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title : Imprisoned Pastor Left Powerful List of Directives for Church: 'God's Sovereignty is Higher than Secular Authority'
summary : Anticipating his arrest, the pastor of the persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church penned a list of 14 powerful directives his church should and should not do in the face of government oppression.
date : Jan 02, 2019 02:37 PM EST
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title : Four Christians Killed, Girl Wounded in Easter Monday Attack in Pakistan
summary : Four Christians, including a woman, were killed and a young girl wounded in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Monday (April 2), sources said.
date : Apr 09, 2018 03:34 PM EDT
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title : Why Do Some Christians Oppose 'Harry Potter' Books?
summary : June 26, 2017: Why do so many Christians oppose the "Harry Potter" books?
date : Jun 26, 2017 01:53 PM EDT
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title : Pakistani Prosecutor Promises to Acquit Dozens of Christians Accused of Murder - If They Convert to Islam
summary : Dozens of Pakistani Christians on trial for lynching two men they suspected of the double bombing of two churches in March 2015 were reportedly told by the public prosecutor they would be acquitted of all charges - if they converted to Islam.
date : Apr 04, 2017 09:34 AM EDT
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title : Irish Rocker Darren Mulligan Details Faith Journey, Struggles to Love Jesus
summary : Darren Mulligan of the "We Are Messengers" band said he fled from Ireland to America in 2003 to pursue a rock music career and to escape his home responsibilities; he was living a life not focused on God until he slid downward. He eventually realized his selfish decisions, and became a beacon of hope.
date : Mar 28, 2017 05:16 PM EDT
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title : Pastor Who is Former Atheist Discovers True Happiness Serving God
summary : When Rev. Joe Martin was an atheist, he said he saw most Christians as hypocrites. Then he found God as he aged into his late 50s, and something happened that he describes as "pretty amazing."
date : Mar 07, 2017 11:34 AM EST
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title : Christians in Sudan Arrested in Tussle over Evangelical School in Omdurman
summary : Police in Omdurman, Sudan arrested four Christians this week and accused them of destroying the sign board of a Muslim interest trying to take over their Christian school, source said.
date : Feb 24, 2017 12:45 PM EST
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title : Christians in Muslim Countries Fear 'Alienation,' Retaliations Due To Trump Ban
summary : No one is more afraid of the consequences of President Donald Trump's executive order banning travelers from seven Muslim-majority states than Christians within those designated countries, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
date : Feb 06, 2017 04:38 PM EST
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title : Feast Feb. 2: Presentation of Child Jesus on #Candlemas
summary : Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, or Purification of the Blessed Virgin, is being observed today (Feb. 2) by Christians around the world. While it is customary for Christians in some countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve), those in other Christian countries historically remove them on Candlemas. On Candlemas, many Christians (especially Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans, Orthodox and Roman Catholics) also take their candles to their local church, where they are blessed and then used for the rest of the year.
date : Feb 02, 2017 10:32 AM EST
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title : National Prayer Breakfast 2017: Pastor Rick Warren Says Election 'Really Divided America'
summary : Pastor Rick Warren, of Saddleback Church in California, said this year's 65th annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday is particularly important due to how estranged Americans have become following the recent presidential election. More than 3,000 attendees are expected.
date : Feb 01, 2017 09:08 PM EST
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title : Christians Most Persecuted Religious Group In World, Studies Indicate
summary : Christians are among the most persecuted religious groups in the world, with approximately 90,000 killed for their faith in 2016, stated representatives of a leading religious study group. Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) director Massimo Introvigne told Vatican Radio that half a billion Christians around the globe are unable to express their faith completely freely, while estimates indicate one Christian died every 6 minutes for their faith during 2016.
date : Dec 29, 2016 02:21 PM EST
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title : Christians Care International Helps Escalating Jewish Humanitarian Crises in Russia
summary : A Jewish American with Russian roots, Don Horwitz, believes God called him to lead the Christian ministry, Christians Care International (CCI), to help bolster impoverished Jews of the former Soviet Union (FSU). After numerous visits to Russia and witnessing neglect and abuse of Jews, Horwitz adopted three daughters from a Russian orphanage, and founded a group in Moscow to help other orphans. Now, as CCI's executive director, Horwitz just managed an expansion of the organization from Europe into the U.S., including a new website. The organization formerly was known as 49:22TRUST, taken from the biblical verse in Isaiah.
date : Dec 26, 2016 06:09 PM EST
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title : Netanyahu Tells persecuted Christians, 'Merry Christmas', 'We Stand With You'
summary : In his annual Christmas message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced his support for persecuted Christians worldwide and said he's "proud" of his country's strong relationship with the faith community.
date : Dec 23, 2016 12:36 PM EST
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title : Christian Church Bombing in Egypt Kills 25, Dozens More Injured during Sunday Service
summary : At least 25 people were killed and dozens more injured when a bomb went off inside a Christian church in Cairo on Sunday.
