“Recognize that God is present,” he said in a recorded video to a crowd gathered at the home stadium of the White Sox.

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The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.

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Jennifer Lyell died at 47 on Saturday. As her denomination started its annual meeting this week, there was no mention of her from the dais.

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