Anugrah Kumar

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  Apr 9, 2022

  Egyptian Coptic priest stabbed to death; suspect apprehended

  A knife-wielding man in Egypt stabbed a Coptic Orthodox priest several times in the neck, which led to his death. The country’s interior ministry says the accused, a 60-year-old man, has been arrested.

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  Apr 6, 2022

  Pastor faces death threats after family is abducted, beaten on the street by radical Hindu mob

  A pastor in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh, who is still recovering from injuries he and his family sustained in a brutal attack by radical Hindu nationalists, has been falsely charged with forcible conversion and received death threats even as his attackers are roaming free.

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  Apr 5, 2022

  44% of kids were ‘sad, hopeless’ during COVID-19 lockdowns; 19% contemplated suicide: CDC study

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the results of a survey on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the mental health of children and adolescents, showing that more than 4 in 10 teenagers felt “sad or hopeless” and 1 in 5 contemplated taking their own lives.

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  Apr 4, 2022

  5 Chinese Christians fined, arrested for attending event where Tim Keller spoke released

  Five Chinese Christians from a house church in Shanxi Province, who were sentenced to prison for “illegally crossing the national border” to attend a Christian conference in Malaysia in 2020 where Pastors Tim Keller and D.A. Carson were speakers, have been released, according to a report.

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  Apr 4, 2022

  Hillsong founder Brian Houston apologizes but says he has no intention of retiring

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, who resigned last month as the evangelical megachurch network revealed two allegations of misconduct, has apologized to church members for letting them down but says he has “no intention of retiring.”

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  Apr 4, 2022

  Myanmar military destroy over 47 churches in 2 predominantly Christian states, rights groups say

  Myanmar’s military has destroyed at least 47 churches and more than a dozen affiliated buildings in its attacks in the predominantly Christian states of Chin and Kayah since it staged a coup last February, human rights groups have said.

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  Apr 3, 2022

  Top Christian worship songs, hymns and sermon topics of 2021 revealed

  After reviewing 2.7 million songs churches sang and 91,000 sermons delivered in 2021 amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the church technology company Faithlife has published its annual report revealing top worship songs and sermon trends of the last year.

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  Apr 3, 2022

  Franklin Graham asks Putin and Zelenskyy for a Holy Week ceasefire amid Ukraine invasion

  Evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Holy Easter observances.

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  Apr 2, 2022

  TSA to allow passengers to identify as gender ‘X’ instead of male or female at security checks

  The Biden administration announced that airport security will now allow passengers to select their gender as “X,” regardless of the gender listed in their passports or other IDs, and Americans will be able to select their gender on their passports without supporting medical documentation.

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  Apr 2, 2022

  Perry Stone under investigation by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, report claims

  Two years after being accused of sexual misconduct by several women, televangelist and Bible teacher Perry Stone is under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, according to a report.