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Retired Pastor and Hearing-Impaired Christian Boy Killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon Church

Retired Pastor and Hearing-Impaired Christian Boy Killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon Church

A man holds a sign that reads “Stop Boko Haram” at a rally to support Chadian troops heading to Cameroon to fight Boko Haram, in Ndjamena January 17, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

A retired pastor and a Christian boy were reportedly killed by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram in the Central African nation of Cameroon earlier this month.  (more…)

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Iraqi Christian Groups Respond After USAID Grants Given to Help ISIS Victims Were Criticized by Media

Iraqi Christian Groups Respond After USAID Grants Given to Help ISIS Victims Were Criticized by Media

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski, left, shakes hands with Archbishop Bashar Warda during his visit to the Chaldean Church in Erbil, Iraq. | (Photo: Reuters/Azad Lashkari)

Iraqi Christian groups are responding after grants they were awarded last month from the U.S. Agency for International Development to help restore the Nineveh Plains and…

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Retired Pastor and Hearing-Impaired Child Killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon Church

Retired Pastor and Hearing-Impaired Child Killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon Church

A man holds a sign that reads “Stop Boko Haram” at a rally to support Chadian troops heading to Cameroon to fight Boko Haram, in Ndjamena on January 17, 2015. | (Photo: Reuters/Emmanuel Braun)

A retired pastor and a Christian boy were reportedly killed by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram in the Central African nation of Cameroon earlier this month.

As reported by Barnabus Aid, retired…

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Trump Advisor Calls Pompeo’s Decision on Israeli Settlements in the West Bank an Answered Prayer

Trump Advisor Calls Pompeo’s Decision on Israeli Settlements in the West Bank an Answered Prayer

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Pompeo spoke about Iran, Iraq, Israeli settlements in the West Bank, protests in Hong Kong, and Bolivia, among other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday (Nov. 18) that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in…

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Missionaries in Central Asia Learn Through Delayed Harvests

Missionaries in Central Asia Learn Through Delayed Harvests

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More than a decade ago, Liam Remington*, an IMB worker new to the mission field, found himself in a riverside town in the mountains. That same day, a young nomad named L.T.* came to the same town. Remington, a trained linguist, was hoping to conduct language surveys in the area. L.T. happened to be from the people group Remington was hoping to meet.

Remington and L.T. happened to meet…

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Pentagon Says President Trump's Order to Withdraw Troops From Syria Allows ISIS to Rebuild

Pentagon Says President Trump’s Order to Withdraw Troops From Syria Allows ISIS to Rebuild

(PHOTO: REUTERS/STRINGER) A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant waves an ISIS flag in Raqqa, on June 29, 2014.

President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in October provided the Islamic State an opening to rebuild itself, giving the terrorist group “time and space” to target the West, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday.

The Defense…

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Mexican Pastor Shot Dead While Sitting in His Truck at Juarez Intersection in Chihuahua State

Mexican Pastor Shot Dead While Sitting in His Truck at Juarez Intersection in Chihuahua State

A Mexican pastor was reportedly shot dead while sitting in his truck at an intersection in the Chihuahua state, police have said.  (more…)

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Pastor Tortured in Iranian Prison for Sharing the Gospel Fears He and His Family Will be Deported from Turkey After Living There for Four Years

Pastor Tortured in Iranian Prison for Sharing the Gospel Fears He and His Family Will be Deported from Turkey After Living There for Four Years

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A pastor who fled to Turkey after spending over a month in Iran’s most notorious prison is desperate for help as he and his family are facing deportation, which would result in his imprisonment and possible torture.  (more…)

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New Report Says Anglican Church of Canada May Disappear by 2040

New Report Says Anglican Church of Canada May Disappear by 2040

General Synod 2019 opens on the evening of July 10, 2019 with worship at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo courtesy of Anglican Church of Canada/Milos Tosic

A “wake-up call.”

That’s what Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, called a new report showing there may be no members left in the mainline Canadian denomination in 20 years.

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Praying for Hong Kong Can Be Politically Disruptive, Even in America

Praying for Hong Kong Can Be Politically Disruptive, Even in America

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On the afternoon of Sunday, August 18, about 70 people gathered for a prayer meeting at a church in Vancouver organized by the group Vancouver Christians for Love, Peace, and Justice. Their focus was the same as their three previous gatherings: to pray for the ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, for those affected, and for human rights and freedom in the city of…

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Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Two Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Two Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria, November 15, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on early Thursday morning (Nov. 14) hacked an 87-year-old Christian to death by machete and killed another by gunshot, an area resident said.

A group of herdsmen attacked predominantly Christian Agom village in southern Kaduna state’s Sanga Country at 4:30 a.m., area resident Gabriel Yakubu told…

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Bolivian Police Officer Shot in the Chest Says Bible in His Pocket Saved His Life

Bolivian Police Officer Shot in the Chest Says Bible in His Pocket Saved His Life

A Bolivian police officer who was shot in the chest during civil unrest over the ousting of Bolivia’s now-former president Evo Morales said he was saved by a Bible tucked into his left breast pocket.

“Yes, it was a miracle,” the unnamed officer, a devout Christian, told Bolivian media.

Pictures of the Bible appeared in local media and on a Spanish-language Facebook post chronicling the incident.…

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Edward Graham, Grandson of Billy Graham, Shares Impact of Christmas Shoeboxes and True Evangelism at Work in Mexico

Edward Graham, Grandson of Billy Graham, Shares Impact of Christmas Shoeboxes and True Evangelism at Work in Mexico

Edward Graham of Samaritan’s Purse stands in front of Manartha Christian Church ahead of its dedication ceremony in La Laguna, Mexico, on Oct. 22, 2019. | Samaritan’s Purse

Edward Graham, a grandson of the late evangelist Billy Graham, joined Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child mission trip to a remote village in Mexico so he could witness what he described as true evangelism at work in…

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Biographer Dudley Delffs on Queen Elizabeth’s Christian Faith

Biographer Dudley Delffs on Queen Elizabeth’s Christian Faith

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II waves to the public as she leaves after attending the Easter Mattins Service at St. George’s Chapel, at Windsor Castle in England Sunday, April 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)

When Season 3 of Netflix’s The Crown releases on November 17, viewers can expect plenty of changes as new actors tackle the lead roles and ferry the royal family through the…

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Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Two Christians in Attack on Agom Village in Kaduna State

Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Two Christians in Attack on Agom Village in Kaduna State

Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on early Thursday morning (Nov. 14) hacked an 87-year-old Christian to death by machete and killed another by gunshot, an area resident said. (more…)

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Why a Mass Christian Exodus Will Have Disastrous Consequences for the Middle East

Why a Mass Christian Exodus Will Have Disastrous Consequences for the Middle East

Assyrian Christians, who had fled the unrest in Syria and Iraq, carry placards and wave Assyrian flags during a gathering in front the UN house in down town Beirut, Lebanon, 28 February 2015. Protesters gathered to demand the release of hundreds of Assyrian Christians abducted recently by Islamic State (IS) group from Syria. Some 280 hostages are believed to be held by IS militants in…

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China Installs Face and Fingerprint Scanning in Churches as Government Increases Surveillance on Christians

China Installs Face and Fingerprint Scanning in Churches as Government Increases Surveillance on Christians

A local resident rides a bicycle past a church in Xiaoshan, a commercial suburb of Hangzhou, the capital of China’s east Zhejiang province December 21, 2006. Eight Chinese Christians from Zhejiang province will stand trial on December 22, accused of inciting violent resistance to the law after they protested the government’s destruction of a church, a Chinese dissident and a court official said.…

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