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Woman Sentenced to Life for Murder of Pastor Husband Who Sexually Abused Her
Oklahoma woman Kristie Evans has been sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of her pastor husband, who had sexually abused her for years, forcing her to have sex with between 50 to 100 men.
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Hoops in the Holy Land: Auburn Men’s BB Team Takes Trip of a Lifetime
The Auburn University men’s team just completed a trip to Israel that’s likely to have positive impacts for years to come. On August 5, the team shared photos of some players getting baptized in the Jordan River.
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SBC President Bart Barber Says Implementation Task Force Strengthened by Different Perspectives, Backgrounds
The task force is going to be deciding how to make implementation of best practices for the SBC and [for] our member churches to have all the tools that we need to be able to work to prevent and respond well to sexual abuse.
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Pastor’s Second-Grade Teacher’s Impact Drives His Educational Outreach
Church planter and pastor Emory Berry Jr.’s passion for educational outreach has its roots in his second-grade public school teacher of decades ago, Lillie Courtney, who also taught him Sunday School.
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How a Latino Congregation in California Found Itself at the Center of ELCA’s Racial Reckoning
Eight months after the abrupt firing of their pastor, the 100 or so members of Misión Latina Luterana find themselves at the center of a racial reckoning in the ELCA, one of the nation’s least diverse denominations.
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53rd Dove Award Nominations Include Multiple Nods for Phil Wickham, for King & Country, and Anne Wilson
Nominations for the 53rd annual GMA Dove Awards were highlighted by multiple nods for Phil Wickham, for KING & COUNTRY, Maverick City Music and newcomer Anne Wilson.
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Pope Francis Meets Transgender Guests of Rome Church
Pope Francis has met with a fourth group of transgender people who found shelter at a Rome church, the Vatican newspaper reported Thursday. L’Osservatore Romano said the encounter took place Wednesday on the sidelines of Francis’ weekly general audience.
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‘We Are Losing Our Freedoms’—Franklin Graham Blasts FBI for Raiding Former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence
Franklin Graham told his 2.5 million Twitter followers that Americans are losing their freedoms on Tuesday, the morning after the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.