Anugrah Kumar

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  Apr 26, 2020

  Churches nationwide make plans for soft reopening with fewer attendees, sanitation stations

  After holding online-only services for weeks due to mandatory social distancing rules, many churches around the nation are planning to reopen while taking all precautions needed to check the spread of the coronavirus, according to reports.

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  Apr 25, 2020

  Pastor sues Va. Gov. Ralph Northam after facing fine, jail for holding 16-person church service

  A Virginia pastor, who was served a summons for holding a service for 16 people on Palm Sunday, and his church have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Ralph Northam for issuing executive orders banning religious gatherings with more than 10 people, saying it violated the Virginia Constitution.

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  Apr 25, 2020

  Trump signs $484 billion coronavirus relief bill into law

  President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $484 billion bill to provide additional funding to a small business lending program and to aid hospitals reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and expansion of coronavirus testing as the death toll from the disease in the United States has crossed 50,000.

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  Apr 20, 2020

  COVID-19 makes life harder for hundreds of thousands of Africa’s persecuted Christians

  As the COVID-19 outbreak begins in sub-Saharan Africa, hundreds of thousands of Christian believers, who are already persecuted for their faith, are now also bearing the brunt of the restrictions being imposed in the region to fight the pandemic, according to Open Doors USA.

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  Apr 20, 2020

  Is the pandemic God’s judgment? America has 10 reasons to think so, argues theologian

  An individual illness is a trial, but a worldwide pandemic is of a different order and could be God’s judgment, especially as reasons abound why He would test or judge the world, particularly America, writes a theologian.

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  Apr 20, 2020

  Pastor Rick Warren launches quarantine SHAKE video for kids

  Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren launched a video called The Quarantine Shake to help children learn the Centers for Disease Control’s five recommendations to protect themselves from the COVID-19 infection.

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  Apr 20, 2020

  Opening churches, stores a priority for Americans, poll says

  A new survey shows that Americans want gathering in homes and churches to be allowed right away when the lockdown ends.

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  Apr 19, 2020

  ‘Lean on Jesus’ in fight against COVID-19, Gov. Greg Abbott says

  In an interview with Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Texas on his faith and response to the COVID-19 disease, Gov. Greg Abbott told the viewers they have “support you can lean on that will always be there for you, and that’s Jesus Christ.”

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  Apr 19, 2020

  Oxford professor arrested for selling stolen Bible fragments to Museum of the Bible

  An academic from the U.K.’s Oxford University has been arrested as part of an investigation into the theft and unauthorized sale of ancient Bible fragments to Hobby Lobby Stores in the U.S. The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., displayed the fragments temporarily.

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  Apr 18, 2020

  Trump says US investigating reports coronavirus came from lab in China

  President Trump confirmed on Friday that the U.S. government and intelligence agencies are investigating reports that have suggested the new coronavirus spread after escaping from a laboratory, instead of a market, in the Chinese city of Wuhan.