Anugrah Kumar

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  Oct 3, 2020

  Christian groups say 15K cap on refugee resettlement for 2021 is 'unconscionable'

  Evangelical Christian leaders are expressing concerns over the Trump administration’s plan to reduce the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States to 15,000 next year.

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  Oct 3, 2020

  Atheists sue Alabama over ‘so help me God’ voter registration oath

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill claiming that the state’s voter registration form is unconstitutional because it includes an oath that says “so help me God.”

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  Oct 3, 2020

  China threatens land confiscation, financial penalties for Christian converts

  Communist authorities in southwestern China’s Yunnan province sent a notice to a village warning that any resident who converts to Christianity will face financial penalties or even the confiscation of their land.

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  Sep 29, 2020

  Smaller churches lose access to YouTube livestream services

  Smaller churches have not been able to host their online services at their requested time on YouTube. The online video-sharing platform has been moving the times for some users with less than 100 subscribers allegedly due to heavy traffic, but without informing them.

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  Sep 29, 2020

  China: Authorities abduct, torture priest to force state conversion

  Communist authorities in China have abducted and tortured a 46-year-old priest in the southeastern province of Fujian for refusing to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, according to reports.

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  Sep 28, 2020

  Texas pastor, wife killed in head-on collision; couple’s 3 children survive

  A church in Texas is mourning the death of their pastor and his wife after a head-on crash in southeastern New Mexico. Their three children, who were injured in the accident, are beginning life without their mom and dad.

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  Sep 27, 2020

  Christians on right, left react to Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

  President Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, and Christians from both ends of the political spectrum have released statements of support and opposition ahead of the Senate's vote next month.

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  Sep 27, 2020

  DOJ warns San Francisco’s mayor that 1-person limit on church attendance is unconstitutional

  The Justice Department has warned San Francisco Mayor London Breed that the city’s limitations on indoor worship to one congregant at a time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic “is contrary to the Constitution and the nation’s best tradition of religious freedom.”

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  Sep 27, 2020

  Chinese textbook rewrites Bible, claims Jesus stoned woman to death

  A communist textbook that's being used in Chinese schools falsifies the biblical account found in John 8:3–11. The textbook claims that Jesus murdered the woman who was found in adultery and said He, too, is a sinner.

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  Sep 26, 2020

  Idaho police arrest 3 Christians singing hymns during outdoor worship event

  Police in Moscow City, Idaho, arrested three Christians and cited two others for participating in a “Psalm sing” outdoor worship service organized by a church earlier this week.