Anugrah Kumar

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  Apr 10, 2022

  Franklin Graham to preach Easter Sunday sermon from Ukraine

  About a month after returning from Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham has announced that he will go back to the war-torn country to deliver a special message on Easter Sunday amid Russia’s ongoing invasion that has killed more than 1,700 civilians, including 139 children.

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  Apr 10, 2022

  Christian MP Päivi Räsänen ready to defend free speech again as Finnish prosecutors file appeal

  Finnish Christian politician Päivi Räsänen says she is ready to defend freedom of speech and religion again as public prosecutors have announced they will appeal her legal victory in a lawsuit in which she faced the possibility of six years in prison for sharing her deeply held biblical beliefs on sexuality and marriage.

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  Apr 9, 2022

  761 acts of violence committed against Indian Christians in 2021, new report finds

  A federation of Indian American Christian groups says it documented at least 761 incidents of violence against Christians, including lynching and armed assaults last year. It is recommended that the U.S. and European governments impose sanctions on officials who promote violence and exclusion of religious minorities.

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  Apr 9, 2022

  Indonesia: Christian YouTuber sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting videos critical of Islam

  An Indonesian Christian YouTuber, a former Muslim cleric who was tortured in jail, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a video that allegedly offended people across the Muslim-majority country.

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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.