Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 3, 2018

  Paige Patterson Fired Over Lies, Rape Victim Comment, He Would 'Break Her Down,' Trustees Chair Says

  Dr. Paige Patterson, former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was fired because of a new revelation that he lied about how he handled sexual assault allegations by a student and wanted to meet an alleged rape victim all alone so he could "break her down," the school's board explained.

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  Jun 2, 2018

  University Trains Med Students How to Give Abortion Advice to Religious Women

  The University of California-San Francisco has come out with a training book for medical students which teaches them "counseling techniques" on how to talk to religious women about abortion, especially if they "believe that life begins at conception and that abortion is an act of murder."

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  Jun 2, 2018

  California Bans Travel to 9th State, This Time Over Adoption Law Protecting Faith-Based Agencies

  California's attorney general announced Friday that he's imposing a ban on state-funded travel to Oklahoma in response to a new law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to deny placement services to same-sex parents.

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  May 31, 2018

  81 Percent of UK Non-Christians Don't Believe Churches Making Things Better

  A vast majority of non-Christians in the United Kingdom think the Church is not making any difference to society, and even about a third of the Christian population is uncertain of their religious institution's significance, according to a new study by World Vision UK and Barna Global.

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  May 31, 2018

  Church of England Warns Members It Will Report Their Sex Abuse Confessions to Police

  The Church of England's diocese of Canterbury has asked its clergy to tell those who come to confess sex abuse that if what they share raises a concern about the safety of a victim, the priest would be "duty bound" to inform "relevant agencies."

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  May 31, 2018

  Tony Campolo Says He Doesn't Like a Lot of Modern Church Worship Music

  Author and evangelical preacher Tony Campolo, who is behind the Red Letter Christians movement, says he has problems with a lot of new worship music because today's songwriters focus more on God's control and power than on His love.

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  May 30, 2018

  Supreme Court Agrees to Arkansas Abortion Regulations

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the Planned Parenthood to challenge an Arkansas law that regulates medication-induced abortions, which could force two abortion clinics in the state to close down when the legislation goes into effect.

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  May 28, 2018

  China Has Highest Percentage of Atheists in the World, Gallup Survey Says

  China is the country with the least number of people with belief in God while more than 70 percent of people in the world say they believe, according to a survey by Gallup International, which studied 68 countries across the world.

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  May 28, 2018

  Egyptian Mother Prays God Would Touch Hearts of ISIS Men Who Killed Her Son-in-Law

  A Christian mother of six children who survived an attack by Islamic State terrorists as her family was traveling to a monastery in Egypt's Minya region last year but lost her son-in-law, who refused to deny his faith, says she prays the attackers "will be touched by God."

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  May 28, 2018

  Pastor Jentezen Franklin, Dream Center Open Women Veterans Home

  Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor of Free Chapel, and the Los Angeles Dream Center commemorated Memorial Day with the opening of a Women Veterans Home in California to equip them with skills necessary to transition back into civilian life.