Anugrah Kumar

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  Jan 18, 2023

  Human rights groups demand humanitarian airlift for Christian region Nagorno-Karabakh

  In a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, John Eibner, the president of Christian Solidarity International, and the U.K.’s Baroness Caroline Cox have urged the United States to take action to end Azerbaijan's blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, home to 120,000 Armenian Christians.

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  Jan 17, 2023

  Church bombing kills at least 17 Christians in DRC; Islamic State affiliate claims responsibility

  Police in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a Kenyan man after at least 17 Christians were killed and dozens injured in a bombing that targeted an Evangelical church in Kasindi town in North Kivu province, an attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate.

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  Jan 16, 2023

  London church shooting linked to Colombian cartel

  A shooting outside a church in London Saturday, which injured at least six people, including a 7-year-old girl, might have been linked to a Colombian cartel that flooded the U.K. with cocaine, according to officials who said a 22-year-old man has been arrested as a suspect.

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  Jan 16, 2023

  John MacArthur 'recovering well' following procedure after health scare

  Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church of Sun Valley, California, who fell ill about two weeks ago, has been successfully treated for a blockage in his arteries but will take the next few weeks off from preaching, his church said. 

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  Jan 15, 2023

  Biden likens MLK to Moses and Joseph in speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church

  President Joe Biden compared the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Moses and Joseph in the Bible as he spoke at a worship service Sunday, celebrating the life of the famous civil rights leader at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the historic Georgia church where King once served as lead pastor.

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  Jan 15, 2023

  India: Video shows church being attacked weeks after violence displaced 1,000 Christians

  A video has surfaced showing a mob carrying sticks and iron rods vandalizing a Catholic church in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh, where area Christians suffered a spate of violence weeks earlier.

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  Jan 15, 2023

  Shooting at London church leaves 7-year-old girl fighting for her life

  Police in London are on the lookout for the gunman who opened fire on mourners who had gathered outside a church for a memorial service. The shooting left a seven-year-old girl fighting for her life and five others wounded.

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  Jan 14, 2023

  Voice of the Martyrs adds 4 African countries to list of nations hostile to Christians

  A persecution watchdog has added four more African countries to the list of the world’s most dangerous and difficult places to follow Christ in its 2023 prayer guide for churches. 

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  Jan 14, 2023

  Supreme Court to hear case of Evangelical Christian who asked USPS not to force him to work Sundays

  The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday admitted the civil rights lawsuit of an evangelical Christian postal worker who resigned from the U.S. Postal Service after it refused to allow him to observe the Sunday Sabbath.

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  Jan 10, 2023

  Man arrested in hit-and-run that killed pastor; husband forgives the accused

  Police in California have arrested a man in the case of a 62-year-old pastor and foster mother who was killed in a hit-and-run on Christmas Eve while she was going to a shelter in Los Angeles to drop off toys. The victim’s husband says he has forgiven the accused.