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The North Jakarta District Court rejected the defense statement of Jakarta Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok when the hearing resumed on Tuesday.

Franklin Graham, CEO of Samaritan’s Purse, thanked North Carolina legislators for continuing to protect women and children from sexual predators by not repealing House Bill 2.

Some of Trump's key people in the next administration are devout Christians who wish to see real change happen.

Evangelist Franklin Graham has applauded President Barack Obama for approving the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, a bill that should strengthen the United States' effort to combat persecution of Christians around the world.

Russell Moore, head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public affairs division, has shared some advice on how Christians should interact with one another regarding the outcome of the last presidential election and clarified his thoughts on President-elect Donald Trump.

After an emotional appearance on the first day of trial for blasphemy charges last week, Jakarta’s controversial Christian governor Ahok went back to court Tuesday.

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham recently met with President-elect Donald Trump and prayed for both him and the country's future - and urged all Americans to do likewise.

President-elect Donald Trump closed out what he called "thank you" tours Saturday afternoon with a rally in Mobile, Ala. Trump drew an estimated crowd of 20,000 supporters to the Ladd-Peebles Stadium during the 2016 presidential campaign. "There's no better place to celebrate then right here," he told Saturday's rally attendees. "I want to thank so many great people, but having Franklin Graham, who was so instrumental, we won so big, with evangelical Christians, we won so big."

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian governor of Jakarta in Indonesia, denied insulting Islam in the first day of a trial in which he is blamed of blasphemy. As a non-Muslim governor of the capital of Indonesia, Purnama was accused of misusing a Qur'anic verse to gain votes during his pre-election campaign -- a verse that suggests Muslims should not be ruled by non-Muslims. His case is being perceived as a test of religious liberty in Indonesia, which is about 87 percent Islamic and home to 12.7 percent of the world's Muslims.

Donald Trump wants to continue his connection with the Evangelicals. His administration kept on soliciting recommendations from the Evangelical Advisory Board to be placed in the cabinet. Several evangelicals who are already appointed are Scott Pruit, Mike Pence, Ben Carson, and Betsy DeVos.

Whatever your view on the subject, it would seem clear that the benefits are of a national caliber. According to Dakota Access Pipeline Facts, the controversial construction "...will enable domestically produced light sweet crude oil from North Dakota to reach major refining markets in a more direct, cost-effective, safer and environmentally responsible manner."

At least 30,000 people took to the streets of Jakarta on Sunday calling for tolerance and unity two days after a massive protest was held against the city’s Christian governor over blasphemy allegations.

Dr. Ben Carson is joining Trump's Cabinet as the Secretary for Housing and Urban Development. This and other Cabinet nominations were a bit of a surprise. Carson's nomination is particularly unique because the two men were rivals in this campaign for the presidency.

Jakarta’s Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, was emotional and spoke softly as he asked people to pray for him while he goes on trial for blasphemy.

At least 200,000 conservative Muslims gathered in Indonesia in a show of force to call for the arrest of Jakarta's Christian governor over accusations of blasphemy.

British Prime Minister Theresa May should be careful not to “abuse her position” to promote her faith, an organization that promotes secular democracy said.

Is the leadership of president-elect Donald Trump, who was strongly supported by the evangelicals primarily because of his promise to appoint pro-life Justices to the Supreme Court, going to open the door for Christians to have greater influence in the U.S.? Here's what some evangelicals have to say.

Former Rep. Allen West said unless the culture of killing the country’s future generations is stopped, “God will not bless America.”

Trump appoints Christian billionaire and education reform advocate Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary as many see that she could be the voice of Christians in the new administration.

It has been revealed that Donald Trump informed Tim Cook before to build a large plant in the US as part of an effort to bring back manufacturing expertise without having to rely on far cheaper options outside of the US.

Jerry Falwell Jr, one of president-elect Trump's staunch supporters during campaign, will have some say in the next administration.

A 19-year-old teen who is "unapologetic" regarding his support for the pro-life movement has won the Niagara by-election and became the youngest member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario.

Incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said creating a Muslim registry is not part of president-elect Donald Trump’s plan, but his team is working on a way to prevent radicalized terrorists from entering the country.

More than 10,000 people joined the rally in Jakarta, Indonesia to promote unity and religious tolerance while police are investigating the alleged blasphemy of Christian Gov. Asuki Tjahaja Purnama, more popularly known as Ahok.

Vice president-elect Mike Pence said the cast of the Broadway musical hit ‘Hamilton’ did not offend him when they gave him a message from the stage at the end of the show.