Anugrah Kumar

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  Sep 29, 2020

  Smaller churches lose access to YouTube livestream services

  Smaller churches have not been able to host their online services at their requested time on YouTube. The online video-sharing platform has been moving the times for some users with less than 100 subscribers allegedly due to heavy traffic, but without informing them.

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  Sep 29, 2020

  China: Authorities abduct, torture priest to force state conversion

  Communist authorities in China have abducted and tortured a 46-year-old priest in the southeastern province of Fujian for refusing to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, according to reports.

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  Sep 28, 2020

  Texas pastor, wife killed in head-on collision; couple’s 3 children survive

  A church in Texas is mourning the death of their pastor and his wife after a head-on crash in southeastern New Mexico. Their three children, who were injured in the accident, are beginning life without their mom and dad.

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  Sep 27, 2020

  Christians on right, left react to Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

  President Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, and Christians from both ends of the political spectrum have released statements of support and opposition ahead of the Senate's vote next month.

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  Sep 27, 2020

  DOJ warns San Francisco’s mayor that 1-person limit on church attendance is unconstitutional

  The Justice Department has warned San Francisco Mayor London Breed that the city’s limitations on indoor worship to one congregant at a time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic “is contrary to the Constitution and the nation’s best tradition of religious freedom.”

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  Sep 27, 2020

  Chinese textbook rewrites Bible, claims Jesus stoned woman to death

  A communist textbook that's being used in Chinese schools falsifies the biblical account found in John 8:3–11. The textbook claims that Jesus murdered the woman who was found in adultery and said He, too, is a sinner.

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  Sep 26, 2020

  Idaho police arrest 3 Christians singing hymns during outdoor worship event

  Police in Moscow City, Idaho, arrested three Christians and cited two others for participating in a “Psalm sing” outdoor worship service organized by a church earlier this week. 

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  Sep 26, 2020

  Thousands of churches across the US to gather for Repentance Sunday

  Thousands of churches across the United States will pray for repentance and revival on Sunday in response to calls by the leaders of more than 50 churches and ministries to observe Repentance Sunday as the country is going through “division, destruction and degradation.”

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  Sep 26, 2020

  Woman beheaded in India for refusing to convert to Islam after marriage

  A Muslim man in northern India beheaded his Hindu wife one-and-a-half months after their marriage because she refused to convert to Islam, a local newspaper reported.

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  Sep 22, 2020

  Report suggests Iran has over a million converts to Christianity

  In a recent survey of about 50,000 Iranians over the age of 20, a Netherlands-based secular research group found that 1.5% of respondents identify as Christian.