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A Texas college professor who said he was fired after university leaders reportedly found his teachings too “religious” has been reinstated to his position more than a year after being terminated.

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The Rev. Samual Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, is on a mission to reach the masses with biblical truth.

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It was midnight on March 2nd when it happened. Odesa resident Sergei Gaidarzhi recounts his harrowing ordeal.

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North Korea's strengthened ties with Russia and its growing nuclear threat have made the Korean Peninsula a more dangerous place, leading South Korea to build up its military too. However, Christian Ministries are pursuing spiritual solutions to calm the tensions.

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Is North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about to go to war with South Korea and the United States? Some experts think it's possible. Kim has ordered his military to prepare for the occupation of South Korea, and is, according to some, engaged in "frantic military development".

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American missionaries trapped in Haiti are begging to be rescued as criminal gangs violently wreak havoc in the nation's capital. 

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Across Europe, leaders call Russia the greatest and most urgent threat facing the continent. Germany's intelligence chief warned recently that Vladimir Putin would not hesitate to attack a NATO member. That's why the alliance is scrambling to prepare for a direct military confrontation with Moscow.

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A court in Pakistan sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and gave a teenager a life sentence last week after finding them guilty of insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

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A U.K. pro-life volunteer is facing trial after offering to talk with women experiencing crisis pregnancies by holding up a sign near an abortion clinic that read, "Here to talk if you want to."

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Caribbean leaders have called an emergency meeting today with the United States, Canada, and France in an effort to stop the worsening gang violence in Haiti. 

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Adele Raemer loved life in her small Israeli kibbutz, calling it “95% heaven” before the horror of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack shattered that reality.

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A Virginia pastor believes a miraculous provision from God led his family to adopt, and he’s now sharing his insight and inspiration with others.

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The brother-in-law of a Hamas hostage is speaking out about his relative’s dire plight, imploring the international community to keep fighting for Israeli hostages’ return.

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Nigerian gunmen have attacked a school in the county's northwest region abducting at least 287 students. This marks the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week.

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Recent events in the Middle East are causing additional hardship and suffering for Christians in Yemen. For years, the tiny group of believers there have withstood intense persecution from militant Muslims and their government. Now, the attacks on ships and other actions of Houthi rebels are making matters worse.

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As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, there's growing concern that Russia has its eyes on the tiny country of Moldova. This former Soviet Union republic, sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, wouldn't stand a chance against Russian forces. If a takeover happens, Moldova's small evangelical community would face a very dangerous future.    

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A police force in the U.K. has admitted that their attempt to limit the free speech of a street preacher was "disproportionate" and are being forced to pay a settlement to the pastor. 

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Greg Laurie is known for his massive Harvest crusades and gatherings that lead to large swaths of faith professions and Gospel-driven inspiration, but the famed preacher is now embarking on a new endeavor: an animated project aimed at a younger generation.

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One of the leaders of an organization working to spread the Gospel to Iranians reports that claims of Middle Easterners encountering Jesus in dreams are “quite common,” with the Lord using these interactions to draw individuals closer to Him.

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The radical Islamic Taliban group has resumed the gruesome practices of public executions and floggings in Afghanistan. 

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Calvary Temple is India's largest church with more than 300,000 members. Now, it's on a mission to build 40 more megachurches in the next 10 years.

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Gunmen in Burkina Faso stormed a Catholic church Sunday killing 15 worshippers and leaving two in critical condition, according to a senior church official.

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Leaders from Youth With A Mission (YWAM) are asking for prayer for the family and friends of the 11 missionary leaders and students who died in a car accident near Arusha, Tanzania on Saturday. 

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In China, the Bible is not safe. In fact, even Christian apps are on the chopping block. The latest app to face the axe is Pray.com, a platform filled with faith-based content, daily Bible-reading plans, and spiritual development programs.

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Ex-Muslims in Uganda were murdered Feb. 2, just two months after becoming Christians.

