Anugrah Kumar

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  Sep 19, 2020

  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87; McConnell says Trump nominee will get Senate vote

  Christian and conservative leaders offered prayers for the family of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon and champion of women’s rights who died Friday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will vote on Trump's nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court amid reports that she wished “not to be replaced until a new president is installed.”

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  Sep 14, 2020

  China: House church preacher, wife face charges for homeschooling children

  A court in China’s southern Fujian province has summoned a house church preacher and his wife for not sending his children to public school and homeschooling them, according to a watchdog.

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  Sep 14, 2020

  Mark Galli, former editor of Christianity Today, converts to Catholicism; considers himself ‘evangelical Catholic’

  Mark Galli, who was editor-in-chief of the evangelical publication Christianity Today until January, is now a member of the Catholic Church after his formal conversion to Catholicism at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, Illinois, on Sunday.

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  Sep 14, 2020

  Charles Stanley stepping down as senior pastor of First Baptist Atlanta

  After nearly 50 years of serving as senior pastor at First Baptist Church Atlanta, Charles Stanley announced during a pre-recorded streaming service on Sunday that he is stepping down. The megachurch said Stanley will be replaced by Dr. Anthony George.

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  Sep 13, 2020

  Christian schools open up for in-person classes after Wis. Supreme Court temp suspends restrictions

  The Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily suspended restrictions barring most schools in Dane County — including private and religious schools — from holding in-person classes, ruling against the county which argued that restrictions were necessary to stem the spread of COVID-19.

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  Sep 13, 2020

  Son of 9/11 victim urges Trump to declassify remaining documents

  As a federal judge has ruled that families of 9/11 victims can depose Saudi Arabian officials in a lawsuit against that ...

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  Sep 13, 2020

  Republican lawmakers urge DOJ to investigate Netflix for ‘distribution of child porn’ in ‘Cuties’

  Sen. Ted Cruz has joined other Republicans in Congress in urging the Department of Justice to investigate Netflix to find out whether it violated any federal laws by distributing the French film “Cuties,” that many say sexualizes underage girls and promotes the normalization of pedophilia.

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  Sep 13, 2020

  1 in 5 evangelicals reject Bible’s teaching on gender: report

  A new study has revealed that 22% of U.S. evangelicals appear to reject the Bible’s teaching that the gender of a person as male or female is given by God, the Creator, and instead believe in “gender fluidity.”

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  Sep 13, 2020

  3 Christian men facing combined 35 years in prison flee Iran

  Three Iranian Christian converts, who were facing a combined 35 years in prison because of their faith, have fled the country after a court rejected their appeal, according to a Christian persecution watchdog group.

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  Sep 12, 2020

  Sudanese official says dropping Christian education was ‘error,’ but church leaders don’t believe it

  The top official of Sudan’s education regulatory body claims he erroneously omitted Christian education on a list he sent to all public schools in August directing them to teach only the subjects on the list. Christian leaders, however, have raised concerns that Christianity won't be taught in school classrooms despite the admission.