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Texas-based ChinaAid is warning of religious persecution in Xiamen, China, a port city on the southeast coast. Pastor Yang Xibo and his wife, Wang Xiaofei, were hit with a combined fine of 400,000 yuan- equivalent to $55,100. The couple runs Xunsiding Church, the largest house church in Xiamen. The couple had been charged an initial fine in 2021 by…

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is serving her first term as Governor of Arkansas, stirred controversy after posting a picture of her three children standing behind a chalk cross they had drawn outside the Arkansas Governor’s mansion. The governor captioned it, saying, “New artwork to welcome people into the Governor’s mansion! So proud of how hard the…

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A 45-year-old Christian man in Pakistan has been arrested. His crime? Posting 1 Corinthians 10:18-21 on his Facebook page. The passage discusses sacrifices made to idols and warns Christians against participating in such practices that involve “devils” in the King James Version. Verse 21 states, “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the…

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Justin Nash felt the need to apologize. He wasn’t sure if anyone at the Denver Pride Parade would welcome it, but he was convinced he had to try. After changing his lunch plans, he set out for the parade to share his apology, written in marker on a poster board, with as many people as…

Thirteen-year-old Benjamin Rennie tragically passed away in a boating accident while attending a Christian summer camp in Minnesota. Rennie was tubing with another child when a boat propeller struck him and took his life. A 27-year-old employee was driving the boat when the incident occurred and began attempting life-saving care while emergency responders where on…

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Former wrestler and now the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs, shared his faith at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual Road to Majority Conference on Friday. Jacobs was formerly the wrestler Kane for the WWE, which was the WWF at the time when he began his career in 1995. He has had a…

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“The View” co-hosts discussed the recent Faith and Freedom Conference, where former President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates spoke out about faith in the United States. Co-host Sunny Hostin had strong words against evangelicals who continue to support the former president after being indicted for allegedly illegally maintaining confidential documents. “No one is above the…

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A drag show in San Francisco scheduled to celebrate the end of Pride month was short one corporate sponsor this year. Google had previously promoted the event to its employees on its company calendar, leading hundreds of Christian employees and others to start a petition against the company’s sponsorship. Petitioners took issue with the main…

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In a rare unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian postal worker who had asked the Court to determine if the United States Postal Service (USPS) could force him to deliver packages on Sunday. Christian postal service worker Gerald Groff argued that he observes Sunday as the Sabbath day, a…

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Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue shared his concerns for the upcoming 2024 election and a possible “spiritual war” over the soul of America. Unanue was speaking with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo on her show “Mornings with Maria” and addressed the growing number of GOP candidates who have announced their intention to run for the presidency.…

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