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Days after Ligonier Ministries announced that Stephen J. Nichols would end his tenure as president of Reformation Bible College and chief academic officer in May, the well-known church historian says he and his wife, Heidi, were excommunicated by Saint Andrew's Chapel in Sanford, Florida, after they reported the suspected sexual abuse of their daughter.

Chinese authorities are intensifying pressure on lawyers defending jailed leaders of Beijing’s Zion Church, a prominent Protestant house church whose founder, Pastor Ezra Jin, was detained five months ago in a crackdown that drew calls from Washington for his release.

Events from this week in Christian history include the consecration of Reginald Pole, a Greek Orthodox leader defending Jews from Nazi persecution and the death of Mother Angelica.