese Investor
Manhattan's historic Waldorf Astoria New York - the luxurious Park Avenue hotel that has hosted princes and Hollywood's elite for decades - will no longer be American-owned. In the largest U.S. deal with a Chinese investor, Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group Ltd. has agreed to purchase the iconic hotel from Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. for $1.95 billion.

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Where in World Is Kim Jong Un?
Friday marks the 69th anniversary of the ruling North Korea's Workers' Party, and there is still no sign of supreme leader Kim Jong Un. There have been no sightings of the 31-year-old in public since attending a concert with his wife on Sept. 3, and there has been no word on his whereabouts from North Korea's state media.

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James M. Houston, Founding Principal of Regent College and Spiritual Theologian, Dies at 103
Regent College announced on Monday that its founding principal, Dr. James MacIntosh Houston, passed away peacefully in Vancouver on March 15, 2026, at the age of 103.

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CCCOWE HK Seminar Addresses New Frontiers in Workplace Mission
Recognizing the growing challenges faced by believers in integrating faith into their professional lives, CCCOWE Hong Kong Region Committee convened the "Igniting the Workplace: Missionary Heart" seminar on March 14. The event featured prominent urban missiologists, workplace mission experts, and guest Wong Cho-lam (王祖藍), who collectively sought to identify new pathways for pastoral care and evangelism within the modern workplace.

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Brazilian Medical Student Acquitted in Free Speech Case Over Biological Sex Comments
A case against a Brazilian medical student, prosecuted for her social media comments on biological sex, has concluded with an acquittal, according to the legal organization ADF International.

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Iranian Christians Targeted as 'Scapegoats' Amid Escalating War and Regime Crackdown
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) issued a statement on March 2 warning that the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran have triggered a volatile environment posing a severe threat to Iran’s already vulnerable Christian community.

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Pew Report: Global Religious Diversity Rises as Christianity Maintains Wide Geographic Reach
The latest global religious diversity research report from Pew Research Center shows that Singapore has emerged as the world’s most religiously diverse nation, while the United States ranks first in religious diversity among the world's most populous nations.
