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A tragic incident has shaken the Mobile, Alabama, community, where beloved pastor Robert Matthews of Joy Tabernacle Full Gospel Church was fatally shot by his daughter on October 20. His wife, Twinetta Matthews, was also shot during the attack but is expected to survive. Charity Aleis Matthews, 36, the couple’s daughter, was arrested and charged…

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A Minnesota church community is reeling from the shocking loss of Pastor Beau Shroyer, who was killed in an act of violence while serving as a missionary in Angola, Africa. Shroyer, 44, pastor of Lakes Area Vineyard Church in Detroit Lakes, was in the African nation with his family when the tragedy occurred on Friday.…

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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report revealing an alarming amount of state control from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over Christian churches in the country. The report reveals that the CCP has removed numerous Chrisian symbols from churches such as crosses, images of Mary in Catholic churches, and…

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A Vermont Christian school is seeking legal action after its girls’ basketball team was banned from the sports association for refusing to play a team that consisted of a biological male. February 2023, Mid Vermont Christian school’s girls’ basketball team qualified to participate in a state-sponsored sports league tournament. However, when they found out the…

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