Anugrah Kumar

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  Nov 7, 2020

  Authorities raid underground church in China, detain priests and nuns

  China’s communist authorities raided an underground Catholic community in Hebei province and detained two priests and at least a dozen seminarians and nuns whose whereabouts remain unknown, according to a report.

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  Nov 2, 2020

  Cuban authorities destroy church, arrest pastor who filmed demolition

  Authorities in the city of Santiago de Cuba demolished a church that has long been a target of the communist regime and arrested a pastor who streamed the demolition live on social media, a human rights group has reported. 

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  Nov 2, 2020

  Bishop TD Jakes talks mental health: ‘We were not created to be alone’

  One reason why the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice are taking a toll on people’s mental illness is that “we were not created to be alone,” said megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes in a virtual conversation with Chirlane McCray, writer and activist and the wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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  Nov 2, 2020

  Tony Evans says gov’t dividing Church, vitriol of Christians on social media is embarrassing

  Two days before the general election, Pastor Tony Evans lamented that Christians “have allowed government to divide the Church.”

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  Nov 2, 2020

  French police make more arrests, interrogate 6 people over Nice church attack

  Church services were held under heavy security in the southern city of Nice on Sunday as police arrested three more people who are allegedly the last known contacts of the suspected assailant from Thursday's attack.

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  Nov 2, 2020

  Calvary Chapel in San Jose faces lawsuit, $350K fines for indoor services

  Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel San Jose, who is facing fines of at least $350,000 and now a lawsuit for holding indoor services since May 31 in violation of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on churches during the COVID-19 pandemic, says he’s “called to preach the Gospel.”

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  Nov 1, 2020

  Americans divided on pastors endorsing candidates; more pastors doing so in 2020

  While Americans are divided on whether it’s appropriate for pastors to personally endorse candidates for public office even outside of their church role, the percentage of Protestant pastors doing so has increased by nearly 50% over the last four years, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research.

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  Nov 1, 2020

  France: Pastors fearful, anguished after Greek Orthodox priest shot at church

  France is deploying military forces at religious sites as pastors are anxious and anguished after a Greek Orthodox priest was attacked with a sawn-off shotgun in the city of Lyon on Saturday, days after three people were killed in an Islamist extremist attack at a Catholic church in the city of Nice.

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  Oct 31, 2020

  WEA International Council appoints Thomas Schirrmacher as next secretary general

  The World Evangelical Alliance, which represents over 600 million evangelical Christians worldwide, has announced the appointment of Thomas Schirrmacher, who studied theology in Switzerland and the United States, as its next secretary-general and chief executive officer.

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  Oct 31, 2020

  Terrorist group releases proof of life video of abducted Nigerian pastor

  A video released by a faction of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria shows a  pastor pleading for government officials to secure his release and that of two women who were abducted earlier this month.