Anugrah Kumar

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  May 20, 2023

  Gunmen open fire on churchgoers in series of attacks in Sudan

  In a series of attacks on places of worship in Sudan, gunmen opened fire on churchgoers before looting a Coptic church and ousting all clergy from another church last weekend, the U.K.-based group Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported.

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  May 20, 2023

  Samaritan’s Purse provides mobile homes to Mississippi families devastated by tornados

  Christian aid organization Samaritan’s Purse on Friday dedicated its first mobile homes to Mississippi families who have been left homeless by the devastating tornados that struck on March 24, leaving a 100-mile path of destruction in their wake and at least 26 dead.

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  May 8, 2023

  Hear King Charles' coronation anthem ‘Make a Joyful Noise’ based on Bible verse

  Renowned British composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s coronation anthem, “Make a Joyful Noise,” premiered during Saturday’s Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. While Decca Records releasing the new single in support of the Royal British Legion and Age UK charities, the Bible-verse-based anthem is also now available for the public to enjoy.

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  May 8, 2023

  Christians among over 50 killed, 23,000 fleeing ethnic violence in northeast India

  In Manipur, a state in northeastern India, violence has erupted claiming the lives of 58 individuals, many of whom were Christians, and resulting in the destruction or burning of at least 50 churches. The local Christian community has accused the Hindu nationalist government of supporting the attackers.

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  May 8, 2023

  2 girls rescued 9 years after Boko Haram abducted Chibok schoolgirls

  After more than nine years of captivity, two Chibok schoolgirls have been rescued, according to Nigerian military officials. Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, now both 26, were among the 276 girls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014. The terrorist group had forced the two into marriage with its fighters.

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  May 7, 2023

  IMB honors life of Rachel Kerr James, missionary nurse to war-torn Vietnam

  The International Mission Board has announced that a funeral service commemorating the life of Rachel Kerr James will take place this week. As a devoted missionary nurse, she was among the pioneering Southern Baptists to serve in war-torn Vietnam and she established medical clinics while raising four children and supporting her husband in founding churches.

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  May 7, 2023

  Gunman kills at least 8, including children, at Texas mall

  A lone gunman opened fire at a bustling mall outside Dallas, Texas, killing at least eight people, including children, and injuring seven others. The shooter was killed by an on-duty police officer who happened to be at the mall on an unrelated call.

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  May 7, 2023

  ‘Violation of parental rights’: Germany denies Christian school accreditation

  A Christian school has taken its case to the highest human rights court in Europe after German officials refused to grant accreditation because of its innovative hybrid approach, which merges in-person and at-home learning, even though the school fulfills all state-required standards and curricula.

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  May 6, 2023

  ‘You’re attacking God’: Pastor John Gray’s church hit by ransomware attack

  Relentless Church in South Carolina has suffered a ransomware attack, and its head pastor, John Gray, cautioned the culprits, stating, “You’re not attacking us, you’re attacking the God that we serve.”

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  May 6, 2023

  Artist defends Jesus BDSM artwork displayed at European Parliament

  Controversy has erupted in the European Parliament over a photography exhibition by Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson that includes a depiction of Jesus accompanied by homosexual men dressed in leather attire associated with BDSM fetishism. Few MEPs have spoken out against the artwork, with the exception of politicians from Italy and Poland.