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Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity
Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity

Leah was one of over a hundred schoolgirls abducted by a faction of Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state on 19 February 2018.

Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy
Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy

Samaritan's Purse has discharged the last of its patients from an emergency field hospital set up in Italy to treat people with coronavirus.

Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19
Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19

Two churches serving the Latino community in New York are mourning the deaths of over 100 congregants combined to COVID-19.

Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians
Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians

Donald Trump was "anointed by God" to his position as the United States president. This is the belief of a growing number of American churchgoers, according to a new report.

GOD TV says it will obey regulations in Israel amid fears of being shut down
GOD TV says it will obey regulations in Israel amid fears of being shut down

The head of the international Christian television network GOD TV has said that Israeli authorities are looking to "shut down" its new Hebrew-language Christian channel after concerns were raised about whether the channel will proselytize to Jews.

ISIS has 'returned in force' to Iraq
ISIS has 'returned in force' to Iraq

As governments try to combat the spread of COVID-19, there has been a resurgence of deadly attacks by the Islamic State in Iraq over two years after the group's territorial defeat.

GOD TV in Israel threatened with closure
GOD TV in Israel threatened with closure

A new evangelical Christian television channel in Israel has been threatened with being shut down if it engages in any type of missionary activity

Abducted seminarian was killed because he shared Christian faith with his captors
Abducted seminarian was killed because he shared Christian faith with his captors

A member of a Nigerian highway gang that's responsible for killing a kidnapped Catholic seminarian earlier this year admitted in a recent media interview that the aspiring priest was killed because he wouldn't stop proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to his captors.

Churches in Germany re-open without handshakes
Churches in Germany re-open without handshakes

Churches in Germany have been allowed to reopen this week, in keeping with the federal republic's easing of restrictions on gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Appeal launched to support world's poorest communities in fight against Covid-19
Appeal launched to support world's poorest communities in fight against Covid-19

The implementation of social distancing measures and hand-washing campaigns in the world's poorest communities is a "herculean task", Christian aid agency Tearfund has warned.

12 Christians killed and couple kidnapped from church during wedding in Nigeria
12 Christians killed and couple kidnapped from church during wedding in Nigeria

Several others were also reportedly abducted in the attack in Niger state.

An open letter to our leaders: churches must not be handcuffed
An open letter to our leaders: churches must not be handcuffed

I'm not dismissing Covid-19, but our response to it could prove to be far more deadly and destructive than the virus itself.

Global letter-writing campaign launched in support of Christian imprisoned in North Korea
Global letter-writing campaign launched in support of Christian imprisoned in North Korea

A global letter-writing campaign has been launched to call for the release of a Christian man imprisoned in North Korea for the last six years.

Rebuilding work starts on historic Iraq church destroyed by ISIS
Rebuilding work starts on historic Iraq church destroyed by ISIS

Restoration work has begun at the Conventual Church of Our Lady of the Hour in Mosul, which dates back to the 1800s.

Danish Bible Society responds to criticism over new translation
Danish Bible Society responds to criticism over new translation

The Danish Bible Society called the criticism "fake news".

God is using Covid-19 to 'prune the Church' - Francis Chan
God is using Covid-19 to 'prune the Church' - Francis Chan

God is using coronavirus to "prune the Church and cut off branches that aren't bearing fruit", Francis Chan has said.