8 kidnapped Christians have been freed
The Redeemed Christian Church of God has praised God after eight of its members kidnapped at gunpoint were freed.
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Chibok: 7 years of agony for the parents of 111 kidnapped schoolgirls
Seven years ago today Boko Haram militants stormed the Chibok Girls' State Secondary School in north-eastern Nigeria, where 275 girls had gathered to take an exam. Pretending to be government security, the attackers coaxed 230 of the girls onto trucks and made off with them into the Sambisa Forest.
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Trump held steady among believers at the ballot – it was the non-religious vote he lost in 2020
For all the predictions and talk of a slump in support among evangelicals, it appears Donald Trump's election loss was not at the hands of religious voters.
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Nearly 1,000 church leaders sign letter opposing vaccine passports
Some 948 church leaders in the UK have added their names to an open letter opposing the introduction of vaccine passports.
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2 Pakistani Christian nurses charged with blasphemy, could face life in prison
Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province arrested two Christian nurses on blasphemy charges after hospital staff accused them of scratching a sticker with a verse from the Quran written on it off a cupboard. One of the nurses was allegedly attacked with a knife by a colleague.
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Canadian church shut down, fenced off for not complying with COVID-19 lockdown orders
Police in Canada have placed metal fencing around a church that's led by a pastor who was jailed for holding worship services that violated provincial lockdown rules in order to physically shut it down until it “can demonstrate the ability to comply” with the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
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Assyrian Christian priest sentenced to two years in prison in Turkey
A priest in Turkey has received a two-year prison sentence for supposedly providing food and water to a terrorist organisation.
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Retired Archbishop recalls 'very terrifying' experience of preaching to Prince Philip
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, has recalled with humour his experience of delivering sermons to the Duke of Edinburgh, who died last Friday at the age of 99.
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Church leaders pay tribute to 'extraordinary' Prince Philip
Church leaders have paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who has died aged 99 after 73 faithful years as the Queen's consort.
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China institutes new crackdown on 'illegal social organizations' to go after house churches
China has launched a campaign to increase restrictions on five types of social organizations that the government has deemed illegal, which includes house churches that aren't members of the Chinese Communist Party-backed Three-Self Patriotic Association.
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J&J takes over vaccine plant where 15M of its doses were contaminated in mixup with AstraZeneca
The Biden administration has stopped the production of the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a plant in Baltimore after a contract manufacturer mixed up ingredients from the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, spoiling millions of doses of the latter's vaccine.
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Pastor’s daughter shot dead, several others injured on Easter Sunday
Radio personality Rickey Smiley and Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin are among the leading voices condemning the fatal shooting of the beloved daughter of a local pastor and wounding of several others, including four children, Sunday night.
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Pastor in MP arrested for damaging religious sentiment with his blog on Easter Sunday
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Pastor’s daughter shot dead, several others injured on Easter Sunday
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"I don't see a reason as to why any person above 18 cannot choose his religion:” SC upholds constitutional provisions
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Concerns posed by large crowds gathered for Kumbh Mela without proper face masks or social distance
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China institutes new crackdown on 'illegal social organizations' to go after house churches