Anugrah Kumar

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  May 23, 2021

  How significant is Pentecost for Christians?

  Churches across the United States and elsewhere are observing Pentecost Sunday, referred to as the “birthday of the Church.”

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  May 22, 2021

  New Hampshire Sunday school teacher arrested for not wearing mask at school board meeting

  Police in New Hampshire arrested a Sunday school teacher after she and other parents showed up at a school board meeting without masks to urge the district to lift its mask mandate. 

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  May 22, 2021

  Islamic radicals kill 15 Christians in attack on baptism celebration in Burkina Faso

  Suspected jihadists ambushed a baptism ceremony where they killed 15 Christians in northern Burkina Faso’s Oudalan province near the Mali border, according to a report.

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  May 17, 2021

  Evangelical ministry donates bomb shelters to Israeli communities near Gaza border

  As hostilities between Israel and armed groups in the Gaza Strip continue, the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem has donated nine portable bomb shelters to protect communities near the Gaza border.

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  May 17, 2021

  Turkish church attacked, desecrated in village where priest’s parents were kidnapped

  A Turkish church in the same village where the parents of a Catholic Chaldean priest were abducted last year has been attacked and desecrated, according to a report.

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  May 16, 2021

  Hundreds attend prayer vigil after Jesus statue toppled, American flag burned at NYC church

  A Catholic church in New York City received support and solidarity from the community as hundreds of people came to attend a prayer vigil in response to what appears to be a hate crime involving the toppling of a statue of Jesus and the burning of an American flag outside the parish.

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  May 16, 2021

  Evangelical churches hold global prayer for peace in response to Israel-Palestinian conflict

  Responding to calls by evangelical leaders to designate this Sunday as a Global Day of Prayer for Peace and Security in the Middle East, many churches across the United States are praying for peace in Israel as a week of violence in the region is being described as the worst since 2014.

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  May 15, 2021

  Radical Islamic jihadists killed over 1,400 Nigerian Christians in first 4 months of 2021: report

  Islamic jihadists murdered at least 1,470 Christians and abducted over 2,200 in Nigeria in the first four months of this year, a report has revealed. More than half of the killings were carried out by Muslim Fulani herdsmen.

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  May 15, 2021

  European Evangelical Alliance demands Finland respect MP’s religious freedom rights

  The European Evangelical Alliance has written to the Finnish government, urging it to respect the religious freedom of its parliamentarians, one of whom is facing six years imprisonment for sharing her opinion on marriage and human sexuality.

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  May 10, 2021

  House church leader arrested by Chinese authorities on 'spurious' fraud charges

  Amid an ongoing crackdown on Christians and their churches, communist authorities in China have arrested an elder of a house church in southwestern Guizhou province in a trumped-up fraud case, according to reports.