Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 21, 2020

  Pastor Jentezen Franklin tests positive for COVID-19, ‘doing great’

  Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor of the multi-campus church Free Chapel in Georgia, tested positive for COVID-19 but is “doing extremely well,” the church announced during the worship service Sunday.

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  Dec 20, 2020

  SC school board settles lawsuit with atheist group over student-led prayer at graduations

  Months after a court awarded an atheist group $456,000 in a lawsuit against a South Carolina school district for holding graduation ceremonies with prayer and hymns, Greenville County School District has agreed to pay $187,000 in a settlement that would protect the religious freedoms of students and employees.

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  Dec 20, 2020

  ERLC answers moral questions about taking COVID-19 vaccines created by testing on cells from aborted baby

  The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention has cautiously answered the question of whether it's ethical for Christians to get the COVID-19 vaccine after some pro-life groups expressed disapproval of the vaccines because their development during the testing phase involved the use of cell lines taken from the tissue of an aborted baby. 

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  Dec 20, 2020

  Justin Welby tells faithful it's OK to ‘go to church’ this Christmas, but vulnerable should stay home

  While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the start of harsher restrictions in London and southeast England in an attempt to prevent the spread of a more infectious variant of the coronavirus, the archbishop of Canterbury said Christians should go to church on Christmas unless they are from a vulnerable group that is “more at risk” from COVID-19.

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  Dec 20, 2020

  Franklin Graham: ‘I tend to believe’ President Trump when he says election was rigged, stolen

  Evangelist Franklin Graham, who has been a supporter of President Donald Trump, said he tends to believe the president when he says the 2020 presidential election has been rigged or stolen.

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  Dec 19, 2020

  India: Pastor shot, killed in street after baptizing new believers

  Three unidentified men shot and killed a pastor in the east Indian state of Jharkhand while he was returning home with his wife after baptizing new believers, according to a report.

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  Dec 19, 2020

  DC mayor loosens worship restrictions on churches after archdiocese files lawsuit

  Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an executive order to allow churches to have in-person services with up to 250 people days after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against the previous 50-person limit on houses of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Dec 15, 2020

  'Giving spirit still alive': Majority of adults worldwide want to help others this Christmas

  Despite 2020 being a difficult year for people around the world, the majority of adults still want to help others and value the time they spend with family and friends, according to a new World Vision survey conducted in nine countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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  Dec 14, 2020

  Black churches vandalized during pro-Trump rallies in DC; pastors decry evil

  Protesters tore down and burned a Black Lives Matter sign and banner at two historic black churches during Saturday evening's rallies as supporters of President Donald Trump and counterprotesters clashed in Washington, D.C.

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  Dec 14, 2020

  Democrat Tulsi Gabbard introduces bill to ban men from women’s sports

  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, has introduced a bill to Congress that would bar biological males, including those who identify as transgender females, from competing in women’s sports.