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  Young people twice as likely to want more liturgy, structure at church: Lifeway

  Younger churchgoers in the United States are twice as likely than older worshipers to want more liturgy and structure added to their church services, according to the Evangelical research group Lifeway Research.

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  Declining Christian freedom a 'defining test' for Andy Burnham's government

  Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham is being urged to defend Christian freedoms amid concerns that existing and proposed laws are restricting the public expression of religious beliefs.

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  Swiss defence minister apologizes to churches for excluding them from clergy draft law change

  Switzerland's defence minister has written to church leaders to apologize for failing to consult them before quietly stripping clergy of their long-standing exemption from military service obligations, a procedural lapse that has drawn criticism from Catholic and Protestant leaders alike.

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  Canadian evangelicals urged to contact MPs over assisted suicide for mental illness

  Canadian evangelicals are being urged to contact their local MPs to express concern over plans to extend assisted suicide to people with mental illness.

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  Christian girl struggles to void forced marriage in Pakistan

  Aneeqa Ishaq, a 16-year-old Christian girl in Lahore, Pakistan, took a job as a restaurant cashier for her family’s survival, but it ended with a coworker abducting her, forcing her to convert to Islam and coercing her to marry him, she said.

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