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Famed comedian Bill Maher is well-known for his atheism, but a fellow performer recently appeared on his “Club Random” podcast and implored him to look a bit deeper than his skepticism typically allows.

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A Kentucky pastor who’s been preaching for decades offered a simple but powerful blueprint for sharing the Gospel — and a reminder every Christian should heed.

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At his sentencing in 2021, Navalny, once an avowed atheist who had made fun of organized religion, surprised the court when he said he had become a Christian. 

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At his sentencing in 2021, Navalny, once an avowed atheist who had made fun of organized religion, surprised the court when he said he had become a Christian. 

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'The Very Opposite of Holy': Critics Slam 'Profane' Silent Disco at Canterbury Cathedral

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A proposed bill in Germany would introduce vaguely defined censorship zones around abortion clinics nationwide, banning behavior perceived as "disturbing" or "confusing" within 100 yards of those facilities, the length of an American football field. 

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The Biden administration is pledging to hold Russia accountable for the untimely death of Vladimir Putin's chief political rival, Alexei Navalny.

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An American missionary faces criminal charges in Nicaragua after bringing mass evangelism campaigns to the country. Now pastors he worked with are in prison.  

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An organization combatting Christian persecution across the globe recently announced it helped free 1,500 Sudanese slaves last year, bringing the total liberated over the past three decades to over 100,000.

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According to the most recent research, black women and girls make up only seven percent of the U.S. population, yet, in 2022, they accounted for 18 percent of all missing persons cases. One state is now tackling this issue head-on. 

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Xi Jinping's communist "China dream" is dying. Last year was China's worst economically since 1976. A study that the government tried to suppress found that as many as one billion Chinese may be living in poverty.

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President Joe Biden is underscoring the United States' commitment to supporting Ukraine. As the second anniversary of Russia's brutal invasion approaches, the Russian military is boasting its forces have taken over a city in eastern Ukraine. 

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Three days after reports of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 30-year prison sentence, his family has still has not been allowed to view his body. 

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War. Rumors of war. Chaos. Love of the self. Some might argue the signs of the end of days are all around us, with current events sparking plenty of questions about our proximity to the biblical end times.

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A new poll found a near-record low of Americans are “very satisfied” with their lives, with just 47% of adults expressing high fulfillment and contentedness.

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In predominantly Muslim Indonesia, it's almost impossible for Christian congregations to build a church building because most Muslim communities won't allow it. Standoffs often happen in some parts of Indonesia, where radical Muslims threaten and harass Christians who are forced to worship in the streets because the government has shut down their church.

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Alexei Navalny, the fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests, died in prison Friday, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47.

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The United Kingdom's General Medical Council (GMC) has exonerated an experienced consultant neurologist and ordained Catholic priest after he was investigated for three years for giving a 'pro-life' medical opinion in an end-of-life court case.

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A pastor in Northern Ireland is going viral for his video reaction to the He Gets Us Super Bowl commercial, delivering a powerful collection of Christian testimonies that has garnered two million views.

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Lawmakers in the U.K. have largely voted against a "conversion therapy" ban that would penalize anyone who attempts to help people seeking freedom from unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion.

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In what has seemingly become a normal occurrence in the United Kingdom, a member of London's Metropolitan Police force threatened to arrest Christian street preachers who were accused by a bystander of making "homophobic" comments. 

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NASA has identified a large cluster of sunspots or dark spots on the sun that have grown in size over the last month and could increase the risk of the Earth experiencing strong solar flares. 

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A free speech watchdog is warning about a new proposal in Scotland that could reportedly lead parents to be imprisoned for refusing to comply with gender transitions for their children.

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Ireland's women's basketball team refused to shake the hands of their opponents from Israel before the EuroBasket 2025 qualifier game played Thursday in Riga, Latvia after one Israeli player accused the team of antisemitism. 

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After a five-year journey to freedom, the members of a Chinese church who fled persecution from the communist regime found a place to freely worship together after a West Texas congregation opened its doors to them. 

