Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 5, 2022

  'Prayer patrol': Activist takes legal action against town ordinance restricting free speech

  A pro-life activist has launched legal action trying to stop an English town's ordinance that authorizes police and community officers to prohibit prayer outside an abortion clinic.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  Matt Chandler receives standing ovation upon return to the pulpit

  The Village Church congregation gave a standing ovation to their pastor, Matt Chandler, who returned to the pulpit Sunday, more than three months after taking a leave of absence from his role as teaching pastor due to inappropriate social media messages with a woman who is not his wife.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  Bipartisan watchdog criticizes Biden State Dept.'s omissions in religious freedom designations

  A congressionally mandated religious freedom watchdog panel is "disappointed" in the U.S. State Department's decision Friday to leave Nigeria and India off its annual list of countries where religious freedom violations are most concerning, despite pleas from advocacy groups.

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  Dec 4, 2022

  Mission group urges Christians to pray for release of missionary pilot, 2 volunteers imprisoned in Mozambique

  The U.S.-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship is urging Christians to pray for the release and safety of one of its pilots, Ryan Koher, and two South African volunteers who have been detained for nearly a month in Mozambique on suspicion of supporting insurgent activity.

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  Dec 4, 2022

  California church doesn’t have to pay $217K in COVID fines: State high court

  The California Supreme Court has restricted Santa Clara County officials from forcing Calvary Chapel to pay $217,500 in fines for violating Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ongoing restrictions on church worship gatherings during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

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  Dec 4, 2022

  Missing priest's body burned beyond recognition along with slain church volunteer

  Louisiana police said a convicted rapist released from prison just months ago has been accused of killing a retired pastor and a church volunteer and burning their bodies “beyond recognition” before dumping them in downtown Covington, a New Orleans suburb.

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  Dec 4, 2022

  Hillary Clinton says overturning Roe v. Wade puts US in line with Taliban, Iranian ayatollahs

  Overturning the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, allowing states to regulate abortion without federal interference, has made America comparable to Iran’s ayatollahs and Afghanistan’s Taliban, Hillary Clinton claimed at a women’s rights summit.

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  Dec 3, 2022

  Megachurch Pastor Matt Chandler set to return from 3-month leave over inappropriate messages

  Texas megachurch Pastor Matt Chandler will return to the pulpit Sunday, about three months after taking a leave of absence from his role as teaching pastor due to inappropriate social media messages with a woman who is not his wife.

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  Nov 30, 2022

  Gunmen raid villages, abduct more than 100 in Nigeria

  More than 100 people, including women and children, remain missing in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state over a week after unidentified bandits abducted them as they raided four villages in the region, according to reports.

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  Nov 28, 2022

  Charity apologizes after Methodist minister rebuked chaplain for wearing ‘offensive’ cross

  The United Kingdom-based charity providing care and support to people living with a terminal illness has apologized to a Christian chaplain who was told by a local chaplaincy supervisor he would face “consequences” if he did not remove a cross at a hospice where he volunteered.