Stoyan Zaimov

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  May 18, 2018

  'Purge Against Christians' in Eastern China: Religious Meetings Banned, Parents Told to Renounce Jesus

  A government crackdown that watchdog groups are calling a "purge against Christians" is reportedly underway in Zhejiang province in Eastern China, with all religious meetings banned, and parents told to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ.

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  May 18, 2018

  10 Killed, 14-Y-O Girl Raped at Evangelical Presbyterian Christian College in South Sudan

  Persecution watchdog group Open Doors reports that at least 10 people have been killed and a 14-year-old girl was raped earlier this week at a Christian college it helped to construct in South Sudan.

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  May 18, 2018

  Coptic Christians Getting Ancient Tattoos Showing They Belong to Jesus Amid Hostilities

  Coptic Christians in Egypt enter into this year's Islamic celebrations of Ramadan under intense pressure, a persecution watchdog group has said, but they are showing their faith in Jesus by continuing a centuries-old tattoo tradition.

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  May 18, 2018

  Trump Says Muslims Can Show People How to Live a 'Holy Life' in Ramadan Statement

  U.S. President Donald Trump touched upon some of the significant aspects of the Islamic faith in an official White House statement recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, saying that Muslims can show others how to live a "holy life."

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  May 17, 2018

  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Denounces 'Disgusting' Claim That She's a Lesbian, Says She Follows the Bible

  Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has slammed accusations spread on social media that she is a lesbian and once lived with her girlfriend, insisting that they are lies and that she lives her life according to the Bible.

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  May 17, 2018

  Pastor Running for US Senate Vows to Protect Christian Rights, Says Not Voting Is 'Sin Against God'

  Bishop E.W. Jackson, founder of The Called Church in Virginia, has told Christians that failing to vote is a "sin against God" in his campaign video running as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat.

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  May 17, 2018

  Forgotten Palestinian Christians Are Fighting to Survive in Land Where Jesus Lived and Died

  An evangelical ministry has said that in the midst of all the turmoil surrounding Jerusalem and Gaza, a dwindling number of Palestinian Christians are fighting to survive in the land where Jesus Christ was born and sacrificed Himself for the world.

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  May 16, 2018

  JD Greer Defends 'Equal but Distinct' Roles of Women in Church View

  Pastor J.D. Greear of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, has had to defend his complementarian view of gender that women and men have equal but separate roles in the church and family, after some likened his view to Jim Crow laws.

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  May 16, 2018

  20 Beheaded Coptic Christians Who Did Not Renounce Faith in Jesus Before ISIS Finally Laid to Rest

  The bodies of 20 Coptic Christians who were beheaded by Islamic State terror group militants in February 2015 were finally laid to rest in Egypt's Minya province, more than three years after they were kidnapped.

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  May 16, 2018

  Gaza Protests, Killings: 6 Things to Know About Israel-Palestine

  Close to 60 Palestinians were killed on Monday during violent protests on the Gaza border with Israel, along with reportedly 13 children who have been killed over the past several weeks.