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July 27, 2019: Juanita Bynum controversy; China upholds US pastor's prison sentence; terrorists release video of 6 kidnapped Christians

Saturday, July 27, 2019:

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— China upholds 7-year prison sentence for American pastor

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China has upheld a North Carolina pastor’s seven-year prison sentence for allegedly "organizing illegal border crossings" — a crime more commonly applied to human traffickers.

Pastor John Cao, a U.S. permanent resident from Greensboro, and his co-worker, a Christian teacher, were arrested after coming back into China from neighboring Myanmar on March 5, 2017.

The two men had been volunteering to teach at 16 schools in northern Myanmar that serve more than 2,000 students. They filed an appeal last year for their conviction. That appeal was denied this week.  

https://www.christianpost.com/news/china-upholds-7-year-prison-sentence-us-pastor-built-schools-2000-impoverished-children.html

Terrorists release video of 6 kidnapped Christian aid workers

Islamist insurgents in Nigeria have released a video of six Christian aid workers begging for their lives after being kidnapped by a jihadist group in a raid last week.

The six aid workers went missing after a July 19 attack on a convoy near the town of Damasak in the northeastern state of Borno in which one driver was killed. Boko Haram, the Islamic State’s West Africa branch, is believed to be responsible for the attacks. The hostages are believed to be held in the Islamic State enclave on the shores of Lake Chad in the far north of Nigeria.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/nigeria-terrorists-release-video-of-6-kidnapped-christian-aid-workers-begging-for-lives.html

— Pastor entering Juanita Bynum’s hotel room uninvited sparks debate 

Renowned televangelist Juanita Bynum says she was forced to cancel a preaching assignment at a conference in Chesapeake, Virginia, after the pastor hosting the event entered her hotel room uninvited.

But Pastor John Moore of Experience Church told The Christian Post a different side of the story, saying he entered the room before Bynum checked into the hotel so he could leave a gift basket from the church.

Pastor Moore said he still hasn’t met Bynum and is working with his lawyer to get back the $3,000 down payment he gave her.   

https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-entering-juanita-bynums-hilton-hotel-room-uninvited-sparks-debate-privacy-decorum.html

— YouTube bans the word ‘Christian’ in ad, labels it 'unacceptable content'

The founder of an organization that serves military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder says Google-owned YouTube barred him from running an ad that used "Christian" as a keyword but allowed him to run the same ad using "Muslim" as a keyword. 

Chad Robichaux, a former Marine who founded the Mighty Oaks Foundation,  said: “Censorship should terrify every American; conservative or liberal, Christian or Muslim. This bias is a dangerous course for America.”  

After receiving the notification of rejection from YouTube, Robichaux said he called the helpline and was additionally told: “Google’s new criteria prohibited the word, ‘Christian.’”

https://www.christianpost.com/news/youtube-blocks-ad-christian-keyword-labels-it-unacceptable-content.html

— Lutheran Church affirms traditional stance on LGBT issues

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution reaffirming its traditional stance on gender identity and sexual orientation, while also calling for churches to “minister compassionately” to people who identify as LGBT.

Among its points, the resolution reaffirmed “the biblical truth that God created humanity as male and female” and commended people who “continue to live chaste and decent lives in repentant faith” in spite of “same-sex attraction and gender identity confusion.”

It also condemned “acts of abuse” against LGBT individuals.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/lutheran-church-affirms-traditional-stance-lgbt-issues-compassion-for-lgbt-people.html

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