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One of the world's largest missionary agencies is thanking God as a more than three-year legal battle against allegations of financial fraud is finally coming to an end. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2H4u7Ue

President Donald Trump has decided to walk away from his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam after the dictator refused to give up his regime's nuclear weapons. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SykYFj

Evangelist Will Graham comes from a well-known family line of famous preachers. His grandfather, the late Rev. Billy Graham, and his dad, Franklin Graham, have both made a monumental impact across the globe. Will Graham is following in their footsteps as he preaches, teaches and carries on the family legacy of spreading the Christian gospel. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2T8qDXV

Pakistan shot down two Indian warplanes Wednesday in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured their pilots, its military said, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in 20 years.    from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2T1Sjh8

The horrific “Momo” challenge, which first made headlines last fall, is spreading once again. This time, in Europe. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2T33Wo7

Facebook has banned conservative political activist Tommy Robinson, the founder of the English Defense League, for his repeated criticism of Islam and the mainstream media. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2U5x8Hj

President Trump arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam today for his second summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. While Kim still needs to make major concessions on nuclear weapons, the president believes progress can come as the two build a relationship. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2H626eT

On Monday Venezuela's dictator Nicholas Maduro said the US will go to war for his country's oil and he detained an international journalist after he showed Maduro footage of Venezuelan children searching for food in a garbage truck. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SofNYI

The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy’s credibility after a year of global revelations of abuse and cover-up. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Nuxyof

A street preacher has been arrested in London, sparking outrage online. In a video of the incident posted to Twitter, officers can be seen forcefully asking the African man to stop, before arresting him on a rather baffling charge of “breaching the peace.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IDLcqn

Tear gas and gunfire stopped a humanitarian convoy from entering Venezuela this weekend. Hundreds were left wounded and several are dead after forces loyal to dictator Nicolás Maduro opened fire, raising fears the political standoff is veering into open conflict. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2IzR8R7

Syrian families are fleeing in a mass exodus from the last strip of land under ISIS control. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XnKjp7

Pakistan has “a desire to change” its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries that infringe on religious freedoms, a U.S. special envoy said Sunday on a tour of a Mideast long riven by faith. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2tCIOpr

Pope Francis closed out his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing Sunday to confront abusers with “the wrath of God” felt by the faithful, end the cover-ups by their superiors and prioritize the victims of this “brazen, aggressive and destructive evil.” But his failure to offer a concrete action plan to hold bishops accountable when they failed to protect their flocks from predators disappointed survivors, who had expected more from the first-ever global Catholic summit of its kind. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GZc8P2

A Muslim Egyptian man who planned to murder his Christian cousin has revealed his story of miraculous conversion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NonIo0

The skin color of Jesus has been a wildly popular and equally controversial subject for centuries. Especially relevant today with faith-based entertainment on the rise, we’re exposed to countless depictions of Jesus. You’ll seldom find a casting lacking a controversy firestorm behind it. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XljdPr

Many are familiar with the story of Christian missionary Jim Elliot from the popular book, “Through the Gates of Splendor” or its 2005 film adaptation, “End of the Spear,” which chronicled the evangelist’s final and fatal mission to reach a remote Ecuadorian tribe for Christ. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SZDz2f

A prominent Nigerian nun blasted the culture of silence that has long kept clergy sexual abuse hidden in the Catholic Church, telling a Vatican summit Saturday that transparency and an admission of mistakes were needed to restore trust. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XgyykB

In the latest tragic development in Venezuela's humanitarian crisis, one person is dead and several others injured after the military opened fire on civilians who were trying to keep open part of the nation's southern border with Brazil in hopes of receiving desperately needed aid supplies. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EpYQJA

Mark Gerson and his wife Rabbi Erica Gerson are giving $5 million over the next 10 years to fund Christian mission teaching hospitals across Africa. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2H2L29s

A Christian Pakistani student was recently stabbed by Muslim classmates. Haroon Ifan, a student at Government Mohammadi School in Karachi, was first targeted on Feb. 15 when a Muslim student stole and damaged his notebook. Two days later, Haroon was attacked by Majid and other Muslim students on his way to buy food. Persecution.org reports Haroon was stabbed in the stomach, causing damage to his kidney.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2NkEsfK

Pope Francis has ordered thousands of Catholic leaders to Rome to address the global epidemic of sex abuse in the church.The pope says it's time to end the culture of silence and expose the sins of the guilty. That's why victims are also at the summit, telling their stories of abuse suffered at the hands of priests. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GWouYc

