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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging the Roman Catholic Church to take a greater stand against the religious persecution being seen in China.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2SejeUk

A disturbing report out of Uganda is the latest confirmation of an evil practice that CBN News first reported about years ago. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/30m1tqC

The world hit a somber milestone Tuesday as the global death toll from COVID-19 has now topped one million, according to Johns Hopkins University. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jgyHPn

The ending of a biblical story where a woman was forgiven by Jesus after committing adultery has been altered in a Chinese textbook to make our Savior out to be a killer.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/36c7WIg

The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC will host Professor R. Steven Notley on Oct. 1 for a special event called "Locating the Lost City of the Apostles," which will focus on the biblical city of Bethsaida-Julias. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2S2qD99

Friday night begins a long-awaited time of public prayer and worship in the nation’s capital. From a Friday evening worship to a noon prayer march on Saturday and an all-day assembly called “The Return,” all on the National Mall. Saturday is intended to be a serious day before God with organizers saying the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2S0O7ey

At least two people were wounded in a knife attack Friday near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, police said Friday. A suspect has been arrested. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mKWHfE

We've told you Iran is changing and now we know it's a dramatic transformation. A first-of-its-kind survey reveals significant shifts in Iranians' attitudes toward religious beliefs and their authoritarian government.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/305DECW

Two million people have died and millions remain homeless in Sudan following three decades of Civil War and efforts to resist Islamic Sharia law. Now that has ended, bringing new hope for the Sudanese people. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3j3DLqs

From police brutality to pandemic lockdowns, Americans protesting is a common sight from coast to coast. But some demonstrations are moving beyond marches and picket signs. They're aiming to shut down businesses and silence people.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3co4g7n

Police in northern India told a pastor to stop worshipping inside his home and forced him to sign a document assuring that he won't do it again. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mEuyah

The Chinese government remains insistent in their efforts to persecute Christians while threatening drastic measures toward anyone who resists their authority.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/362MzZE

A school assistant and mother of two children in the United Kingdom, who was fired by her employer last year after sharing two Facebook posts about transgender individuals and sex education, will finally have her chance in court this week to get justice under the law. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2RMJg0I

Depending on the source, there are an estimated 153 million orphans around the world. And while 2020 isn't what any of us expected with COVID-19 disruption and devastation, these 153 million children have been impacted especially hard.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/35PrbqV

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Southern California late Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mEJS6O

A court in China’s southern Fujian province has summoned a house church preacher and his wife for not sending their children to public school, choosing instead to homeschool them. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2RMRWnr

At least a dozen young Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and journalists have been held in prison by China's communist regime for two weeks, and their families are growing increasingly worried. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2H3VCiD

"If we are silent about this, we are in some way complicit," former NFL Star Ben Watson said calling attention to the horrific acts against thousands of Christians in Nigeria. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2HclcSP

An Arkansas woman with no history of mental illness said she suddenly found herself in deep emotional turmoil in 2006, with doctors unable to diagnose her rapidly deteriorating condition. Now, she’s speaking out, explaining that she believes she experienced a dramatic demonic possession — and healing. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kjRmKm

Congregations of the Southern Baptist Convention are being encouraged to use the alternate name, "Great Commission Baptists," when referring to the largest Protestant denomination in the US. It's an unofficial name that was first approved in 2012. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/35KCO29

A Christian watchdog group has shined the spotlight on the widespread practice of abduction and trafficking of Coptic Christian women and girls in Egypt and how they are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kpWigU

During the mid-1980s, a young Hormoz Shariat was earning his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. That’s when his life changed forever. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FCOCJb

US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and former NFL Star Benjamin Watson will join John Stonestreet, the president of the Colson Center at an International Committee on Nigeria press conference today to condemn the religious persecution and genocide taking place in Nigeria, and call on the U.S. government to take action from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mrSLQJ

The deal is sealed – at the White House on Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Israel. President Trump brokered the deal, and he predicts more Arab countries will soon join the "circle of peace." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33xtqw9

In the last three years, the US has dramatically slashed the number of refugees allowed into the country. With a looming Oct. 1 deadline to decide on a FY2021 allocation, refugee advocates are asking the Trump administration to reverse the trend. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2E20Yd6

The much anticipated Bible Reading Marathon begins today in Washington DC and will run until September 16. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2FgtOax

Dave Eubank and his wife Karen have become unique and remarkable modern-day missionaries. From the jungles of Burma to the deserts of Sudan, Iraq and Syria, they have spent their adult lives bringing help, hope and love to some of the world's most war-torn areas.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bJNrmQ

Beginning this month, all schools in England are required to teach an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32faxio

A Christian man has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly sending "blasphemous" text messages to his Muslim supervisor.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/35i7dVv

More than 1.8 million people tuned into Greg Laurie's new film "A Rush of Hope" over the Labor Day weekend, breaking all attendance records in Harvest Crusades' 30-year history of holding annual outreach events. Most importantly, Laurie said there were over 17,000 professions of faith that the Harvest team received from people who decided to follow Jesus after watching the movie.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3m4pz2b

An Ethiopian Christian leader says it's time to launch an international inquiry after hundreds of Christians were murdered – including pregnant women, children, and whole families – by Muslim extremists in parts of the Oromia regional state since the end of June.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/33cxTnJ

A Christian pastor in the United Kingdom was told by the local police that if he offends the LGBT community with a social media comment he could be breaking the law, even though a pro-LGBT mob threatened to burn down his church.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bKP5on

Promise Keepers, a Christ-centered organization dedicated to helping men grow in their Christian faith, will live stream a special encore presentation of this year's 2020 Global Digital Experience.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lXwMAV

For years, missions groups have been talking about the rapid growth of Christianity in Iran and now a survey of Iranian citizens is backing up those claims. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lTSOVu

“One evening in late June, gunmen stormed a village in northern Burkina Faso,” the Washington Post reported, “and ordered people who had been chatting outside to lie down. Then the armed strangers checked everyone’s necks, searching for jewelry. They found four men wearing crucifixes — Christians. They executed them…” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jNQnSu

A recent story on CBN News on the left-wing insanity infecting academia today included a tweet by Timothy Snediker, a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prof. Snediker tweeted that if he had a time machine, he'd go back and "assassinate Jesus of Nazareth." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2GvPIqq

It was last November that the pastors of VIVE Church based in Palo Alto, California, first shared with members their vision to help pay off medical debt smothering the lives of millions of people. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jKUVZJ

The ongoing wave of persecution against Chinese Christians has targeted some new victims: a pastor's wife and some young children learning music. Police and the communist government's religion bureau officials reportedly raided a house church's summer camp in Gushi located in the province of Henan. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lTtNd1

Are Russia and Turkey moving closer to a military alliance that was foretold in biblical prophecy? Turkey has announced that Russia will conduct live-fire military exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea starting next week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2DvJe9V

The Trump administration faces an Oct. 1 deadline to decide how many refugees the US will admit in 2021. In the last three years, it has slashed the number dramatically.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Drb474

Officials on both sides of Afghanistan’s protracted conflict say efforts are ramping up for a start to intra-Afghan negotiations, a critical next step to a U.S.-negotiated peace deal with the Taliban. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jKwrzV

Malawi is one of the poorest and least developed nations in the world. Now, its people are hoping their new Christian president will help turn things around. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/32PxG9V