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  'LGBT agenda' could be putting churches at financial risk, says Francis Chan

  Staff writer | Fri 1 Feb 2019 0:15 GMT

  The Crazy Love author suggested that the 'LGBT agenda' may jeopardise the tax breaks that so many churches in the West rely on to stay afloat.

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  Virginia Governor Ralph Northam denies supporting infanticide after backing late-term abortion bill

  Staff writer | Thu 31 Jan 2019 17:57 GMT

  'The infant would be resuscitated, if that's what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother,' Governor Northam said during an interview with WTOP-FM radio station.

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  Franklin Graham on Donald Trump: 'I don't think the president is sitting there behind a desk trying to make up lies'

  Christian Today staff writer | Thu 31 Jan 2019 14:08 GMT

  Interviewed on MSNBC a year after the death of his father Billy, he was pressed on Trump's 8,158 false or misleading claims identified by the Washington Post.

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  God wanted Trump in the White House, says Sarah Sanders

  Christian Today staff writer | Thu 31 Jan 2019 11:25 GMT

  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has told the Christian Broadcasting Network that God 'wanted Donald Trump to be president' of the US.

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  New Jersey introduces gender neutral birth certificates

  Staff writer | Thu 31 Jan 2019 0:44 GMT

  New Jersey is changing its birth certificates to include a third non-binary gender category from February 1.

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  Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz says New York's new abortion law is 'demonic'

  Staff writer | Wed 30 Jan 2019 21:35 GMT

  The pastor of Hillsong NYC has blasted the legalisation of abortion up to birth as 'shameful and demonic'.

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  Megachurch pastor takes his own life after struggle with mental illness

  Leonardo Blair | Wed 30 Jan 2019 15:53 GMT

  Jim Howard, lead pastor of the Valencia campus of the more than 6,000 member Real Life Church in California fatally shot himself at home Wednesday after a protracted battle with mental illness.

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  Over 700 people attend grand opening of Perry Noble's Second Chance Church

  Samuel Smith | Mon 28 Jan 2019 20:13 GMT

  18 people were also saved at the inaugural service in South Carolina. Perry was ousted from his previous church NewSpring in 2016 over issues with alcohol

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  California State senator replaces male and female gender pronouns with 'they'

  Staff writer | Thu 24 Jan 2019 13:50 GMT

  California State senator Hannah-Beth Jackson has replaced traditional male and female gender pronouns during judicial committee hearings with 'they'.

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  New York state legalises abortion up to birth

  Leonardo Blair | Wed 23 Jan 2019 14:48 GMT

  After an intense debate for and against the proposal, the New York state Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that makes it legal for doctors and other health care professionals, such as midwives and physician assistants, to perform abortions up until birth in the state.

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  I've lived with cancer: I know God can handle it when we scream at him

  Niki Hardy | Wed 23 Jan 2019 11:28 GMT

  I've learned screaming at God is never bad. He's big enough to handle it and I'm sure he'd rather I turned to him than anyone or anything else.

• Trump transgender troop limits can take effect, top court decides

  Reuters | Wed 23 Jan 2019 9:33 GMT

  Attorneys for the plaintiffs condemned the court's action and said some current troops could face discharge.