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In Jerusalem’s Old City, Christians Feel Squeeze

Edit Voa News 21 Jun 2016

Christians were, too ... But the outlook for the Christian minority, squeezed inside the ancient walls of the Old City and caught in the midst of a months-long wave of violence involving Muslims targeting Jews, has seldom looked tougher ... But the number of Christians has not risen in 50 years, hovering around 7,000 ... "But if a thousand Christians leave, you threaten the identity of Jerusalem as a city of multiple faiths."...

Trump's Play to Win Evangelical Voters

Edit The Atlantic 21 Jun 2016

Even Donald Trump, the man of botched Bible verses and many wives, is making moves to win over conservative Christians ... But while Trump has a number of vocal evangelical cheerleaders, and leaders gave him a hearing on Tuesday, many conservative Christians are still wary of the presumptive Republican nominee ... Jackson, an African American Christian radio host and the founder of Exodus Faith Ministries ... Is Trump really a Christian?....

In Jerusalem's cramped Old City, Christians feel the squeeze

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 21 Jun 2016

In Jerusalem's cramped Old City, Christians feel the squeeze ... Christians were, too ... But the outlook for the Christian minority, squeezed inside the ancient walls of the Old City and caught in the midst of a months-long wave of violence involving Muslims targeting Jews, has seldom looked tougher....

Menendez Statement for the Congressional Record on the Great and Holy Council (Robert Menendez)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

Senator Bob Menendez, senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, entered the following statement into the Congressional Record to mark the Great and Holy Council, a once-in-a-millennium meeting of Orthodox Christian Churches. ... 'Orthodox Christians in America come from all walks of life and represent all opinions and points-of-view....

Trump Is Surrounding Himself With Evangelical Pastors

Edit The Atlantic 21 Jun 2016

The list reads like a who’s who of conservative Christian leaders ... Reed and Dobson each founded highly influential Christian lobbying groups—the Faith and Freedom Coalition and Focus on the Family, respectively. Many of these figures are household-names among Christian families in America, having either started or inherited empire-sized talk-radio networks and organizations....

CCU Announces New Program: Master of Science in Criminal Justice (Colorado Christian University)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

Colorado Christian University) ... In response to this increasing need for highly trained and morally sound criminal justice professionals, Colorado Christian University is launching its new Master of Science in Criminal Justice (MSCJ) program ... 'Should you be able to see a difference between a police officer and a Christian police officer?' asks Bob Brooks, CCU's director of public administration....

'Churches in crisis' as attendance plummets

Edit Belfast Telegraph 21 Jun 2016

A senior Methodist in Ireland has warned that Christian churches are facing a crisis ... "This is a time of crisis for Christianity, and in facing this crisis, we in the institutional church need to ask questions ... He asked if there are too many summer or sunshine Christians shrinking from the cost of Christian service....

Assassination attempt on head of Syrian Orthodox Church revives ghosts of massacres past

Edit The Independent 21 Jun 2016

First the Islamists scattered the bones of the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide of one and a half million Christians by the Ottoman Turks outside their memorial church in Deir Ezzour....

Dogs found emaciated in Swissvale apartment

Edit WPXI 21 Jun 2016

The smell was horrific,” said police officer Paul Christian ... "We attempted to contact the guy several times with nothing," Christian said. Christian said they had an agreement with Ferguson to actually take the dogs from him last week but Ferguson never answered the door or his phone....

BJP turns attention to Christians of north-east

Edit The Hindu 21 Jun 2016

In its efforts to drum up support in the north-east, the BJP has turned its focus on the Christian dominated states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Manipur ... political and religious leaders of north-east, including those from the Christian community, will participate. “For the first time the BJP is working in Christian dominated areas....

Church demolished by GHMC now being rebuilt

Edit The Times of India 21 Jun 2016

Peeved residents of Moosarambagh, supported by members of the Telangana Christian Council and All India Dalit Christian Society, are reconstructing a church which was demolished by the GHMC last week ... "They (officials) are not paying heed to the fact that it is a place of worship and not a commercial space," said Jerusalem Mattaiah, general secretary of All India Dalit Christian Society....

Trump Joining Forces With Michele Bachmann For Evangelical Outreach

Edit TPM 21 Jun 2016

Bernard - Senior Pastor and CEO, Christian Cultural Center Mark Burns - Pastor, Harvest Praise and Worship Center Tim Clinton - President, American Association of Christian Counselors Kenneth and Gloria Copeland - Founders, Kenneth Copeland Ministries James Dobson - Author, Psychologist and Host, My Family Talk Jerry Falwell, Jr....

Donald Trump questions Hillary Clinton's religious faith: 'There's nothing out there'

Edit Business Insider 21 Jun 2016

Our leaders are "selling Christianity down the tubes" #ConversationWithTrump pic.twitter.com/55PBY26aAv— E.W ... Though the meeting was closed to reporters, Christian radio broadcaster E.W ... "As an evangelical Christian, it troubles me deeply to see abuse of the vulnerable and intolerance toward religious minorities on the rise," said Deborah Fikes, a former top advisor at the World Evangelical Association....