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Several stars of “Duck Dynasty” successfully set the Guinness World Record for the most people blowing a duck call at once in Estero, Florida’s Germain Arena on Sunday evening. The Robertson family was supporting a Salvation Army fundraiser called “The Call: Faith, Family & Facial Hair,” and distributed Duck Commander duck calls to those in attendance in an attempt to set a world record.

Candace Cameron Bure and her dancing partner Mark Ballas recently sustained injuries during their rehearsal for the “Dancing with the Stars” Season Finale. The final episodes for Season 18 will begin tonight on ABC at 8 p.m. ET, and will conclude with the results show on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET.

Christian artist Phil Wickham had surgery on his vocal cords on April 28, and has been following doctor’s orders to not speak or sing since then. Only thirty years of age, the husband and father of two has released more than six albums of Christian worship music and is nominated for the 2014 K-Love Fan Awards Song of the Year for “This is Amazing Grace.”

Stars of “Duck Dynasty” joined Supriya Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana’s wife, for the Louisiana Family Forum’s “Over the Edge for Adoption” event on Friday in Baton Rouge. Sadie, Korie, and John Luke Robertson rappelled off of a 24-story building with Jindal to show their support for the hundreds of children in foster care in Louisiana who need permanent homes.

Two young boys have been hospitalized in upstate New York after falling from an inflatable bounce house which was caught up into the air by strong winds on Monday afternoon.

Carol Everett recently spoke about the “marketing strategy” that abortion clinics use to bait young females through sex education to engage in sexual activity and later to abort their children at the National March for Life Rose Dinner in Ottawa, Canada.

Meriam Yahia Ibrahim was sentenced to 100 lashes and death this Mother’s Day after being arrested by the Sudan government for turning away from Islam and marrying a Christian man. Sudan, which operates under Shari'ah (Islamic) law, is ranked eleventh on Open Doors’ list of the most heavily persecuted areas for Christians in the world.

The Robertsons plan to expand their “Duck Commander” business with a line of coffee and hot chocolate products, to be released later this year. The “Duck Dynasty” family has ventured into a wide variety of businesses, including selling hunting gear, designing fashion and merchandising, running a restaurant, and authoring faith-based books.

Former Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman recently opened up to CNN about his latest visit to North Korea in January, testifying that Kim Jong Un's uncle Jang Song Thaek, who was suspected to have been executed on charges of treason in December of last year, was both alive and attending public events with the dictator during his visit.

Miss Kay Robertson gave some behind-the-scenes looks into A&E's "Duck Dynasty" and the Robertson family when sharing her testimony in a video from The Christian Post.

"Duck Dynasty" star Miss Kay Robertson gave her testimony at a Christian event in the fall of last year, sharing some life lessons she has learned and stressing the importance of fighting for marriage. Though she didn't prepare a speech, Kay spoke from the heart and fans were able to see that she is as sweet and down-to-earth as she seems on television.

In a recent episode of "Ask Pastor John," Dr. John Piper expressed his gratitude for having been a part of a conference where he spoke alongside Dr. Tony Evans regarding Biblical perspectives on racial harmony within the church.

A&E's reality television star Jessica Robertson told VH-1 that she would love to create a children's line of clothing in a recent interview. Though the "Duck Dynasty" wife and mother of four has not announced any official plans to start a line, she loves to sew and has sold children's items to local boutiques in the past.

Though it has its roots in Christian heritage, the National Day of Prayer is meant to be an expression of American freedom of religion, where people of different religions dedicate the day to pray for our nation.

In a recent interview with The Christian Post, Missy Robertson expressed her amazement at how the Lord has used Mia's cleft palate to bring healing and hope to others.

Fox News anchor Sean Hannity recently interviewed Willie Robertson about his family’s values and their “Duck Dynasty” success. Hannity, who considers himself a “super fan” of the show, says he has been trying to get an interview with Willie for quite some time.

In a recent interview with Fox News, Joel Osteen expressed his concern about the distractions which seem to have drawn Millennials away from the church. The Millennial Generation - or Generation Y - spans an age range from about 14 years to 34 years old, and with growing secularism in the United States, they are the most unchurched generation in American history. Though many Millennials were raised going to church, they have largely abandoned their pursuit of Christianity later in life. Having been used greatly by God to reach many in the Millennial generation, Pastor Matt Chandler of The Village Church in Dallas, Texas believes that the only remedy is for churches to preach the Gospel rather than focusing their efforts on teaching a type of "Christian morality."

Retired Christian pastor Dr. John Piper was recently hospitalized for 30 hours due to a physical ailment, and wrote a blog post hoping to encourage the suffering entitled "Ten Lessons from a Hospital Bed."

Many "Duck Dynasty" and NASCAR fans who flocked to Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday hoping to watch the Duck Commander 500 race alongside the Robertson family were disappointed by delays due to inclement weather; after waiting for hours, the race was eventually postponed to Monday morning because the track was too wet to race safely after the rain stopped. The Sprint Cup race begins at noon ET today.

Zondervan Publishers recently released a video of Jase Robertson leading a devotional on faith as a part of the family's upcoming church curriculum release, "Faith Commander."

Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta issued an apology after feeling convicted about building a mansion on land that had been donated to the archdiocese. When confronted by parishioners and other church leaders who cited Pope Francis' call to modest living, the archbishop came to realize that his $2.2 million home was extravagant.

In a recent interview with Kyra Phillips from CNN, Willie and Korie Robertson were given an opportunity to share more about their faith and to shed light on Phil Robertson's comments to GQ Magazine in December of last year. Phil, whose humor is sometimes a bit crass, was briefly suspended from the show and then reinstated by A&E after the Robertson family made it clear that their patriarch is a kind and loving Christian who meant no harm to anyone by his comments.

In light of Westboro Baptist Church's recent display of anti-gay and anti-patriotism flags in a protest in a neighboring city in California, Christian evangelist Ray Comfort posted pictures of the church's flags, which read "God Hates F-gs" and "God Hates America," exhorting Christians to distance themselves from the organization. He called the infamous church "anti-American" and "soldier-hating," and Facebook proceeded to ban him for having posted things which "don't comply with the Facebook Community Standards," threatening that he might become "permanently unpublished."

Pope Francis canceled a meeting with "Noah" director Darren Aronofsky, Paramount vice chair Rob Moore, and Russell Crowe for Wednesday morning, for fear that their arrival in Rome would cause a spectacle. Fox News reports that the Pope had previewed the Biblically-based movie, and that he had intended to give a private blessing to the project.

In reference to the upcoming release of Hollywood's "Noah," host of HBO's "Real Time" Bill Maher recently called God "a psychotic mass murderer who gets away with it." Maher, an atheist, mocks Christians and Jews for believing that the Biblical account of Noah in Genesis is true, and shows much contempt for God's holiness.