Anugrah Kumar

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  May 25, 2020

  Wuhan pastor interrogated after Zoom evangelism event: 'I will only live for Christ'

  A local pastor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the origin of the novel coronavirus, was taken away by police for interrogation while he was leading an online meeting of Christians on evangelism and church planting, according to the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness.

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  May 24, 2020

  Egypt gives legal status to 70 more churches, but threats to Christian houses of worship remain

  As a government committee headed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly gave legal status to 70 churches this week, the number of Christian houses of worship that have been legalized in the country came to 1,638. However, the threat to churches in this Muslim-majority country remains.

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  May 24, 2020

  20-y-o man with COVID-19 charged with 2 counts of assault in beating of elderly nursing home patient

  A 20-year-old man who was sent to a nursing home because he contracted COVID-19 was charged Sunday morning with two counts of "assault with intent to do great bodily harm" for repeatedly punching a 75-year-old patient who he was sharing a room with. 

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  May 24, 2020

  Sudan opens path toward religious freedom

  In what appears to be a promising positive change, Sudan’s transitional government and a rebel group that fought against the Muslim-majority country’s longtime authoritarian leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted last year, have agreed to form an independent national commission for religious freedom.

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  May 24, 2020

  Minn. allows all churches to reopen after Catholics, Lutherans threaten to defy orders

  Days after Minnesota’s Catholic and Lutheran churches publicly declared they would defy Gov. Tim Walz’s order restricting in-person services to not more than 10 people, the state has announced it is lifting that limitation to let larger groups gather for worship beginning Wednesday.

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  May 23, 2020

  Abby Johnson reveals Norma McCorvey’s lifelong burden not told in ‘AKA Jane Roe’

  Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life advocate, has debunked claims in a new documentary ...

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  May 23, 2020

  Evangelical pastors respond to Trump’s call for churches to reopen

  Evangelical pastors and leaders expressed their gratitude for President Trump Friday after he urged the Center for Disease Control to release guidelines for reopening houses of worship. 

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  May 23, 2020

  ‘I no longer believe in God,’ declares Jon Steingard of Christian band Hawk Nelson

  Jon Steingard, the Canadian Christian rock band Hawk Nelson’s lead vocalist, has declared on social media that “I no longer believe in God,” explaining “it didn’t happen overnight.”

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  May 18, 2020

  Update on Ravi Zacharias’ health: ‘The time for him to be with the Lord … is drawing near’

  World-renowned apologist Ravi Zacharias still smiles when messages of encouragement are read out to him, but “it appears that the time for him to be with the Lord … is drawing near,” said Michael Ramsden, president of RZIM.

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  May 18, 2020

  Pastor John Gray on church gathering bans: Takes more faith to keep your doors closed

  Pastor John Gray, who leads Relentless Church in South Carolina, said he believes keeping churches closed during the pandemic is not a sign of lack of faith, but it “takes more faith” to do that.