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  Hundreds of babies born through embryo adoption scheme

  Samantha Kamman | Tue 12 Jul 2022 3:59 BST

  A Christian adoption agency's embryo adoption programme has led to the birth of hundreds of babies as the practice of embryo adoption and donation remains a contentious issue, even among Christians.

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  Survey: Post-Roe, white evangelicals remain outliers on abortion laws

  Bob Smietana | Tue 12 Jul 2022 3:54 BST

  With Roe v. Wade overturned, white evangelicals support restricting abortion, including through so-called heartbeat laws that ban abortion as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, according to a new survey.

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  Biden signs executive order to 'expand access to abortion' after several states ban procedure

  Michael Gryboski | Sat 9 Jul 2022 12:53 BST

  President Joe Biden has signed an executive order meant to "protect and expand access to abortion" in response to several states banning the controversial procedure after the United States Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision.

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  Creflo Dollar renounces past teaching on tithing

  Leonardo Blair | Fri 8 Jul 2022 6:10 BST

  Challenging popular Evangelical belief, controversial televangelist Creflo Dollar, one of America's most flamboyant proponents of the prosperity gospel, has renounced tithing and all his previous teachings on the subject as "not correct."

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  Church destroyed during 9/11 attacks consecrated as national shrine

  Marika Proctor | Thu 7 Jul 2022 14:46 BST

  St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, in addition to Orthodox services, will also feature dedicated interfaith and nonsectarian spaces.

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  Only 3% of Christian missionaries worldwide focus on 'unreached' people groups - report

  Ian M Giatti | Mon 4 Jul 2022 9:50 BST

  The unreached of the world comprise nearly 42% of the global population, according to the global evangelism ministry East-West.

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  White House to award 2 faith leaders the Presidential Medal of Freedom

  Marika Proctor | Sat 2 Jul 2022 11:16 BST

  Sister Simone Campbell and the Rev. Alexander Karloutsos will be among the 17 Americans recognized in a ceremony at the White House on July 7th.

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  'I prayed every day' in solitary confinement, says former mob boss who turned to God in prison

  Nicole Alcindor | Thu 30 Jun 2022 10:15 BST

  Michael Franzese, an ex-mob boss-turned-outspoken Christian author and speaker, says he turned to the Bible and prayer during his 29 months and seven days in solitary confinement.

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  Christian football coach wins Supreme Court case over being fired for praying on field after games

  Michael Gryboski | Tue 28 Jun 2022 9:16 BST

  "Both the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect expressions like Mr. Kennedy's."

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  'God made the decision': Trump responds to Supreme Court abortion ruling

  Anugrah Kumar | Mon 27 Jun 2022 8:47 BST

  Former President Donald Trump has said that the US Supreme Court was able to overturn Roe v. Wade not just because he appointed three constitutionalist justices to the high court during his presidency, but because "God made the decision."

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  Christian bakers fined $135K for not baking gay wedding cake fundraise to relaunch business

  Anugrah Kumar | Mon 27 Jun 2022 8:40 BST

  Aaron and Melissa Klein, a Christian couple whose bakery has been held up in the courts for years and were ordered to pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, are now working on opening a new shop to "show God's goodness to everyone."

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  Mass protests and suspected arson at Christian pregnancy centre after Roe v Wade ruling

  Jennifer Lee | Sun 26 Jun 2022 7:56 BST

  A fire at a Christian pregnancy services centre is being investigated by the FBI as arson.