Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 31, 2022

  UMC North Georgia Conference blocks churches from leaving, pauses disaffiliation process

  A United Methodist Church conference in Georgia will temporarily block member churches from disaffiliating from the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States amid the denominational schism over homosexuality.

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  Dec 31, 2022

  Christian persecution likely to intensify in Nigeria, India, China in 2023: Release International

  The persecution of Christians worldwide appears set to increase in at least three pivotal countries in the coming year 2023, according to a report by the United Kingdom-based aid and advocacy organization Release International.

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  Dec 30, 2022

  Family of pastor killed in high speed crash ask why driver only got speeding ticket

  The family of an Illinois pastor who died in a high-speed car crash is asking why police and prosecutors have charged the accused with speeding and not reckless homicide. 

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  Dec 29, 2022

  Indian pastor arrested after holding mass on Christmas Day

  Police in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state arrested two pastors under the state's “anti-conversion” law, alleging they converted people to Christianity through “enticement” or “force" during the Christmas season. 

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  Dec 28, 2022

  ‘This is wrong’: Anglican priest challenges CofE leaders to condemn arrest of woman in silent prayer

  An Anglican priest, the Rev. Calvin Robinson, has challenged leaders of the Church of England, including Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, to speak out against the arrest of a British pro-life activist, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, for silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham.

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  Dec 26, 2022

  Iranian Christians warned not to join uprisings as protests surpass 100 days

  Iran’s security agencies have warned Assyrian and Chaldean Christians against joining the ongoing uprisings in the Islamic Republic, which surpassed 100 days over the weekend and sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini, a young woman arrested by the “morality police” for not properly wearing a hijab.

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  Dec 26, 2022

  ‘Silent Night’: Matthew West shares stunning video of 4,500 fans singing together

  Grammy Award-nominated Christian singer-songwriter Matthew West shared a video with his tens of thousands of followers on Instagram showing 4,500 people singing the Christmas hymn “Silent Night.”

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  Dec 25, 2022

  Christians flee into forest after Hindu mobs vandalize their homes, churches for refusing to re-convert

  More than 600 Christian tribals remained displaced on Christmas Day in India’s Chhattisgarh state, a week after radical Hindu nationalists launched a spate of attacks on them in 20 villages, vandalizing their homes, churches and properties for refusing to “re-convert” to Hinduism.

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  Dec 25, 2022

  Death toll rises, thousands without power as winter storm brings blizzard, artic freeze on Christmas

  On Christmas day, Americans woke up to temperatures plunging below freezing and blizzard warnings in effect for the day as a frigid winter storm was sweeping across the country after killing at least 28 and knocking out power to millions of people. Many churches canceled the Christmas morning services and were serving the homeless.

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  Dec 24, 2022

  Church group expresses outrage over murder of pastor in front of family

  A group of churches in Jamaica has, for a second time this year, spoken out against the rising crime and murders in the country after a pastor was shot and killed in front of his family near his home this week. The Caribbean nation has recorded more than 1,400 killings this year thus far.