Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 7, 2021

  ‘There’s no way back for us’: Pastor of congregation that fled China says their suffering is part of God's plan

  Two years after fleeing severe persecution in China, 60 members of a house church, including 30 children, have been living in a small rented house on an island off the southern tip of South Korea with little or no hope of returning to their homeland or getting asylum in the East Asian country.

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  Jun 7, 2021

  Controversial Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua dies at 57

  T.B. Joshua, one of Nigeria’s most controversial and wealthiest preachers, felt uncomfortable in the middle of an evening church service and died hours later in his apartment in Lagos on Saturday. The cause of Joshua’s death has not been disclosed.

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  Jun 7, 2021

  Pakistani Christian man demands justice for wife abducted, raped and beaten by wealthy Muslim captor

  A wealthy Muslim man in Pakistan’s Punjab Province had a Christian mother of five abducted and then repeatedly raped, drugged and beaten for 20 days, according to a report.

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  Jun 6, 2021

  Scottish teachers union sparks outrage over plans for transgender Jesus play

  A Scottish teachers union's decision to promote a controversial play depicting Jesus Christ as transgender in celebration of June, what LGBT activists call "Pride Month," has outraged Christians who've long opposed the play, noting that “true biblical Christianity is becoming marginalized through political correctness.”

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  Jun 6, 2021

  Egyptian authorities seize centuries-old monastery over unpaid taxes

  Egyptian authorities have confiscated land and property belonging to a Coptic Orthodox monastery founded in 360 AD because the monks have not been able to pay taxes since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report.

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  Jun 6, 2021

  Hobby Lobby sues Oxford professor for $7M over stolen Bible fragments

  In a lawsuit filed in New York, Hobby Lobby says Dirk Obbink, a 64-year-old professor of papyrology at Oxford, sold fragments of papyrus and ancient objects worth $7,095,100 in seven private sales between 2010 and 2013.

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  Jun 6, 2021

  CCP threatens 7 Hong Kong Catholic churches over Tiananmen Square remembrance mass

  Seven Hong Kong Catholic churches, which were to hold mass to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre of 1989 by the Chinese Communist Party, found threatening signs posted in front of their buildings.

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  Jun 5, 2021

  California churches celebrate win for religious liberty as state agrees to pay $2.1M over lockdown battles

  Churches in California are celebrating their victory for religious freedom after a religious freedom legal group secured settlements requiring the state to pay $2.1 million in attorneys' fees to a Pentecostal church and a Catholic priest and to never again impose discriminatory restrictions on houses of worship.

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  Jun 5, 2021

  ‘My world fell apart’: School chaplain accused of terrorism over LGBT sermon says he won't be silenced

  A school chaplain who was fired from his job and reported to the government’s counter-terrorism watchdog for delivering a sermon questioning the school’s LGBT policies, says in a media interview that his world “fell apart” after he was accused of being a terrorist.

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  Jun 1, 2021

  Archbishop expresses ‘deep sadness’ after remains of 215 children found in mass grave at school

  Flags on federal buildings were lowered to half-staff in Canada on Sunday after the remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, were found buried at the site of what was once that country’s largest state-run residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people.