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Virginia ministry brings hope of Christmas to inmates, correctional staff facing holiday isolation

BY  :   CP Staff   A Virginia-based ministry plans to deliver nearly 75,000 “Hope Packs” containing devotionals, hygiene items and the Gospel message to incarcerated people, correctional staff and inmates’ families worldwide this year, expanding an effort to combat holiday isolation behind bars. Good News […]

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Police raid churches in eastern China, hundreds of Christians detained

BY  :  Christian Today staff writer   Large numbers of police and security forces have carried out a major operation against Christian churches in eastern China, detaining hundreds of believers over several days, according to a religious freedom watchdog. The raids took place in Yayang […]

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Nigerian Christian sentenced to death by hanging granted full pardon after pressure from US lawmaker

BY  :  CP Staff   A Nigerian Christian farmer who was sentenced to death after killing a Fulani radical in self-defense following an attack on his farm has been released from prison after Adamawa state Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri issued a full pardon following pressure […]

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SC church gets historic marker for Civil War ministry among ex-slaves

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BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor   Christian Post   A historic South Carolina church that has existed since the Civil War was recently bestowed the honor of a historical marker recognizing its roots of ministering to freed slaves. First Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Bluffton, a […]

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‘Quiet revival’ in the UK as Gen Z goes to church

BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   Church attendance in Britain is rising thanks to Gen Z, new research commissioned by the Bible Society has suggested. The research, conducted by YouGov, found that last year around 12% of adults attended church at least once a […]

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‘Christians fed up with being pushed out’: Protests erupt outside school over canceled Easter

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor     Protests erupted outside Norwood Primary School in England, as Christians voiced frustration over the school’s cancellation of its traditional Easter parade and church service. Around 50 demonstrators gathered with banners criticizing Headteacher Stephanie Mander, accusing her of […]

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Court sentences Christian pastor to life in prison for raping woman, recording it as blackmail

BY  :   Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor    An Indian court sentenced a controversial Evangelical Christian pastor, Bajinder Singh, to life imprisonment for raping a woman in the northern state of Punjab in 2018. Singh was found guilty of drugging and assaulting the woman, then […]

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Is the British media anti-Christian and anti-conservative?

BY  : Heather Tomlinson  Christian Today   As a former Today programme journalist and author of two books on bias in the BBC, Robin Aitken MBE has been closer to the inner workings of the media giant than most of its critics. He tells Christian Today that […]

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VA rescinds punishment for chaplain, affirms sermons can be explicitly Christian

BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that chaplains can preach sermons with obviously Christian content at affiliated medical facilities and has rescinded a letter of reprimand after a chaplain was punished last year. In a letter written in late […]

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene frames trans ideology as ‘spiritual warfare,’ blasts North Point Community Church

BY  :    Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joined three of her colleagues Wednesday to frame transgenderism in spiritual terms and present their case for proposed legislation that would fight back. Greene also blasted North Point Community Church in […]

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Church mourns after choir member shot dead in home

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter The Christian Post    Members of the Collins Grove United Methodist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, are mourning the loss of a beloved longtime member of their choir who was shot dead inside his home on Monday. The Greensboro Police Department […]

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Quakers respond to police raid with worship meeting outside Scotland Yard

BY   :    Staff Writer Christian Today   On Friday the Quaker Support for Climate Action will be holding a Meeting for Worship outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police. The event is an apparent protest in response to the Met raiding […]

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