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• Judge dismisses criminal charges against former Pawleys Island church leaders

  A judge has dismissed all criminal charges against the former leaders of Pawleys Island Community Church in South Carolina over their decision to let a convicted sex offender work as a volunteer around children at their facilities.

• Erika Kirk calls Dave Chappelle 'beyond disgusting' for saying Charlie Kirk shooting left him in 'good mood'

  Erika Kirk called the mocking of the assassination of her late husband and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk “beyond disgusting” after comedian Dave Chappelle said he felt “better” after Kirk’s assassination.

• Fiancée of Egyptian Christian convert facing execution urges US, Netherlands to intervene

  The Australian-Egyptian fiancée of a man who left Islam for Christianity has launched an appeal to the Netherlands and the United States to save him from execution in Egypt.

• 'Drummer Boy' director says family feud nearly derailed film

  Ben Smallbone shares how reconciling with his brother, Joel, shaped "Drummer Boy," a Revolutionary War-era story inspired by “The Little Drummer Boy” that explores forgiveness, faith and spiritual freedom.

• How churches can make abortion unnecessary, not just unthinkable

  When Maria became pregnant in college, she lost her scholarship, her job and eventually her partner. But none of her hardships were caused by her children. They were caused by a lack of support, and the Church has a chance to change that.

• Before 2028, the GOP needs an honest midterm autopsy

  Vice President J.D. Vance insists everyone knows why Republicans lost: the Iran war. The exit polls suggest otherwise. They put the war in a rough tie for third among voter concerns, behind government corruption and the cost of living.

• Dutch doctors euthanized a toddler. No one should be surprised.

  In the Netherlands, children ages 1 to 12 were once protected from euthanasia. Then the rules changed, and the first child killed under them was not yet 2 years old.

• Trump says 'I don't want to go to Hell,' admits he cannot forgive enemies: 'Post-Christian president'

  President Donald Trump said during a Sunday interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" that he doesn't "want to go to Hell," but that he unrepentantly hates his enemies and has no intention of forgiving them.

• Candace Owens sued in her home state over 'outlandish' claims

  Candace Owens faces a defamation lawsuit in her home state of Tennessee from French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, the latest development in the legal case brought against the podcaster after she repeatedly and publicly claimed the French first lady was born male. 

• Pope Leo XIV mourns Kraków mass shooting, expresses 'spiritual closeness' to victims

  Pope Leo XIV expressed sorrow over a mass killing in Poland that left six people dead and over a dozen wounded after a gunman opened fire in Kraków’s Main Market Square, one of the country’s major tourist destinations. 

• Ga. Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms: ‘God told me to’ run for governor, 'supplied all of our needs'

  Democratic Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms told a historic African American megachurch that “God told me to” run for governor and was with her “on the campaign trail.”

• Trump says deportation policy was 'too tough,' open to working with Dems on immigration reform

  President Donald Trump conceded over the weekend that his immigration enforcement efforts may have been “too tough” after Democrats won complete control of the U.S. Congress, drawing praise from an Evangelical advocacy group as he suggested an openness to immigration reform. 

• 'Drummer Boy' stars Melora Hardin, Ioan Gruffudd on film's biblical themes

  Melora Hardin and Ioan Gruffudd, stars of "Drummer Boy," open up about the biblical themes in their new Christmas film.

• Päivi Räsänen warns hate speech laws are pushing Europe toward 'ideological totalitarianism'

  Päivi Räsänen, a Christian politician who was convicted in Finland earlier this year over past comments about homosexuality, has called European hate speech laws “very problematic and dangerous.”

• Faith Life Church senior pastors in pain after son is found guilty of sex crimes

  Founders of the multi-campus Faith Life Church in Ohio, Gary and Drenda Keesee, told their congregation that they are in pain after their son, Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee Jr., was found guilty Friday of 27 sex crimes involving minors, but said they won’t stop leading the megachurch because God has not told them to do so.

• Deadly communal violence disrupts worship in South Sudan; churches struggle

  Churches in South Sudan’s Lakes State are struggling to maintain worship services and support displaced families following deadly clashes between rival communities that left dozens of people dead and hundreds of families fleeing their homes.

• Supreme Court vacates ruling in favor of male inmate denied placement in women's prison

  The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated a ruling in favor of a male inmate who identifies as a woman and wanted to be housed with female inmates in a Colorado jail.

• Russell Brand sentenced to more than a decade in prison for sex crimes

  Russell Brand was sentenced Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being found guilty last week of raping a fan and assaulting three women during the height of his fame about two decades ago.

• Israel aims to finalize phasing out of US military aid before new Congress takes office: report

  Israel aims to quickly finalize a reduction in U.S. military aid under a framework that would see aid halved and phased out within five years — rather than 10 — in an effort to reach an agreement before the new U.S. Congress takes office in January, Ynet News reported.

• 8 arrested for stealing over $260K in church donations from dozens of victims

  Eight people have been arrested for their involvement in a church donation fraud scheme that took in more than $260,000 from multiple congregations in Florida.