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  U.S. Senate recognizes Prison Fellowship’s 50th anniversary

  The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of Prison Fellowship, honoring the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families.

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  Report highlights role of short-term trips, church apprenticeships in long-term mission

  Short-term mission placements and church apprenticeships can help prepare people for long-term gospel ministry, according to a report published by mission agency Crosslinks.

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  Religious nationalism narrows over time and props up authoritarian rule, advocates say

  Religious nationalism tends to exclude more people the longer it holds power and often serves authoritarian governments, panelists told the Global Religious Freedom Gathering in Dallas on Sept. 29. They also acknowledged that growing debate over Christian nationalism in the United States complicates American efforts to confront the problem abroad.

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  Conflict, surveillance, disunity emerging as new religious freedom challenges, advocates say

  Religious freedom advocates told a gathering in Texas that armed conflict and state surveillance are undermining the methods Christians have used to defend persecuted believers. They said a divided global church is poorly placed to respond.

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  Half of younger churchgoers say culture change makes some biblical truths 'obsolete'

  Protestant churchgoers in the United States appear increasingly willing to reject some biblical truths, with young adult attendees under 30 most likely to say some of those truths are becoming "obsolete," according to a recent survey from Lifeway Research.

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  SBC President Willy Rice calls for marriage, gender amendment to Baptist Faith & Message

  Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice has proposed amending the Baptist Faith & Message in response to what he considers cultural confusion over gender and marriage.

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  Gospel Publishing House name returns as Assemblies of God publishing ministry resets

  Gospel Publishing House, the founding publishing brand of the Assemblies of God in the United States, is returning to its original name after operating as My Healthy Church since 2010.

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