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Iran Faces UN Scrutiny Over Confiscation of Historic Protestant Church

Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property.

JD Vance Targets Adam Hamilton Over Church’s Pride Sponsorship, Calls Linked Drag Group “Anti-Christian”
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and pastor Adam Hamilton, accusing his church of supporting a Pride event associated with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Texas City Council Blocks Pride Event Planned at Episcopal Church
The Southlake City Council in Texas has rejected a permit for an LGBT pride festival planned at a local Episcopal church. Council members voted to deny a specific use permit.
Trump Nominates Cissie Graham Lynch as U.S. Religious Freedom Ambassador
President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, a State Department position focused on promoting religious liberty abroad.

Early Rain Pastor Ding Shuqi Warns CCP Is “Trying to Crush” Christianity in China

Ding Shuqi, a pastor from the persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, urged the world earlier this week to remember the suffering of Chinese Christians, whose freedoms he said are being crushed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ding told the audience gathered Wednesday at the Museum of the Bible for a briefing.

Parents Lose Religious Freedom Challenge to Connecticut School Vaccine Law
A Connecticut judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by parents challenging the state’s elimination of religious exemptions from school vaccine mandates. Judge Edward Krumeich of the Connecticut Superior Court granted a motion to dismiss the case. The lawsuit was filed by parents Keira Spillane and Anna Kehle .
Lambeth Palace Revokes Award to Muslim Cleric After Bin Laden Comments Resurface
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi.
Evangelical Christianity Growing Among Young Adults, Men, and Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Report
Evangelicals in the United Kingdom are “younger, more ethnically diverse, and more likely to be male than the wider population,” according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance UK. “Adults under 35 are the age group most likely to identify as Evangelical and to hold Evangelical beliefs,” the report reads.