Anugrah Kumar

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  Jun 5, 2023

  172 UMC congregations in Ohio disaffiliate amid LGBT schism

  Over 170 United Methodist Church congregations in Ohio had their dissafiliation votes ratified this weekend as they seek to leave the second-largest Protestant largest denomination in the United States amid deep theological disagreements over LGBT issues.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Bible removed from Utah elementary, middle school bookshelves for ‘sex and violence’

  Utah’s Davis School District has decided to remove the Bible from the libraries of its elementary and middle schools, citing passages describing sex and violence as inappropriate for those age groups. The decision has created a national stir since its announcement.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Vermont school district settles with family punished for opposing male student in girls’ locker room

  A Vermont school district has settled a lawsuit alleging the district infringed on a family's freedom of speech after it opposed a trans-identified biologically male student's use of the girls' locker room.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Seoul stadium overflows for 50th anniversary of Billy Graham's historic Korea crusade

  A crowd of about 70,000 people overflowed the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Saturday as Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, gave a passionate sermon on the 50th anniversary of his father Billy Graham’s historic outreach in Seoul.

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  Jun 5, 2023

  Texas becomes largest state to ban sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers for minors

  Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed a bill into law Friday that bans sex-change surgeries and hormonal interventions aimed at transitioning in minors, as the Lone Star State joins more than a dozen others to pass similar legislation. 

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  Jun 4, 2023

  Publishers group apologizes for school textbook criticizing Christian missionaries in Ghana

  The Ghana National Association of Authors and Publishers has offered an apology and admitted to errors amid criticism from parents, educators and the country's deputy education minister for a textbook's negative depiction of the impact Christian missionaries have had on the country.

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  Jun 3, 2023

  Men from warrior Sikh sect attack church in India

  A mob comprised of men dressed in the traditional attire of a Sikh warrior order stormed into a church, causing significant property damage and injuring numerous church members in India’s Punjab state.

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  May 31, 2023

  Christian anti-trafficking network urges EU to crack down on corporations using forced labor

  A Christian anti-trafficking network is imploring the European Parliament to fine companies that aren't doing enough to combat exploitation and forced labor within their supply chains as the body gears up to vote on an EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence this week.

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  May 30, 2023

  Former Archbishop of Canterbury advocates for assisted suicide law

  Lord George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, has challenged the official stance of the Church of England on assisted suicide, urging the British government to set aside time for debate on the law governing assisted dying. A Christian group is warning that it would be “a very dangerous thing” to do, however.

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  May 29, 2023

  North Korea sentences 2-year-old to life in prison camp after parents caught with Bible: US State Dept.

  If Christians in North Korea are found possessing a Bible, they face the death penalty, and family members, including children, are sentenced to life imprisonment, reveals a report by the U.S. State Department, which includes an incident where a two-year-old child was sentenced to life in a prison camp after his parents were caught with a Bible.