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In a sermon he preached yesterday at Azusa Pacific University, Francis Chan made a surprising announcement: he and his family will be leaving the U.S. this February to be missionaries in Asia.

Clergy in Texas have joined efforts to spare the life of Rodney Reed. A group of pastors met last week, urging Governor Greg Abbott to stop the November 20th execution of Reed, who was convicted of murder and has been on death row for more than two decades.

Christian comedian John Crist had been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct and harassment. In light of the allegations, Crist has announced he is canceling his remaining 2019 tour dates.

“I came to a point of recognizing I’m not living according to this [Christian standard], and I held other people to this standard, and I excommunicated myself essentially,” Joshua Harris said in an interview with Axios. 

Authorities recently apprehended a registered sex offender in Florida who was using the YouVersion Bible app to target teenage girls.

Faith-based adoption and foster care agencies across the U.S. can breathe a little easier knowing they will no longer have to comply with an Obama-era nondiscrimination rule that was often at odds with their beliefs.

President Trump has appointed author and controversial pastor Paula White to work in the Office of Public Liaison as the advisor over his Faith and Opportunity Initiative. The appointment gives White an official role in Trump’s inner circle, where she has been influential for some time.

The leadership of First Baptist Church in Naples, Florida, believes Marcus Hayes “remains the man that we believe God has called to be our next pastor” despite the fact that Hayes failed to garner enough votes from the congregation.