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A preacher in China's Sichuan province is asking for prayers as his family continues to face persecution from communist authorities - even while they're at home. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/31itUsK

Simone Peer never saw anything wrong with being a white witch. In her mind, it was the 'good side' of the occult. Simone grew up learning about the occult from her mom, who consulted psychics, and spirits. "Horoscopes, numerology, the Ouija Board, seeing ghosts, psychic phenomenon, was normal." from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2QirCEm

A Catholic priest said he believes the COVID-19 pandemic is behind the rise in people asking for exorcisms. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bn6qEm

This week's military coup in Sudan may have had more to do with stopping the advance of Islamic extremism in the region than it did with quashing democracy. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3GAxbDF

President Joe Biden and Pope Francis met Friday at the Vatican to discuss big issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and poverty.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bnFGnn

On Halloween, some kids will dress up as witches and devils, or even seemingly harmless costumes like puppies and pumpkins, and go trick-or-treating. But an ex-Satanist is warning Christians against doing that. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3vUI6n3

The White House on Wednesday responded skeptically after Iran's chief negotiator announced that Tehran was ready to return to nuclear negotiations in Vienna by the end of next month. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Zx2A9I

An elderly pastor who was kidnapped earlier this month by armed men dressed as Haitian National Police officers has reportedly been released. The 79-year-old pastor's ransom had been paid, but then his captors refused to release him. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3ClTs5X

One woman recently shared her story about converting from Islam to Christianity and the overwhelming peace she felt for the first time after praying to Jesus. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3bf9Wk7

A group of Egyptian Coptic Christians have been missing in Libya for nearly a month, sparking fears that an armed group abducted them from the north African country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pJy3Aa

A cyberattack crippled gas stations across Iran on Tuesday, leaving angry motorists stranded in long lines. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3vRL2Ro

Best-selling Christian author and preacher Max Lucado has shared an update on his health crisis, crediting God's "hand of grace" for reducing the size of his aneurysm. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jDO1rM

A Canadian pastor, who was arrested last week for reportedly violating COVID-19 health orders, spent an extra night in jail after police said he wouldn't be released unless he agreed to stop preaching in church. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XPtfh2

Family members of the 17 missionaries abducted in Haiti earlier this month continue to hold out hope — and to grant incredible grace to the captors — as the potentially deadly situation stretches into its tenth day. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2Zprqrj

An atheist activist group is demanding that a Texas school district halt participation in fundraising efforts for Operation Christmas Child, an annual charity created by Christian relief agency Samaritan’s Purse. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3nrspzK

 As the US struggles daily with illegal immigration along the southern border, one European nation is unapologetic about its efforts to protect its culture from migration despite intense global criticism. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3b605xc

A university in the United Kingdom has come under fire for its online "toolkit" which critics have called out as a guide for students to make money by creating their own pornography. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3nqSEpV

Sudan's information ministry says the country's interim Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok is under house arrest and being forced to issue a message in support of a military coup. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pzTvrk

Efforts to build a massive Christian monument in the U.K are shaping up now that a charity based out of the U.K. has raised over $2.5 million. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pzcJ0a

Three Kachin pastors were among the 5,600 prisoners freed by the Myanmar military government last week. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3m8ceI4

The Financial Times reported last week that China tested a new nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, a development that surprised U.S. intelligence agencies. This comes as China also continues to develop its conventional military capabilities. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3vF7LzV

It was 1517 when events in Wittenberg, Germany kicked off the Protestant Reformation. But what has come of Martin Luther's reformation, more than 500 years later? from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3niXHbZ

The boss of a notorious Haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group last weekend is warning that the hostages will be killed if his demands aren't met. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jpAy6F

“The fear was overwhelming.” This is just one of the ways in which ex-medium Ivani Greppi described her childhood — a Brazilian upbringing that was deeply steeped in the occult. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3nkvkKD

Two-year-old Alta Fixler died Monday when her life support was turned off following an intense legal battle between the toddler’s parents and the National Health Service. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3G66zdE

Last week, it was reported that a Bible app and Quran app had been removed from Apple's App Store in China following pressure from the Chinese government. This is hardly surprising behavior from the Chinese Communist Party. But now, an American company has been enlisted to do its dirty work. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3jma1as

