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Need to know: Friday, January 27, 2017
Abortion foes aim to compete with turnout for Women’s March
A new sense of urgency, anxiety and maybe a little envy has accompanied this year’s event, with anti-abortion organizers suddenly realizing they had a tough act to follow.
A large Colorado congregation just became LGBT-inclusive. Here’s why it matters (COMMENTARY)
The elders of Denver Community Church have announced they will welcome LGBT people into all levels of membership, ministry, and leadership, which Jonathan Merritt says is a becoming more common among evangelicals.
The unlikely allies assisting Israel’s Jewish Holocaust survivors
As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday (Jan. 27), Christian organizations are playing an ever-larger role in helping survivors.
Texas Muslims voice concerns after inflammatory survey and forum
A highly inflammatory three-question survey was mailed to Muslim leaders as part of a campaign by a newly elected Republican state legislator who wanted to expose “radical Islamic terrorism in Texas.”
Here’s how Franklin Graham justifies Trump’s refugee ban
“It’s not a biblical command for the country to let everyone in who wants to come, that’s not a Bible issue,” said the leader of the humanitarian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse.
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Latest news from RNS
Pakistan bans famed religious TV host for hurling blasphemy allegations
(Reuters) An accusation of blasphemy in Pakistan is often tantamount to a death sentence.
Pastors’ views on social issues? Americans not interested
(RNS) Only 8 percent of adults say they are interested in hearing pastoral teaching on social issues, according to Barna Group's State of Pastors study, released Thursday (Jan. 26).
Trump: No Muslim ban, just immigration restrictions
The Trump team is poised to suspend refugee and visa programs as applied to many Muslim countries in the Middle East, including war-torn Syria.
More views from RNS
Should we pray for President Trump?
Yes, but not in the usual way.
Three different ways to resist Trumpian nationalism
Three paradigms for resisting when nationalism is on the march. But will any be strong enough?
Why this Catholic will not join the March for Life
(RNS) The extreme agenda of the Catholic bishops and their allies neither values nor uplifts the lives of millions of women.
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- Donald Trump’s immigration policies could threaten religious liberty
- President Trump’s ‘American carnage’ speech fit into an American tradition