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Deep in the capital of Lebanon, thousands of Christians recently gathered together to praise Jesus in a first-of-its-kind, one-night worship experience that organizers say became "a beacon of hope and joy" for the Middle East. 

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King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign he will suspend public duties but will continue with state business, and won't be handing over his constitutional roles as head of state.

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Michigan parents are suing a public school district over the claim district employees began socially transitioning their daughter without their consent, purportedly concealing these efforts in the process.

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A pastor in Nepal will potentially face jail time for praying after his country’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal.

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The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, officials told The Associated Press.

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According to scientists, every 11 years, the sun goes through a cycle where its magnetic poles (North and South) reverse or switch places. 

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Last year, a record half million migrants traveled through the dangerous jungle between Colombia and Panama on their way north to the U.S.  Now there has been another major development, so this CBN News reporter traveled once again into the Darién Gap to document this unprecedented migration, and the project that could escalate it even more.

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Missionary Britt Hancock of the ministry Mountain Gateway followed God's call to help lead mass evangelism campaigns in Nicaragua, where he says close to a million people attended. Now, he faces criminal charges from the Nicaraguan government, along with his son Jacob and daughter-in-law Cassandra, over allegations of money laundering and organized crime.

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At least six children, three teachers, and the driver of a Christian school bus were kidnapped by suspected Muslim Fulani herdsmen Monday night in Nigeria's Ekiti State. 

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Two climate protesters hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.

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Harvard University announced the creation of an antisemitism task force late last week, and it’s already facing intense scrutiny for choosing as its co-chair a professor who has accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and labeled the Jewish state “a regime of apartheid.”

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The Islamic State is claiming responsibility for killing ten Christians and burning 200 homes in Northern Mozambique over the course of two weeks, a new report revealed.

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The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas on southern Israel, its director said Friday, prompting the United States — the agency's biggest donor — to temporarily halt its funding.

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Eighty years after diabolical German leader Adolf Hitler went on a reign of terror, killing millions of Jewish men, women, and children, the stories of pain, horror, loss, and tragedy continue to reverberate.

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A Canadian judge has ruled the government's use of the country's Emergencies Act to suppress weeks of protests by truckers and others angry over COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 was unreasonable and unconstitutional.

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The threat of an all-out war in the Middle East is intensifying.Iranian-backed forces have launched a wave of attacks against American and Israeli targets in the region.

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Despite the efforts of The Satanic Temple (TST) to force the removal of Christian clubs from public elementary schools in the name of diversity, one of the leaders of the largest child evangelism ministry in the world says Christian clubs are thriving throughout the country and around the world. 

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A Christian math teacher, who was barred from teaching in the United Kingdom after he was found guilty of "misgendering" a biologically female student who identified as a boy, has appealed his expulsion from the teaching profession.    

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A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated country’s sole Christian-majority state.

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A troubling trend is emerging in the world's largest democracy. Millions of Indians believe the country belongs to Hindus and that all other religions, including Christianity and Islam, must be eliminated from society. 

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The "Foar Brothers" rowing team, including Cedarville University alumni Thomas Hamilton, Timothy Hamilton, Trent Hamilton, and their nephew, Ben Clark, completed their 3,000-mile World's Toughest Row on Friday, Jan. 19 when they reached Antigua. 

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The weekend brought more attacks, deaths, and growing threats across various locations in the Middle East, all fueled by the radical Islamic regime in Iran.

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Semiconductor chips are basically the brains of all modern electronics, including countless, essential items you use daily. Now China's potential targeting of Taiwan could lead to a "chip war," putting the world's most critical technology at risk. 

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As global persecution rages, a watchdog has launched a first-of-its-kind, open-sourced database allowing people to track incidents of violent religious persecution.

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An Illinois police department is praising three officers who entered frigid waters to save a toddler and two adults trapped inside a sinking car.

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Worldwide, 365 million Christians face persecution or discrimination for their faith in Christ.

