Anugrah Kumar

Latest

• 
  Mar 6, 2022

  Over 280 Russian Orthodox priests call for end to Russian invasion of Ukraine

  More than 280 priests and deacons of the Russian Orthodox Church are calling for reconciliation and an immediate end to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, stressing to the faithful that “the Last Judgement awaits all.”

• 
  Mar 6, 2022

  World Council of Churches urges Russian Orthodox Church leader to speak out on Ukraine invasion

  The World Council of Churches has urged the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to “raise up your voice” and “mediate” so that President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “can be stopped and the great suffering ended.”

• 
  Mar 5, 2022

  NFL greats rally behind high school coach fired for postgame prayer amid Supreme Court battle

  NFL players, hall of famers and former coaches have joined former U.S. attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a Washington school district acted unlawfully when it fired a football coach for praying on the field after games.

• 
  Mar 1, 2022

  Islamic terrorists kill 3 Christians, destroy church in Nigeria

  Suspected terrorists from the Islamic State West Africa Province have killed three Christians and destroyed a church in an attack in a village in northeast Nigeria’s Chibok area, according to reports.

• 
  Feb 28, 2022

  Pastor’s call to police after 2 church members die same way leads to conviction for double murder

  Years after a Missouri pastor called police about two members of the same family dying in a short span of time, a court convicted the mother of the deceased of killing them by poisoning them with antifreeze. However, she now claims in a media interview she is innocent.

• 
  Feb 28, 2022

  Boris Johnson says Ukrainians fleeing warzone can join family in UK

  As tensions remain high with Russia’s invading troops and tanks driving deeper into Ukraine, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday that Ukrainians fleeing the invasion will be welcomed into the country if they have family in Britain.

• 
  Feb 28, 2022

  Evangelist tied up, beaten and left for dead at the hands of Muslim family members

  A 34-year-old Christian evangelist’s Muslim family beat and tied him up to be burned alive after he returned home for his grandfather’s funeral in eastern Uganda, saying, “Allah will reward them in Jannah [garden paradise] if they kill” him.

• 
  Feb 27, 2022

  Ukraine President Zelensky thanks Pope Francis for praying for peace amid Putin’s invasion

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is thankful to Pope Francis for a phone call in which the leader of the Catholic Church told him he is praying for peace as Russian troops continue to attack the former Soviet nation. Four days of fighting has led to hundreds of civilian deaths and displaced thousands of Ukrainians.

• 
  Feb 27, 2022

  US-based Christian group sends emergency supplies to Ukrainian churches as civilian death toll rises

  As Ukrainian forces continue to fiercely resist invading Russian troops on the fourth day of fighting Sunday amid mounting civilian casualties, a U.S.-based Christian group is leading efforts to support churches in Ukraine, some of which are sheltering displaced families.

• 
  Feb 27, 2022

  Chinese court jails Christian pastor for 8 years: ‘Fraud for preaching the Gospel’

  A court in China’s Hubei province has sentenced a female Christian pastor to eight years in prison on charges of “fraud for preaching the Gospel” after her house church refused to join the state-controlled body that regulates Protestant churches, according to reports.