Anugrah Kumar
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Former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll Launches New Website
Mark Driscoll, who resigned as the lead pastor of a Seattle-based megachurch in October due to a controversy surrounding his leadership style, has launched MarkDriscoll.org, which looks similar to the website of Mars Hill Church that is going to dissolve at the start of the new year.

Rick Warren Tells Mars Hill Congregation on Its Final Sunday: Don't Be Bitter
Pastor Rick Warren encouraged the congregation at the Mars Hill Church during its final Sunday service via pre-recorded video shown at a dozen of its campuses to trust Jesus and give grace to its leaders, including Mark Driscoll, who resigned from the church as its founding and lead pastor amidst much controversy in October.

ISIS Executes Nearly 2,000 People in Syria in Six Months
The Islamic State terror group executed 1,878 people, mostly civilians and including 120 of its own members, in Syria since it declared a "caliphate" in that country in June, according to a U.K.-based Syrian human-rights group.

North Korea Blames Obama for Third Major Internet Outage; Calls Him 'Monkey in Tropical Forest'
After facing a five-hour Internet outage Saturday, North Korea's third major outage in the past week, Pyongyang blamed it on U.S. President Barack Obama, and also accused him of forcing Sony Pictures to premiere the movie "The Interview" on Christmas Day.

NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos Funeral Draws 20,000 Mourners; Police Turn Back on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
More than 20,000 police officers and other mourners packed Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens on Saturday for the funeral of NYPD officer Rafael Ramos, who was killed by a lone gunman with his partner about a week ago.

Body of Catholic Priest Found in Southern Mexico on Christmas Day
The body of a kidnapped Roman Catholic priest with a gunshot wound to his head was found in the drug cartels-dominated state of Guerrero on Christmas Day, his diocese said Friday. This is the third murder of a Catholic clergy in that state this year.

NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos Was 'Deeply Spiritual Person,' Active in Church; Was to Graduate as Lay Chaplain
Rafael Ramos, one of the two New York City police officers killed by a lone gunman last week, was a deeply spiritual man with a heart for ministry, and was to graduate as a lay chaplain that day, mourners recalled as his wake was held at Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens Friday.

US, South Korea, Japan Agree to Share Intelligence on North Korea's Nukes
The United States, South Korea and Japan have decided to share their military intelligence about North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, and plan to sign a pact to formalize the plan Monday.

China Condemns Cyber Attacks, but Not North Korea
China, North Korea's lone major ally, said Monday it condemns any form of cyber attack, but agreed with the North Korean government that there's no evidence to prove Pyongyang's involvement in the hacking of Sony Pictures, which has led the company to cancel the planned release of the film, "The Interview."

Pakistan to Execute 500 Terror Convicts in Response to Killing of 133 Children by Taliban
The government of Pakistan plans to execute around 500 terror convicts in coming weeks in response to last week's killing of 149 people, including 133 children, at a military-run Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar by the local branch of the Taliban.


