Sarah Davis, daughter of the late evangelist Ravi Zacharias, will step down from her role as CEO of her father's organization to begin her own ministry. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3C65sYX

A military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack on Wednesday, but U.S. officials said no American troops stationed there were injured or killed. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3G4Eeo7

The Haitian gang that kidnapped 17 missionaries from the United States and Canada wants $17 million in ransom for their safe release.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AWIli8

Even though much of what's happening in Afghanistan isn't making headlines now, the situation is still critical for Americans and others attempting to leave the country. Circumstances are also increasingly dire for ordinary Afghans. NBC News reports millions of them now face a daily fight with hunger.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3n7Bspw

Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader declared for the first time on Monday that his powerful militant group has 100,000 trained fighters. His speech appeared to be meant as a deterrent to domestic foes following the nation’s worst internal violence in years. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3FZzDDD

"Prayer is the answer. God is in complete control, even though it appears to be utter chaos for mankind."  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3pgfJhS

The U.S. government is working with Haitian authorities to try to free 17 U.S. and Canadian missionaries from a U.S.-based missionary group, abducted by a gang notorious for killings, kidnappings, and extortion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3DSxxDK

China’s economic growth is sinking under pressure from a construction slowdown and power shortages, prompting warnings about a possible shock to its trading partners and global financial markets. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3aP91qq

Apple is complying with the regime in China to remove Quran and Bible apps from its App Store there – the latest effort to suppress religious activity in the communist country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3BS9Ydt

A legal battle over trauma therapy and same-sex attraction is being launched in California's court system. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3vixNJ8

An urgent prayer request was issued after a group of 17 missionaries and family members, mostly Americans, were abducted in Haiti on Saturday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lQmkNW

In these turbulent times, people are leaning on the Word of God more than ever, and that’s why Tyndale House Publishers is working to launch 125 different types of Bibles in one of the most popular translations this year. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3FVImqv

Eleven students drowned and 10 others were rescued during a school outing for a river cleanup in Indonesia’s West Java Province, officials said Saturday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2XmfqXc

Ronnie Floyd, a former pastor and the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee, has resigned his post with the denomination amid division over its handling of an investigation into 20 years of sexual abuse allegations. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3p6ZrI3

Craig Deall's family farm was seized by the Zimbabwe government 20 years ago without any compensation. Rather than fight or flee, Dealls's faith compelled him to forgive  - a decision that has reaped a great harvest in more ways than one.   from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mWBaBC

British Conservative lawmaker David Amess has died after being stabbed Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3p5OPcd

Heavy gunfire broke out Thursday in Beirut during a protest organized by the Hezbollah group against the judge leading the probe into last year’s blast in the city's port. At least six people were killed and dozens wounded in the most violent street fighting in the Lebanese capital in years. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3FResmW

Deadly gunfights in Beirut have left six people dead and dozens more injured during violent protests over an investigation into last year's huge explosion at a Lebanese port. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2YTvfoZ

A video of a father and son weeping tears of joy after the birth of their newest family member is touching the hearts of thousands who have viewed the special moment from earlier this year. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mVGLrL

North Korea put on one of its largest displays of military hardware and advanced weapons systems in decades to mark the 76th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mQxzFf

According to Israeli actress-turned-author, Noa Tishby, Israel is the most misunderstood country in the world. She's written a book to educate people around the world about her homeland in Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3j2pgVM

World leaders gathered in Malmö, Sweden on Wednesday for the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance where they blamed social media for fuelling the global rise in anti-Semitism. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3FEYeNX

A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lEIti4

A Columbian nun who spent more than four years in captivity by Islamists in Mali, Africa was finally freed on Saturday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3BGmBrU

Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon's main oil facilities in the country's south Monday after it sent orange flames and a thick black column of smoke into the sky. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3Dwofgi

Lebanon’s electric grid is back online after the army supplied fuel to two key power stations.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lujj5o

Lebanon’s electric grid is back online after the army supplied fuel to two key power stations.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uZ1tuB

The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's new Taliban rulers, the Taliban said Sunday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3oMV0lh

A mob of 200 radical Hindu nationalists attacked congregants at a church in India's Uttarakhand state last week. Christian leaders are now demanding that authorities take "strict action" against the attackers. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mA5d1Q

