Anugrah Kumar

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  May 9, 2022

  Jen Hatmaker voices support for abortion, calls opposition ‘political theater’

  Christian author Jen Hatmaker, a mother of five, has voiced her support for Roe v. Wade after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggests that the landmark decision that legalized abortion appears set to be overturned.

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  May 9, 2022

  Iran sentences Christian man to 10 years in prison for hosting house church worship gathering

  The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has sentenced an Iranian-Armenian Christian man to 10 years in prison for establishing a house church, which the judge called “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam,” according to reports.

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  May 8, 2022

  Mike Pence urges Biden to speak out against disruption at churches, potential violence against justices

  Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a media interview that President Joe Biden should “speak out forcefully” against the planned demonstrations at Catholic churches as the fallout from the recent leaking of an initial draft majority opinion that could overturn the U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.

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  May 8, 2022

  Gov. Glenn Youngkin says police monitoring Supreme Court justices’ homes after doxxing

  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the state’s police are monitoring the protests planned for this week outside the homes of Supreme Court justices who were doxxed by pro-abortion activists as they are poised to release their decision in a Mississippi abortion case. 

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  May 8, 2022

  Islamic militants kill 8 Christians, including children, in Nigeria

  Radical Islamic militants killed at least eight Christians, including children younger than 5, and wounded several others in an attack in Nigeria’s Borno state, according to reports.

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  May 7, 2022

  Satanic Temple pushes Boston to fly its flag after Supreme Court ruling in favor of Christian group

  Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Boston City, Massachusetts, was wrong to prohibit a group from flying a Christian flag at city hall, The Satanic Temple wants to fly a flag over the downtown building.

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  May 7, 2022

  French Guyana: Pastor shot dead, church set on fire after meeting delegation of Evangelicals

  The pastor of an Evangelical church in French Guyana was shot to death and his church burned down the day after he met with a delegation from the National Council of Evangelicals in France that was visiting to discuss the implementation of a law on “separatism,” according to a report.

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  May 5, 2022

  Sudanese couple face flogging for ‘adultery' after court nullifies marriage over Christian conversion

  A young Christian couple in Sudan, who have two children, face 100 lashes on charges of “adultery” after a Sharia (Islamic law) court canceled their marriage due to the husband’s conversion to Christianity, according to a report.

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  May 2, 2022

  Protestant families may be forced to pay illegal fines in Mexico over refusal to participate in festival

  Several Protestant Christian families in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas may have to pay illegal fines for the fourth consecutive year if they do not participate in an upcoming syncretic Roman Catholic festival that involves alcohol, according to a persecution watchdog.

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  May 2, 2022

  Christian group laments Church of Scotland presbyteries drift toward allowing gay marriage ahead of vote

  A Christian group based in the U.K. says it’s “very sad” that a majority of presbyteries of the Church of Scotland have supported the proposed approval of same-sex weddings in its churches ahead of the upcoming General Assembly.