ASSIST News Service
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Rick Warren working to end stigma around mental health
Rick and Kay Warren will be holding their inaugural mental health conference in partnership with the Catholic Bishop of Orange, Kevin Vann and the National Alliance on Mental Illness
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North Korea arrests 75-year-old missionary
North Korea has arrested a Christian missionary from Australia, his family said on Wednesday, taking him into captivity even as it continues to face pressure to release an American missionary it has held for more than a year.
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Jesus Daily founder: New generation of people rising up who have never heard the Jesus story
Dr Aaron Tabor says many of the visitors to his site, even those from the USA, have never heard the Gospel before because a whole new generation is growing up that has never been to church
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Islamic extremist using intimidation tactics in Shahbaz Bhatti murder case
Suspects in the murder of Pakistan's first Christian cabinet minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, could walk free due to intimidation tactics by Islamic extremists, Christians fear.
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Will Graham: Money cannot change the human heart
Evangelist Will Graham shared the grace and hope of Jesus Christ with 33,100 people in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, over the weekend.
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Kenneth Bae: 'I have not lost hope'
Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American being held in North Korea, says he is worried about his health after authorities moved him back into a labour camp following a stay in a hospital.
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Morocco court overturns convert's proselytism conviction
An appeals court judge in Morocco today overturned a conviction against a Christian convert from Islam who had been sentenced to 30 months in prison for alleged proselytising.
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Sundance Film Festival award for Son of Hamas documentary
The Green Prince, a feature-length documentary based on the international best seller Son of Hamas, by Mosab Hassan Yousef, with Ron Brackin, received the prestigious Audience Award for World Cinema: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on Sunday.
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Saeed Abedini struggling with ill-health behind bars in Iran
The imprisoned pastor's family have said his medical problems are worsening
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Cameroonian founds Africa's first 'development university'
Andre Talla now searching for a video studio or church in Southern California where he can record his sermons to be broadcast in his native country
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Campaign for more humane treatment of prisoners in Vietnam
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights group, has welcomed the launch of a report by the Campaign to Abolish Torture in Vietnam.
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Fears of death-only punishment for blasphemy in Pakistan
Last month, the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) of Pakistan ordered that the death penalty be the "only punishment for a blasphemer", and that life imprisonment be removed as an option.