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A former Palestinian sniper turned Christian believes revival will break out in Gaza and thousands will come to Christ after the end of the Israel-Hamas war.

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North Korea remains the worst nation in the world for Christian persecution, with the situation in Nigeria continuing to devolve, according to a new report on global religious discrimination.

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The United States sent a strong message to Iran on Wednesday: Stop arming the Houthi rebels targeting ships in the Red Sea.

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A British Army veteran who is being criminally prosecuted for silently praying outside an abortion clinic has had his trial delayed for the second time.

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A Christian street preacher in Glasgow, Scotland will receive a substantial settlement after he was unlawfully arrested and detained by police over an unfounded complaint made about his alleged "homophobic language" in 2022. 

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A persecution watchdog is delivering a pointed message to the Biden administration after the U.S. State Department again declined to list Nigeria on its Countries of Particular Concern list, with the expert warning that there’s a “slow-motion genocide” unfolding against Christians inside the African nation.

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The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday, targeting the group's anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed terrorists in recent days, a U.S. official said. Meanwhile, two Navy SEALs, who are still missing in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, were involved in a mission to seize a small dhow or boat later found to be carrying Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry to be delivered to Yemen's Houthi rebels. 

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The current chairman of Hamas' so-called political bureau has called on Muslims around the world to "build on" the Oct. 7 murderous terror attacks on Israel, which he called a "victory," by sending their money to Hamas to wage "financial jihad."

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One church family has made it their mission to plant 1,000 churches in our generation to offset the alarming rate of church closures. 

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Author, speaker, and poet Jackie Hill Perry has inspired millions with her story of leaving behind a gay lifestyle and finding true fulfillment in Jesus.

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Ex-psychic Jenn Nizza is issuing a dire warning after Fox News’ Jesse Watters interviewed a psychic last week named Paula Roberts. Nizza said she was “surprised” and concerned over the “demonic” practice being so prevalent on a TV news network.

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The people of Taiwan go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president and legislature. But the shadow of mainland China looms large over the election, amid threats the election could trigger war with the island nation. 

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Dr. Päivi Räsänen, the Finnish politician who was victorious in court this past November after facing a years-long legal battle for sharing her biblical views on sexuality, is back in the prosecution’s crosshairs.

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An international alliance of multiple countries has been pushing to undermine the power of the U.S. Dollar, and now, they've added more key members. The BRICS nations comprise almost half of the world's population, possess close to half the world's oil, and want to dethrone the Dollar as the world's reserve currency. 

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Evangelist Franklin Graham has called out The Methodist Church of Great Britain for trying to "edit what the Word of God says" to avoid "what might offend people."

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Iran's navy seized an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized by the United States over sanctions linked to Tehran's nuclear program. 

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Islamic extremists in Nigeria have continued their attacks into the new year against Christian communities after carrying out widespread murder and other atrocities in multiple locations on Christmas Eve.

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One church family has made it their mission to plant 1,000 churches in our generation to offset the alarming rate of church closures. 

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Florida Baptist missionaries say "God is moving among the churches and people in Cuba," as nearly 5,000 people gave their lives to Jesus Christ during a missionary trip to the communist nation in early December.

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A theology lecturer in the U.K. who was reportedly fired from his job at a Christian college over a tweet about biblical sexuality is suing to raise awareness and stop similar instances from unfolding.

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A Christian pastor and one of his guests were arrested and detained by local police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for the crime of praying in the pastor's own home on New Year's Eve. 

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While Israel is battling Hamas, another terrorist threat is rising in the north. The Iranian proxy militia Hezbollah has been repeatedly launching rocket and missile strikes against Israelis from Lebanon. One of the worst attacks occurred on December 26th.

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Rescuers in Japan are still working to reach people trapped under collapsed buildings in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake that brought small tsunami waves which further damaged homes. 

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Millions of revelers around the world ushered in 2024. Many cities hosted massive fireworks displays and in New York City, more than a million gathered in Times Square.

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