(Christian Aid Mission) — A policeman in northern Vietnam who used to go to villages to threaten and arrest Christians now goes to the same villages to tell people about Christ — under threat of harsh punishment. For years officer Thien* had followed orders to infiltrate worship services to search for pretexts for arresting church […]
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(AL.com) — John Brown, the street evangelist known as “Jesus Man” who often displayed 100 signs on Lakeshore Drive on Saturday afternoons, has died, his family said. Brown, 80, originally from Jamaica, began preaching nearly every Saturday on Lakeshore in 2001. His granddaughter, Kristen Hill, announced on Facebook that Brown died. Brown was known for […]
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WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (Fox4 News) — Arkansas officials have released the preliminary cause of death for a missing Overland Park mom who they believe was found dead Tuesday. … On Wednesday, the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office said they believe, based on initial evidence, that the woman died from asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Her […]
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BOSTON (WCVB-TV) — Flu shots will now be required for all students in Massachusetts schools, from child care through colleges, the Department of Public Health announced Wednesday. Students older than six months will have to be vaccinated by Dec. 31, unless either a medical or religious exemption is provided. “The new vaccine requirement is […]
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(Article18) — Iranian-Assyrian Christians Victor Bet-Tamraz and Shamiram Issavi fled Iran on Saturday, hours before Shamiram was due to begin her five-year prison sentence. The couple’s daughter, Dabrina, told Article18 that while she does not wish to disclose where they are, her parents are “safe and well” and determined to continue their legal battle against […]
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(Fox News) — Los Angeles County is moving to hold a prominent megachurch pastor in contempt of court after he hosted three indoor services Sunday — effectively defying a late-night court order that his church must comply with California’s coronavirus restrictions. The county is claiming that Grace Community Church and Pastor John MacArthur should each […]
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(Fox Business) — The push to defund the Seattle police is causing a local business owner to close his store, said Matt Raetzer, owner of Steelpologie Teas. “It was a decision after deliberation. We’ve been there for three and a half years. That was our first store,” Raetzer told “Fox & Friends.” Raetzer said that […]
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(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Christian Solidarity Worldwide has learned that a 40-year-old Syrian Kurdish man was arrested and accused of apostasy by Failaq Al-Sham, an Islamist group loyal to Turkey, on July 30. Local sources report that fighters from Failaq Al-Sham arrested Radwan Muhammad at his home in the village of Jaqmaq Kibir near Rajo, […]
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WILSON, N.C. (KMOV-TV) – A man in North Carolina shot and killed his five-year-old neighbor in front of the boy’s family. Police in Wilson, North Carolina said Darius Sessoms, 25, shot and killed Cannon Hinnant while the boy was playing in his yard with his family Sunday evening. Cannon’s mother said her son was playing outside when […]
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(Voice of the Martyrs Korea) — In a further crackdown on Christians, the government of Eritrea arrested 30 people that were attending a wedding ceremony held in the capital, Asmara, during the last week of June 2020. That brings the number of Christians arrested in Eritrea since last April to 45. “Not many people have […]
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