Anugrah Kumar

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  Jul 7, 2018

  Churchgoers Say Doctrine, Not Worship Music, Is What Keeps Them Coming Back to Church

  A new study by LifeWay Research shows that Protestant churchgoers stay at a church because of its beliefs, and not its music or who the preacher is.

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  Jul 7, 2018

  One-Third of Gen Z Youth Identify as Not Exclusively Heterosexual

  A new study has found that one-third of Generation Z in Britain don't identify as solely heterosexual.

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  Jul 5, 2018

  Woman Faces 20 Years in Prison for Embezzling Over $800K From Her Church

  A 63-year-old woman has been found guilty of embezzling more than $818,000 from a Catholic church in Wisconsin.

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  Jul 4, 2018

  Christian Group Prints 30,000 Bibles for Central African Republic Peace-Building Campaign

  A Catholic charity is planning to print 30,000 copies of the New Testament in a local dialect for the people of the violence-torn Central African Republic, to provide "a way toward conversion of hearts."

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  Jul 4, 2018

  Girls Banned From Wearing Skirts, Must Wear Pants to Accommodate Transgender Kids in Many UK Schools

  At least 40 schools in the U.K. have banned girls from wearing skirts, mostly to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary pupils, according to an analysis of uniform policies across the country.

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  Jul 2, 2018

  Mentally Disabled Christian Beaten for Praying in Pakistani Jail

  A 25-year-old mentally disabled Christian man, who is in a jail in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy, was brutally beaten by his fellow prisoners because he was praying, according to the U.S.-based group International Christian Concern.

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  Jul 2, 2018

  Many Evangelicals Believe Trump 'Is God's Chosen,' David Brody Says

  Talking about the fight over the Supreme Court vacancy following Justice Anthony Kennedy's announcement that he is stepping down, Christian Broadcasting Network's White House correspondent David Brody said in a media interview that many evangelicals believe that President Trump is "God's chosen candidate."

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  Jul 1, 2018

  SBC Seminary's Top Donors Cut Financial Support, Demand Investigation Into Paige Patterson Firing

  A group of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's major donors have written to its board of trustees, threatening to discontinue all financial support if "serious wrongs" are not "righted," with reference to the termination of former president Paige Patterson over his alleged mishandling of and comments on sexual assault victims.

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  Jul 1, 2018

  US Lawmakers Meet With Turkey's President in Attempt to Secure Release of Pastor Brunson

  Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to secure the release of U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been in jail since October 2016 on false charges of espionage and terrorism and is being used by Turkey's government for bargaining.

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  Jun 30, 2018

  UN Picks Socialist Over Trump's Evangelical Samaritan's Purse Selection to Head Migration Agency

  The United Nations has elected Portuguese Socialist Antonio Vitorino as the new leader of the International Organization for Migration, its migration agency, rejecting the Trump administration's proposed candidate Ken Isaacs, who works at the Rev. Franklin Graham-led Samaritan's Purse.