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Obama gets image boost with 2 Supreme Court decisions, Charleston church eulogy

President Obama's image got a needed boost with the the US Supreme Court decisions on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage and his emphatic eulogy for the nine people who were killed in Charleston, South Carolina.

Mississippi officials consider options to avoid issuance of gay marriage licenses

Mississippi has started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as one state official floated the idea of getting out of the business altogether.

Body of Nigerian Youth For Christ chair discovered, ex colleague confesses murder

The body of the chairman of Youth for Christ in Nigeria, an eminent academic and elder statesman of the African nation, has been found murdered.

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Abortion clinics stay open in Texas after High Court suspends legal restrictions

The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended an appeals court ruling that threatened to close down 10 of the 19 abortion clinics in Texas.

Pastor Russell Moore advises parents: Talk to your children about same-sex marriage

If there is one thing Christians should do about the Supreme Court's decision last week that legalized same sex marriage in the United States, then that should be having "the talk" with their children about the controversial ruling.

Online petition urges US Congress to pass constitutional amendment on marriage

Following the US Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the US, an online petition has been launched to urge Congress to declare that marriage as only between a man and a woman.

Mark Driscoll interviewed at Hillsong Conference despite promises he'd been dropped

Despite Mark Driscoll being dropped from the speaker's bill at Hillsong's summer conferences this year, a taped interview with the former Mars Hill pastor was shown at Hillsong 2015 in Sydney yesterday.

India: Pastor and church members beaten after 50 Hindu nationalists storm prayer meeting

A pastor and several church members were injured in an attack on a Christian prayer meeting in Kerala, southwest India by suspected Hindu nationalists earlier this month.

Church of England appoints women's ministry pioneer as fifth female bishop

A woman priest who has been a pioneer in women's ministry is to be the fifth woman bishop in the Church of England.

Chibok schoolgirls brainwashed to 'cut the throats of Christians'

The Chibok schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram last year have been "brainwashed" and are carrying out orders to kill on behalf of their captors, witnesses have claimed.

Justin Bieber joins week-long Hillsong Pentecostal Church gathering

Reformed bad boy and Canadian pop star Justin Bieber went to Sydney and attended the week-long gathering at a Hillsong Pentecostal church, which is further proof that the Christian singer is committed to leave his partying, drugs, and arrogance behind and turn his life around for the better.

US Supreme Court upholds lethal injection drug, says pain inherent in any execution