Anugrah Kumar

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  May 4, 2020

  UK evangelical Christian adoption agency to fight discrimination claim in court

  A Christian fostering agency in the U.K. is taking a government regulator to court for deeming its policy of only placing children with committed evangelical Christians unlawfully discriminatory against same-sex couples.

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  May 3, 2020

  Court allows Ky. church's drive-in services, says ban has 'potential hallmarks of discrimination'

  A federal court on Saturday allowed Maryville Baptist Church and its pastor, Dr. Jack Roberts, in Kentucky to hold drive-in services, prohibiting the enforcement of the state’s COVID-19 orders.

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  May 3, 2020

  Pastor reacts to shooting of church board member killed over stimulus check

  A 45-year-old woman, who is a U.S. postal carrier and a board member of a church in Indiana, was shot dead as a resident supposedly hadn’t received a stimulus check from her deliveries. The pastor of her church expressed shock. 

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  May 2, 2020

  Pakistani Christian students will be forced to study Quran if gov.’s plans move ahead

  Punjab Gov. Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, the chancellor of universities, said students, even non-Muslims, would be required to study and attend lectures on the Quran, which he said contains the "complete code of life."

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  May 2, 2020

  Trump admin. says PPP money won't be going to Planned Parenthood, 'abortion industry'

  The Trump administration has ensured that funds from the new Paycheck Protection Program meant to help small businesses amid the COVID-19 crisis don’t go to the “abortion industry.”

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  May 2, 2020

  Global prayer call kicks off to reach 1 billion people with Gospel by May 31

  A 30-day prayer and fasting initiative that brought revival in one U.S. state months before the coronavirus pandemic has now grown to become a global prayer call to share the Gospel with a billion people by the end of this month.

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  Apr 27, 2020

  Pastor Tony Spell breaks house arrest to hold church service

  Controversial Louisiana pastor Tony Spell, who had been placed on house arrest for allegedly backing up a church bus toward a person protesting his constant defiance of state stay-at-home orders, held an in-person church service Sunday while wearing an ankle monitor.

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  Apr 27, 2020

  Trump to pivot focus on economy; Birx calls ‘disinfectant’ story media misinformation

  While President Donald Trump is considering shifting his public focus to easing the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, his coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, defended him, saying media spread misinformation that he encouraged Americans to inject disinfectant and expose their bodies to ultraviolet light as a treatment for the coronavirus.

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  Apr 27, 2020

  Christians urged to call for release of deacon kidnapped, imprisoned for sharing Gospel in N. Korea

  The Voice of the Martyrs in Korea has launched a global letter-writing campaign urging the release of an ethnic Korean Chinese Christian who was kidnapped from China six years ago, put in a North Korean prison, and sentenced to 15 years in prison for his ministry to North Korean people.

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  Apr 26, 2020

  Pastors raise concerns as some churches see drop in giving, reports say

  Pastors across the United States are finding it difficult to pay bills and salaries, according to reports, and a new survey suggests that 65 percent of churches have seen a decline in giving since the COVID-19 outbreak began.