Anugrah Kumar

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  May 24, 2020

  Sudan opens path toward religious freedom

  In what appears to be a promising positive change, Sudan’s transitional government and a rebel group that fought against the Muslim-majority country’s longtime authoritarian leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted last year, have agreed to form an independent national commission for religious freedom.

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  May 24, 2020

  Minn. allows all churches to reopen after Catholics, Lutherans threaten to defy orders

  Days after Minnesota’s Catholic and Lutheran churches publicly declared they would defy Gov. Tim Walz’s order restricting in-person services to not more than 10 people, the state has announced it is lifting that limitation to let larger groups gather for worship beginning Wednesday.

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  May 23, 2020

  Abby Johnson reveals Norma McCorvey’s lifelong burden not told in ‘AKA Jane Roe’

  Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood director turned pro-life advocate, has debunked claims in a new documentary ...

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  May 23, 2020

  Evangelical pastors respond to Trump’s call for churches to reopen

  Evangelical pastors and leaders expressed their gratitude for President Trump Friday after he urged the Center for Disease Control to release guidelines for reopening houses of worship. 

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  May 23, 2020

  ‘I no longer believe in God,’ declares Jon Steingard of Christian band Hawk Nelson

  Jon Steingard, the Canadian Christian rock band Hawk Nelson’s lead vocalist, has declared on social media that “I no longer believe in God,” explaining “it didn’t happen overnight.”

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  May 18, 2020

  Update on Ravi Zacharias’ health: ‘The time for him to be with the Lord … is drawing near’

  World-renowned apologist Ravi Zacharias still smiles when messages of encouragement are read out to him, but “it appears that the time for him to be with the Lord … is drawing near,” said Michael Ramsden, president of RZIM.

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  May 18, 2020

  Pastor John Gray on church gathering bans: Takes more faith to keep your doors closed

  Pastor John Gray, who leads Relentless Church in South Carolina, said he believes keeping churches closed during the pandemic is not a sign of lack of faith, but it “takes more faith” to do that.

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  May 18, 2020

  Coronavirus poll: Most US believers say God is telling them to change how they’re living

  More than 60% of American believers of all faiths feel that the novel coronavirus pandemic is a sign that God is telling humanity to change how it is living, according to a new study.

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  May 17, 2020

  At memorial, pastor says Darrin Patrick’s recovery process was flawed, talks grief

  As the South Carolina-based Seacoast Church remembered Pastor Darrin Patrick, who died of a “self-inflicted gunshot wound” earlier this month, at an online memorial service held Sunday morning, Pastor Greg Surratt shared biblical ways to grieve a friend’s death.

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  May 17, 2020

  Pastor faces 3 years in jail for defying Myanmar's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

  A controversial Christian pastor and three others in Myanmar face three years in jail for organizing services in defiance of a ban on large gatherings in the Southeast Asian country due to COVID-19.