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Nigerian faith leaders call for interfaith reconciliation to end violence

BY  :  Robert Parr  Christian Today   Christian and Muslim leaders in Nigeria have put their names to a new declaration calling for an end to religious violence and for greater interfaith understanding and reconciliation. The Abuja Declaration for Sustainable Peace and Religious Harmony came […]

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Pastor preaches in Bristol city centre despite fears of arrest

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   A pastor has returned to street preaching in Bristol city centre just over four months after he was arrested for his comments on Islam and transgender ideology. Pastor Dia Moodley was arrested last November on suspicion of committing […]

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Pastor wields sword on stage, reacts to Stephen Colbert cancellation: ‘God can do anything’

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BY   :  CP Staff    A Tennessee pastor brandished a large sword during his Sunday sermon and suggested that the recent cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was the result of divine intervention. In a message titled, “Urgent Word to the Church,” Pastor Kent Christmas […]

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Christian family brutally attacked in Chhattisgarh village

BY  :  Shireen Bhatia   Christian Today   A Christian tribal woman and her three daughters suffered a vicious assault by members of their extended family in Khohadapara village on July 15, leaving the mother fighting for life in intensive care. Chinta Dugga and his three […]

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Visa issues between Israel, Evangelical orgs are ‘fully resolved,’ US Amb. Huckabee announces

BY  :    All Israel News Christian Today   After a months-long visa dispute that went public in a dramatic way last week, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee announced that the U.S. Embassy, Israel’s Interior Ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office agreed on a solution to the visa […]

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Pastor Jack Graham on why young people are hungry for truth — and what the Church must do

BY  :  Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor   GRAPEVINE, Texas — Pastor Jack Graham believes the American church is at a crossroads. But for him, the answer has always been clear: go back to the Bible. “It really gets back to local churches being revived, […]

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Members praise God in tents after fire destroys historic black church in South Carolina

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter    Despite a massive fire destroying their more than century-old church building on Saturday, members of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Darlington County, South Carolina, gathered for worship in tents at the site of their church to give […]

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Church successfully challenges London council’s street preaching ban

BY  :  Staff  Writer Christian  Today   A Pentecostal church is celebrating a major win for Christian freedoms after a London council backed down over a street preaching ban. The Kingsborough Centre, based in Uxbridge, north-west London, successfully challenged Hillingdon Council’s controversial Public Spaces Protection […]

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Christianity faces being ‘wiped out,’ UK’s FoRB envoy warns amid intensifying persecution

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    Christianity is at risk of being “wiped out” in parts of the world due to intensifying persecution, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, David Smith, has warned. The British government is now […]

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Nigeria still struggling to protect Christians from Fulani extremists

BY  :  Robert Parr  Christian. Today   Once again Nigerian authorities are being criticised for their failure to provide basic security for members of its Christian population. The latest of many militant outrages occurred on 10 July in a seminary when gunmen kidnapped three students […]

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Republican members of Congress condemn persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority nations

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced a joint resolution condemning the persecution of Christians in countries where Muslims form the majority. The resolution urges the U.S. government to make religious freedom a central focus […]

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Fresh attacks on Christians in Syria after deadly church bombing

BY  :  Robert Parr  Christian Today   Despite promises by the interim Syrian government to respect and protect minorities, sectarian violence has increased in recent days, with Christians and Druze particularly at risk. Local sources have told the Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in […]

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