Forty years ago, a radical Iranian cleric led the overthrow of his country's government and installed an Islamic regime. It still stands and is the world's leading sponsor of terror.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2EjFZzH

This latest element is just a part of the sexual abuse scandal the church hopes to address with its upcoming meeting. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2V74yWb

The head of the Southern Baptist Convention is calling for a season of lament for what he describes as decades of inaction on the issue of sexual abuse. He's also calling for no-tolerance for churches that try to cover it up. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Ipb9d5

Billy Graham's grandson brought his evangelistic celebration to the Philippines during a time of great political unrest. National and local elections are scheduled for May and there has already been politically motivated violence and deadly bombing attacks in the south. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2ImJRUJ

"We seek a peaceful transition of power, but all options are open," President Trump warned Venezuela's military. "If you choose this path you will find no safe harbor, no easy exit and no way out. You will lose everything." from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2TYkAS6

Riots in the capital of Haiti have continued as the demand for President Jovenel Moise's resignation increases. The country has seen continual violent protests since early February. Hundreds of rioters are protesting the country's growing inflation and government corruption. Moise is accused of several embezzlement cases and other economic mismanagement problems.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GzoFJD

A former Muslim and mother of four was recently beaten, raped, and threatened with death for her conversion to Christianity. The Somali native moved to Kenya's Ifo refugee camp after being sent by her husband in 2016. The woman and her four children converted to Christianity after a year.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2BGwbhA

The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is growing worse as the country's weeks-long political showdown drags on. And as the tragedy sinks to new levels of misery, nobody is quite sure who is in charge of the country. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2BExf5O

For more than 70 years, Wycliffe Bible Translators has worked to give people the Word of God in their own language. It took 67 years to complete the first 500 Bibles, and the second 500 took only 17 years. Now, updated software for smartphones called Paratext Lite will speed up the process even more. ParaText Lite grants access to a central database for countries to translate Scriptures and helps missionaries update their outdated software to connect with people quicker.   from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2BypEFK

Syrian refugees fleeing the last remnants of ISIS are arriving in southern Syria wounded, dehydrated, and sick. There are no humanitarian services waiting for them except a small band of Christian aid workers. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2N0LKW1

In the wake of the Houston Chronicle's investigation into abuse in Southern Baptist churches, denominational leaders say covering up abuse will no longer be tolerated and have vowed to use all available resources to stop predators in their midst. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2N8ZKgx

Christian mother Asia Bibi is reportedly being kept from leaving Pakistan, despite a final Supreme Court decision that rejected a final bid from hardline Islamists to have her acquittal overturned. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2SvMKHt

Two years after Bartella was liberated from ISIS, fewer than a third of its 3,800 Christian families have come back. Most remain afraid, amid reports of intimidation and harassment by Shabak, who dominate the Shiite militias now controlling the town. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Sq0F1N

UK officials arrested a woman after she called a transgender activist a biological man on Twitter.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2Ig9TJ8

Pastor Andrew Brunson was celebrated at some big events in Washington this week after being freed from two years of captivity in Turkey. Pastor Brunson made headlines in October 2016, when he was unjustly accused of terrorist-related charges by the Turkish government. Turkey claimed he was a spy, but US officials criticized the government for creating false charges to use him as a bargain for negotiations, and for persecuting him for his Christian faith.  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2I1PGad

President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State will lose all of its land in Syria and Iraq by next week. However, so far it appears the jihadist army isn't giving up easily . from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GreLc9

A human rights law firm in Canada is accusing a government adoption agency of discriminating against a Christian couple who wanted to become foster parents. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2SvSU9F

Myanmar's Pastor Tun Nu was last seen alive when he was taken from his home the evening of Jan. 19. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2BhtRgX

Could the first papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam, be a signal that more religious freedom is coming to Muslim countries?  from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2GbappZ

At least 60 people were killed by Islamic terrorists in northern Nigeria last week. Amnesty International says the terrorists attacked the northeastern Nigeria border town of Rann, almost destroying it, leaving much of it in flames. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2SpYqe5

The devastation unleashed by ISIS in Iraq is still on display every day, long after the Islamic jihadists were driven out. And families who fled for their lives are still just clinging to life in the aftermath.   from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2MVcVl7

The newly elected head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially assumed office in the capital of Kiev, a month after the church severed its centuries-long ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2MLK1ni

One North Korean defector in Seoul describes her family back home quietly singing Christian hymns every Sunday while someone stood watch for informers. A second cowered under a blanket or in the toilet when praying in the North. Such accounts provide a small window into how underground Christians in North Korea struggle to maintain their faith amid persistent crackdowns. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2SnfFN2