Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 19, 2023

  5 killed, hundreds of thousands lose power as tornadoes, storms hit Southern states

  At least five people were killed as hundreds of thousands were without power after storms ripped through a handful of states in the South in the last week. 

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  Jun 17, 2023

  Christian teacher fired for opposing LGBT lessons at son's school wins appeal

  A Christian teaching assistant in England won her appeal against a prior judgment that upheld her 2019 dismissal for sharing Facebook posts that critiqued transgenderism and compulsory sex education in her son's Church of England primary school.

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  Jun 17, 2023

  Lawsuit against David Platt’s megachurch revived by appeals court

  The Court of Appeals of Virginia has revived part of a lawsuit filed by disgruntled longtime members against the multi-campus McLean Bible Church in Tysons Corner led by Pastor David Platt, reversing a lower court decision that dismissed the entire case as moot.

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  Jun 16, 2023

  Muslims help pay ransom to free 16 churchgoers kidnapped in Nigeria

  Sixteen abducted church members in Nigeria's Kaduna state have been released after nearly a month in captivity, following a ransom payment funded partly by the local Muslim community.

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  Jun 16, 2023

  Over 300 dead after cult leader urged fasting to ‘meet Jesus’

  More than 300 bodies have been found in Kenya after a cult pastor encouraged his followers to starve themselves in order to meet Jesus. The number is anticipated to rise further as authorities plan to conduct more exhumations in the coming days.

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  Jun 13, 2023

  Is the ongoing violence in India’s Manipur state anti-Christian?

  At least 98 individuals, predominantly Christians, have died in the recent surge of violence in Manipur, a northeastern state of India. Despite the presence of certain religious undertones, categorizing this conflict as "anti-Christian" seems misleading when considering the broader context.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  172 UMC congregations in Ohio disaffiliate amid LGBT schism

  Over 170 United Methodist Church congregations in Ohio had their dissafiliation votes ratified this weekend as they seek to leave the second-largest Protestant largest denomination in the United States amid deep theological disagreements over LGBT issues.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Bible removed from Utah elementary, middle school bookshelves for ‘sex and violence’

  Utah’s Davis School District has decided to remove the Bible from the libraries of its elementary and middle schools, citing passages describing sex and violence as inappropriate for those age groups. The decision has created a national stir since its announcement.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Vermont school district settles with family punished for opposing male student in girls’ locker room

  A Vermont school district has settled a lawsuit alleging the district infringed on a family's freedom of speech after it opposed a trans-identified biologically male student's use of the girls' locker room.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Seoul stadium overflows for 50th anniversary of Billy Graham's historic Korea crusade

  A crowd of about 70,000 people overflowed the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Saturday as Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, gave a passionate sermon on the 50th anniversary of his father Billy Graham’s historic outreach in Seoul.