Anugrah Kumar

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  Mar 5, 2023

  Texas churches pledge to sponsor exiled Mayflower Church members

  Churches in Texas have pledged to sponsor the resettlement of about 60 Christians from China’s persecuted “Mayflower Church” who fled to South Korea in 2019 but were denied asylum.

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  Mar 5, 2023

  US demands release of Baptist pastor imprisoned in Myanmar

  The U.S. government has condemned Myanmar junta’s arrest of well-known Baptist bishop Hkalam Samson, who has remained in prison for nearly three months, calling for his immediate and unconditional release.Samson, an adviser to the Kachin Baptist Convention, was arrested in early December on charges of meeting with members of an ethnic armed group and holding a prayer meeting with members of the parallel civilian government of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

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  Mar 4, 2023

  Wife of pastor killed in crash caused by intoxicated red light runner breaks down in testimony

  The wife of Aaron Strong, a Wisconsin pastor who died in a car crash caused by a 23-year-old man driving through red lights while intoxicated, made an emotional appeal to lawmakers at the state Capitol to pass a pair of bills that would increase the penalty for reckless driving.

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  Mar 4, 2023

  Chaplain to appeal tribunal ruling over firing for school sermon countering LGBT ideology

  A chaplain who was blacklisted and banned from officiating in the Church of England for preaching traditional Christian views on sexual ethics during a chapel service, says he will appeal an employment tribunal ruling issued earlier this week.

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  Mar 4, 2023

  Hindu nationalists protest distribution of Bibles at World Book Fair

  A group of Hindu nationalists shouted slogans, tore posters and took away books, disrupting the free distribution of copies of the Bible by Gideons International at the New Delhi World Book Fair this week. Meanwhile, other stalls have been able to sell Hindu and Sikh scriptures without protest.

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  Mar 3, 2023

  ‘A historic first’: Vietnam allows Franklin Graham to hold evangelism event with 300 churches

  In what is dubbed a "historic first," Vietnam's communist government has permitted a foreign Christian speaker to hold an evangelistic outreach. Evangelist Franklin Graham will share God's love with the people of the Southeast Asian country this weekend at the Spring Love Festival.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  All-Muslim presidential ticket wins Nigerian election amid opposition from Christians

  Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, has won Nigeria’s presidential election amid opposition from Christians for not following the customary electoral practice of featuring one Christian and one Muslim on a party’s presidential campaign ticket.

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  Feb 27, 2023

  Northern Seminary president placed on leave amid HR investigation into bullying allegations

  The board of Northern Seminary in Illinois has announced that President Bill Shiell is taking an indefinite leave of absence as he faces allegations of bullying and retaliation against female staff in key leadership roles.

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  Feb 27, 2023

  International Court of Justice orders Azerbaijan to end blockade hurting Armenian Christians

  The International Court of Justice has ordered Azerbaijan to end the more than two-month blockade of the Lachin Corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, essentially keeping 120,000 from accessing food, medicine and other essentials.

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  Feb 27, 2023

  New York City to name Harlem block after anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader

  The New York City Council has voted to name a block in Harlem after Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam, despite his well-documented history of anti-Semitism, association with neo-Nazis and claim that white people are "devils."