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Pastor arrested in Cuba after uploading Bible lesson to YouTube

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   A Protestant pastor in Cuba has been arrested for allegedly posting a Bible lesson on to YouTube. Pastor Rolando Pérez Lora was accosted by police mere moments after uploading the video in a park in Peñas Altas, Matanzas. […]

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Justice is ‘being delivered’, say Iranian Christians

BY  :  Staff writer   Christian  Today   A global network of Iranian Christians has welcomed targeted strikes against Iran’s leadership by the US and Israel. The group said that they “rejoice” in the news that Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, died in Saturday’s strikes, saying that he had […]

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Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Bill Draws Fire from Church, Civil Society

BY  :  Shireen Bhatia  Christian  Today   More than 30 civil society organisations, church groups, and legal advocates came together at the Mumbai Press Club on 11 March to oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion legislation, even as the bill awaits introduction in the state assembly’s ongoing […]

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Hundreds gather for mass baptism at Bournemouth Beach during heatwave

BY   :  Duncan Williams  Christian Today   At the weekend, amid a prolonged heatwave, 92 people were baptised in the sea beside Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth during a public ceremony attended by hundreds of people. The event, held on Sunday, was organised by five local […]

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2 women killed, multiple injured at Ky. Baptist church after suspect shoots state trooper

BY   :    CP Staff   Two women were killed at a Baptist church in Lexington, Kentucky, when a suspect fled to the house of worship after shooting a state trooper on Sunday, authorities said. The shooting spree ended when the suspect was killed at […]

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Extremists destroy church complex amid civil conflict in Sudan: watchdog

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Extremists, accompanied by Sudanese Armed Forces and police officers, destroyed a Pentecostal Church complex in Khartoum this week, according to a watchdog group. The Pentecostal Church, initially constructed in the early 1990s and destroyed on Tuesday, was […]

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Pastor, congregant gunned down during worship service in Nigeria

BY  :  Christian Daily International/Morning Star News   During an evening worship service on Monday, suspected Islamic extremists gunned down a Baptist pastor and another worshipper and kidnapped a woman in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria. About 15 to 20 gunmen with Fulani accents stormed Bege […]

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Police investigating more Church in Wales clergy over historic sex offences

BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   A BBC investigation has revealed that two former clergymen of the Church in Wales are set to be investigated due to historical sexual abuse allegations. One of the two is the former bishop of Swansea and Brecon, Anthony Pierce. Pierce […]

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Pastor who fought off teen gunman during carjacking calls survival a ‘miracle’

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter   A Connecticut pastor who was caught on video tackling a teenage gunman during a carjacking in Baltimore, Maryland, in June, is thanking God for keeping him alive after the daring confrontation. “Let me be clear, I am in no way […]

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How Americans can help an ancient Christian community ‘find a way home’

BY  :  Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter    WASHINGTON — The United States has the ability to help reverse the ethno-religious cleansing of Armenian Christians and negotiate the safe return of one of the oldest Christian communities to its native homeland, a human rights advocate […]

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