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Fire at historic Kansas City church being investigated as arson

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Federal authorities are investigating a fire at historic Harlem Baptist Church in Kansas City as arson. The fire last Saturday gutted the front of the church and left half of its eight ...

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Hallmark giving away a million greeting cards to encourage kids

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Hallmark Cards is giving away one million cards from its new Little World Changers collection. The cards encourage and reward kids as they make a difference in the world through acts of ...

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Vaccination mandate is “massive threat” to religious freedom says commentator

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President Biden’s vaccination mandate threatens religious freedom in the United States, conservative commentator Dave Rubin states. “It’s a massive threat, and it’s an absolute assault on the Constitution of the United States ...

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Pembroke Hill fires conservative teacher over personal Facebook post

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Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City has fired a math teacher because of her conservative Facebook posts. Beth Reams, who taught at the school for 25 years, said her liberal colleagues who ...

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Lutheran denomination installs first transgender bishop

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An openly transgender person was installed as a bishop last weekend by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Sixty-five bishops and more than 150 pastors attended the ceremony in San Francisco. Bishop ...

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Photo ID for voting is back on agenda for Missouri Legislature

Jay Ashcroft, Missouri secretary of state, is giving it another shot to legislate photo ID requirements for voting. Polls show Missourians favor voter ID. “If you show up with a cable bill, ...

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Boxer and Christian Manny Pacquiao runs for President in Philippines

Boxer and popular Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao is running for president of his country. Pacquiao, who is an outspoken Christian, accepted the nomination of his PDP-Laban party at its national convention on ...

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Bipartisan group of senators condemns pro-abortion protest outside Kavanaugh’s home

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Pro-abortion activists have forced rare unity among both Democrat and Republican Senators. After pro-abortion activists protested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee from both parties quickly came ...

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Notre Dame restoration to begin as safety work finished

Restoration work on Notre Dame in Paris is ready to begin after the work to shore it up has been completed. The announcement comes two years after a fire gutted much of ...

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YouVersion Bible, illumiNations set ambitious goal to provide translations to 95 percent of world by 2033

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The YouVersion Bible app team is teaming up with the Bible translation team illumiNations to provide access to scripture to 95 percent of the global population by 2033. “There’s a lot of ...

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Military leader liable for Liberian church massacre

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The man who orchestrated a massacre of hundreds of Liberians in a church can be held accountable under U.S law a federal judge has ruled. Military commander Moses W. Thomas was central ...

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Conception Abbey welcomes you as Christ

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St. Benedict tells us that “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say: I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Conception’s Abbey Guest ...

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Canada may strip charity status of all groups that oppose abortion

Canada may ban the charitable status of groups the liberal government of Justin Trudeau deems “anti-abortion”. The move is being condemned as an “attack” on constitutional freedoms and a misuse of the ...

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For the Martyrs plans march in Washington to call attention to persecuted Christians

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Christians under Taliban rule in Afghanistan are among more than 340 million people around the world suffering persecution for practicing their Christian faith. The annual March for the Martyrs will take place ...

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FAA bans drones filming 11,000 illegal Haitian immigrants at U.S. border

After Fox News broadcast images of 12,000 Haitians and others packed under a Texas-Mexico border bridge, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has imposed a no-fly zone. Fox was filming the mind-boggling images ...

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The government wants banks to share how you spend your money

In May, the Treasury Department released the Biden administration’s revenue proposals for fiscal year 2022. One aspect of this document that has gone under-reported is the administration’s new plan for reporting requirements for ...

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Underneath all the makeup, who was the real Tammy Faye?

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What is it about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker that continues to fascinate nearly 35 years after the fall of their ministry empire? Jim Bakker still makes headlines selling survival food ...

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Bin Laden son feels ‘shame, horror’ over father’s actions

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The son of Osama bin Laden, the slain leader of the Al-Qaeda terror group, reflected on the crimes his father committed in planning the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. He also ...

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Nonprofits may be on track for best fundraising year ever, new survey finds

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A new report on charitable giving suggests America’s nonprofit organizations are on track for possibly their best fundraising year ever, even in the midst of the continued government mandates and a bad ...

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‘The Jesus Music’ traces the fascinating history of Contemporary Christian music

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Contemporary Christian music is so ubiquitous in today’s church that it’s often sung in Sunday morning worship — with few people in the congregation even knowing the source. Sixty years ago, though, ...

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Sam Brownback joins Open Doors USA to combat Christian persecution

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Sam Brownback, former Ambassador for International Religious Freedom under President Donald Trump, has joined Open Doors USA as a senior fellow. “Open Doors USA is a leading global advocate for Christians and ...

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Jews around the world pause to celebrate Yom Kippur

Jews around the world today are celebrating Yom Kippur, which is the celebration of the “Ten Days of Awe.” “These are heavy, heavy days of repentance and reflection and seeking God’s face ...

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‘Tax the Rich’: When have we heard that before?

There’s no need to pile even more scorn on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s “Tax the Rich” dress worn to a $35,000 per head liberal gala. Social critics like Piers Morgan have already ...

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Experts share tips to boost energy as life gets busier

More and more churches are nourishing physical as well as spiritual health. The focus comes as many people report a lack of energy and additional stress since the beginning of the pandemic. ...

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Pastor of world’s largest church dies in South Korea at age 85

David Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world’s largest church, died on Tuesday morning. He was 85. Cho, the founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, spent decades spreading the ...

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