Social media can be great; it provides a bridge to people with whom we might otherwise rarely — if ever — connect. As believers, it can also give us access to specific details, so that our prayers can be more attuned to the myriad needs that exist in the world. But if ever there was a double-edged sword, this is it. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uYCaZv

Fulani militants reportedly went on a rampage from Oct. 1-5, killing six Christians and leaving several others wounded during attacks on multiple villages in Nigeria's Plateau State. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3Di56ie

Artur Pawkowski, the Canadian pastor known for his dustups with police for skirting draconian restrictions put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, is warning Americans the same kind of authoritarianism is coming to the U.S. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3lrS9fA

In 2013, China's President Xi Jinping said that "whoever controls data has the upper hand." Xi has been on a technological quest to build what some call a blueprint for a digital dictatorship ever since. It would not only allow China's communist government to control huge volumes of data on its own citizens but also of those around the world. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3loazxT

A former African slave is telling Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory advocates that they need to go back to school to understand what is happening in Africa today and to learn that the United States offers them unique opportunities that they are unlikely to find elsewhere. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3BrIuer

In recent weeks, more than 15,000 Haitian migrants have entered the United States by crossing the Rio Grande River near Del Rio, Texas.  But as CBN News has witnessed firsthand here in Central America, an even bigger wave of Haitians is on their way. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iGbW9u

In Afghanistan's arena of fear, the children of Kabul are asking a remarkable question: "Is Jesus here now? Can we meet him?" from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3AeQpKQ

As extreme Islamic rule returns to Afghanistan, members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) are sounding the alarm on religious persecution to restore peace and equal rights for religious minorities. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3atTxZ3

The BBC's longest-running television series, "Songs of Praise" is celebrating 60 years on air with nearly 3,000 episodes. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iG1IFX

A Christian nurse in the United Kingdom has sued her former employer, alleging she was intimidated and forced out of her job because she wore a cross on a necklace while at work.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iDdKQs

A stunning report released Tuesday estimates that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uGYJ4Z

A furious Muslim mob in northern Nigeria's Kano state burned down a pastor's home, church, and school then hacked him to death with machetes as a form of retaliation. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mkvile

Relatives of Central American migrants are sharing stories about their family members being kidnapped and held for ransom in Mexico as they tried to make their way to the U.S.- Mexican border.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mn2t7Y

China's communist military flew another 56 fighter planes toward the independent country on Taiwan on Monday in the largest show of force on record, continuing three days of sustained military harassment against the self-ruled island. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3iwMlQ7

A 16-year-old Christian boy from north India's Bihar state has passed away following a brutal attack on Aug. 11 when unknown assailants threw acid on him. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uzzNMN

At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast at the entrance to a Kabul mosque Sunday, a Taliban official said, describing the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since U.S. forces left at the end of August. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mlrGzB

Artur Pawlowski, the Canadian pastor who gained international media attention over his refusal to comply with draconian pandemic restrictions forcing him to shutter his church, was arrested again Monday. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3uyzO3j

In countries around the world where Christians and other religious minorities face persecution, oftentimes they're not even left alone after they die. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3mnefzk

CBN Founder Pat Robertson, America's longest-running TV host, is stepping down from his role as daily host of The 700 Club. "'Good and faithful' doesn't even begin to describe my father's service to CBN for 60 years," says CBN CEO Gordon Robertson. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3A3hVL4

World boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has said goodbye to his boxing career, taking on an even bigger fight as he runs for the Philippine presidency in 2022. "The most important thing is we glorify God in our daily lives," he told CBN News. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kZU8rn

Promoting religious freedom around the world is an American priority. However, when it comes to dealing with fragile states like Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen, U.S. officials have to get creative. Punitive policies like sanctions can weaken already dysfunctional governments and further devastate conditions on the ground for people of faith. Instead, a "love thy neighbor" approach proves more effective. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kZAPyv

CBN Founder Pat Robertson, America's longest-running TV host, is stepping down from his role as daily host of The 700 Club. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3kVLcTQ

North Korea said Friday it had test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in the fourth round of weapons firings in recent weeks, even as it pushes to reopen dormant communication channels with South Korea in a small reconciliation step. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2WzPwPm