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More than 70 faith-based groups have partnered with RIP Medical Debt to wipe out the debts of people in poverty. The organization was founded in 2014 by two businessmen who have a goal of eliminating $1 billion of debt by year’s end.

Officials demolished a Chinese Christian church in Anhui province last Friday, interrupting the members in the middle of a worship service. Authorities also detained the church’s pastors, Geng Yimin and Sun Yongyao.

The church in Algeria is facing persecution as the government seals the buildings of churches throughout the country. Church leaders believe the action comes in retaliation to a sit-in they participated in.

Tourists from the U.S. will now be able to visit Saudi Arabia. Of interest to Christians are the handful of places believed to be the biblical sites of events such as Moses splitting the rock for water and receiving the Ten Commandments.

“There’s no case that can be made biblically for a woman preaching….end of discussion,” John MacArthur said to a laughing, cheering crowd at the Truth Matters Conference last week.

Marcus Bieschke, the lead pastor of Willow Creek Crystal Lake, announced he is resigning from his position at the church, saying that his values do not align with the church's "current direction."

Thousands of Christians from 100 countries took part in the “March of Nations” at this year’s Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, in Jerusalem.

For the first time in its 77-year history, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has named a president of color. Walter Kim, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Virginia, will replace Leith Anderson.