[CP Today] ‘Unity is the priority of Christ’: How a white church and a black church felt led to merge

Wednesday, December 09, 2020 TODAY'S HEADLINES is sponsored by 'Unity is the priority of Christ': How a white church and a black church felt led to merge Politics State Department adds Nigeria, 9 other countries to list of worst religious freedom violators The U.S. State Department has added Nigeria to its list of "countries of particular concern" under the International Religious Freedom Act, making it the first secular democracy to appear on the list. A Message from The Christian Post Shop The Speed Reading Mastery Bundle The average American is capable of reading between 200 and 250 words per minute. However, President John F. Kennedy was rumored to have been able to read an incredible 1,000 words per minute. Reading isn't just something you should do, it's something you must do if you want to live your dreams. Learn More

Politics Supreme Court declines to hear Oregon parents' case challenging school's transgender bathroom policy The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Oregon parents seeking to invalidate a school district's policy allowing trans-identified students to enter facilities designated for the opposite sex.  World North Koreans 'brutally executed' for breaking COVID-19 restrictions, high-ranking defector reports North Korean citizens are being told that the United States is plotting to spread the COVID-19 virus to "harm the highest dignity," dictator Kim Jong Un. As a result, those who fail to keep the Hermit kingdom's quarantine orders are "brutally executed," North Korea's highest-ranking defector has revealed.  Entertainment Sidewalk Prophets raising money for COVID orphans through virtual Christmas tour At a time when families across the U.S. are decorating Christmas trees, baking holiday cookies and enjoying seasonal festivities, parents in some Third World countries are facing the heartbreaking decision to place their children in orphanages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Church & Ministries Veteran exorcist says Christians can be victims of occult, like evil eye Dominican Father François-Marie Dermine, a veteran exorcist, warned that even though praying Christians can be harder to attack, they, too, can become victims of occult practices such as the evil eye.

A Message from Arise Together Arise Together: How the Body of Christ is Finding Hope through the Pandemic Even as we journey through toward the other end of this coronavirus, you and I have every reason to be cheerful in Christ. - Joni Eareckson Tada Order your Free book today!

Voice How should you respond if you consider the election to be illegitimate? A biblical path forward From a logical perspective, those who believe the presidential election was decided unfairly have four broad options within the American system of government.

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