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Christian-Jewish aid group rushes $2.5m in emergency relief to Israel

BY  : Obianuju Mbah  Christian Today   Following the exchange of missile strikes between Israel and Iran, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has launched a large-scale emergency relief operation, delivering $2.5 million in aid to displaced and injured Israelis. The attacks, part […]

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‘I just think it’s all wrong,’ police officer tells street evangelists

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian Today   A police officer has been filmed confronting a pair of Christians in London for street preaching. Mon B, a preacher with Mad 4 Jesus Ministries, told the Daily Mail that the officer informed them that they could not stand in […]

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35 Historic Black Churches to Receive Total of $4 Million to Fund Preservation, Renovation Efforts

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BY  : Amanda Casanova | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor Nearly three dozen historic Black churches will receive $4 million in funding to help with renovations and the preservation of their buildings and properties. The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will distribute the funds […]

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Evangelicals lament Church of England’s plans to introduce blessings for same-sex couples

BY : Staff writer   Christian Today Evangelicals have come out in strong opposition to today’s announcement by the Church of England outlining plans to introduce blessings for same-sex couples. Under the proposals, to be debated at next month’s General Synod, same-sex couples will still not be […]

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Christian persecution higher than ever as Open Doors’ World Watch List marks 30 years

BY  :  Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service North Korea has returned to the top of the World Watch List with its highest-ever persecution score after an increase of arrests of Christians under its ‘anti-reactionary thought’ law. (RNS) — In the three decades since the religious […]

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Pandemic accelerated fall in church attendance, especially among the young

BY  :  Leonardo Blair  Christian Today (CP) While religious identity among Americans remained largely stable throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it accelerated existing trends in declining church attendance, particularly among the young, a new report from the Survey Center on American Life shows. In “Faith After the Pandemic: […]

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The Intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and National Religious Freedom Day

BY  :  Jim Denison | Denison Forum on Truth and Culture Martin Luther King Jr. Day is being celebrated across America today, and for good reason. Here’s a brief synopsis of Dr. King’s life and legacy: he was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, the son […]

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Man arrested over London church shooting

BY  :  Staff writer   Christian  Today A man has been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting outside a London church that left a seven-year-old girl fighting for her life. The shooting occurred as a memorial service was taking place inside St Aloysius Roman Catholic […]

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35 Black churches to receive total of $4 million for preservation work

BY   : Adelle M. Banks Religion  News Service The new grant program honors the history of Black churches ‘while also investing in their physical permanence and financial sustainment into the future,’ an official said.  Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, clockwise from top left, […]

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‘By the Grace of God, I Stand Here’: Angela Bassett Wins Golden Globe Award for Performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BY  : Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com Actress Angela Bassett gave glory to God on Tuesday night after winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. After she accepted the award, Bassett quoted the late American novelist […]

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The deliberate and slow eradication of Lebanon’s Christians must end

BY  :  Habib C Malik  Christian Today Lebanon’s Christians face an existential crisis unprecedented in its gravity since the 1920 creation of Greater Lebanon and the subsequent independence in 1943 of the Republic of Lebanon. Even the bloody and destructive civil war between 1975 and […]

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