date : Dec 12, 2016 07:49 AM EST
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title : 'Jesus Christ is Key of All Keys,' Declares NCC Pastor Mark Batterson In DC
summary : "The only explanation for everything God has done at NCC over the past 20 years is five words that Jesus declared 2,000 years ago - I will build my church," declared Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C., as congregants celebrate two decades of existence this year. NCC, referred to as "the theater church, is one creative church in eight unique locations in the DC metro area; it started from three people on the first Sunday service in 1996 to now a large group of Christians who supported 34 mission trips this year.
date : Nov 16, 2016 02:29 PM EST
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title : Iraqi Christian Leader Mark Arabo: What Trump Presidency Will Mean for Persecuted Christians, Refugee Crisis
summary : The Gospel Herald spoke with Mark Arabo, advocate for Chaldeans seeking asylum in the United States and founder of the Minority Humanitarian Foundation, about what a Trump presidency will mean for our brothers and sisters both here and in the Middle East, why the refugee crisis is not a partisan issue, and how American Christians can best help those persecuted for their faith.
date : Nov 11, 2016 03:54 PM EST
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title : Christian, Foster Couple Stopped from Adoptions Amid Gay Parents
summary : One Christian, U.K. couple was blocked from adopting their two foster children after expressing concerns about them being raised by a gay couple. The couple, who have not been named, have cared for the young children this entire year. When they were told a gay couple had requested to adopt them, the foster pair admitted they "expressed a degree of shock and asked if this was a 'joke'."
date : Nov 07, 2016 06:44 PM EST
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title : 1,131 Christians Identified by Name Killed by ISIS, Says Report
summary : There are at least 1,131 Christians, whose names and location of death have been recorded, killed by the Islamic terror group ISIS, according to a report submitted to the U.S. State Department.
date : Nov 02, 2016 09:38 AM EDT
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title : Mike Pence Asks Evangelicals at Liberty University to Forgive Donald Trump
summary : Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, Mike Pence, asked evangelical Christians at Liberty University's Convocation on Wednesday to forgive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after Friday's release of a 2005 recording in which Trump is heard, in graphic terms, discussing women and his attempts to grope them. Some people took Trump's comments as proof of sexual assault because he referenced uninvited, random physical advances on women.
date : Oct 12, 2016 05:25 PM EDT
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title : Christians In China To Experience A Greater Degree Of Persecution With Tougher Rules Implemented
summary : True Christians in China are not getting a respite as the rate of persecution increases with the introduction of tougher rules this month.
date : Oct 04, 2016 12:13 PM EDT
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title : World Communion Sunday: Global Christians Join in Ministries Oct. 2, 2016
summary : World Communion Sunday is celebrated by several Christian denominations with an offering during the first Sunday of October each year. It is a time about being in communion with Christians all over the world, who are pressing toward the goal of serving God in life-changing ministries.
date : Oct 01, 2016 04:38 PM EDT
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title : Atheists for 'Blasphemy Rights Day' Say Criticizing Religion Is Vital Part of Free Speech, Laws for All
summary : Members of an atheist group preparing to observe the upcoming International Blasphemy Rights Day on Friday, Sept. 30, said laws around the world that restrict or punish those who criticize religion take away the rights of atheists, Christians and other people, alike. Center for Inquiry members believe free speech is the foundation on which all other liberties rest. The group has held this annual blasphemy observation since 2009.
date : Sep 27, 2016 03:17 PM EDT
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title : Satan's Tools include Shopping Catalogs, Says Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren
summary : Shopping catalogs and glossy magazines are "tools of Satan" because they create envy, said Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren. "Envy is no longer one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Envy is a marketing tool," he said.
date : Sep 27, 2016 11:38 AM EDT
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title : American Hostage Kayla Mueller Defended Christian Faith to ISIL Executioner
summary : Although U.S. hostage Kayla Mueller was tortured, verbally abused, forced into slave labor for ISIL commanders in Syria and reported raped by the group's top leader, Mueller's fellow hostages said in ABC News' "20/20" broadcast, "The Girl Left Behind," that Mueller never surrendered hope or her Christian faith. The Prescott, Az., humanitarian aid worker was a courageous 26-year-old who inspired the other hostages, they said. She was killed during February 2015, during one of a dozen Jordanian airstrikes in Al-Raqqah.
date : Aug 31, 2016 02:08 PM EDT
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title : Jesus 'Teaches Us to Love, Even Donald Trump,' Declares Yale Divinity School Staffer
summary : Tom Krattenmaker, communications director at Yale Divinity School and secular author of the forthcoming book "Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower," said there is a Christian way to handle the "inveterate bad behavior" of GOP 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump.
date : Aug 21, 2016 01:15 PM EDT
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