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Islamic extremists waging an insurgency in northern Mozambique have increasingly targeted Christians and church buildings in the first three months of this year.
As a result, priests and their followers — a total of 100,000 people — have been forced to flee following increased attacks that have left scores of dead and some church buildings destroyed.
The renewed attacks are coming at a time when the Mozambican government has been celebrating what it claimed to be a victory over the insurgency that has been raging in the Northeastern Cabo Delgado province for the past seven years.
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Worship musician Jeremy Riddle has been removed from the Arise Shine Conference lineup in early May at Radiant Church in Michigan, following allegations he spiritually abused former staff at the embattled Dwelling Place in Anaheim, California.
“After a discussion between Jeremy and Katie Riddle and Radiant Church along with prayerful consideration, it has been decided that Riddle will not be joining us at the Arise Shine Conference this year,” a statement on Arise Shine’s Instagram page said.
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A pastor and elementary school teacher in a small city on the shore of Puget Sound in Washington has been arrested and charged with nine counts of child molestation, according to Pierce County Superior Court records.
Jordan Henderson, a worship pastor at Wellspring Fellowship in Lakebay and teacher at public elementary school, was charged with nine counts of sexual molestation, involving children under 12 years old, court records reported. The 34-year-old pastor was arrested by Pierce County Sheriff’s office, following a two-month investigation, according to Fox 13.
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United Methodist officials are acknowledging a struggle to get delegates from Africa and other non-U.S. parts of the church to General Conference, the crucial legislative assembly that convenes today in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Commission on the General Conference reported in a press release on April 18 that 269 delegates — representing 73% of the allotted delegates from Africa, the Philippines, Europe and Eurasia — are confirmed. But the commission said 39 such delegates — 11% — will not be attending and no replacements will be available.
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Megachurch pastor John Lindell apologized to his congregation Sunday for inviting sword-swallower Alex Magala and disgraced pastor Mark Driscoll to the Stronger Men’s Conference two weekends ago in Springfield, Missouri.
The apology follows a week of controversy sparked by Driscoll’s sharp condemnation of Magala’s “strip” act and Lindell’s initial defense of Magala’s act and rebuke of Driscoll for alleged divisive and “demonic” actions.
“I want to apologize and let you know I take full responsibility for the decision that was made to invite Mark Driscoll and Alex Magala to the Stronger Men’s ..read more
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Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday, clearing the way for the measures to go to the Senate.
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, was among those lobbying Johnson, himself a Southern Baptist, on behalf of Ukrainian and American Baptists concerned about the plight of Ukrainian Christians.
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Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and a driving force behind the ReAwaken America Tour, has a new show he’s taking on the road, a 127-minute hagiographic documentary chronicling his fight against the “Deep State” — a shadowy cabal of government operatives that Flynn insists are fixated on destroying him and his former boss.
“I’m surprised they haven’t killed me,” Flynn tells the camera in “Flynn.” “I’m surprised they’ve let me continue to live.”
“Flynn,” the film, poses as a straight-laced documentary but is starkly silent about Flynn’s current mission ..read more
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Zimbabwe’s renowned cleric and Prophetic Healing and Deliverance founder Walter Magaya recently built a modern soccer stadium in less than six months at his Yadah Complex in Waterfalls, Harare.
The project comes at a time when Magaya is facing several allegations, including rape and fraud.
In a circular published last year by the Confederation of African Football, the country does not have a stadium certified to host international matches. The memo also included a list of stadiums in Africa, approved to host the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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The religious freedom case pitting a Christian group against local activists over Sunday access to a New Jersey beach may not be resolved in time for this summer.
A hearing — originally scheduled for April 17 — has been postponed and a new date of May 16 set, just two weeks before the traditional start of the summer beach season that takes place over Memorial Day weekend, the Asbury Park Press reported on Tuesday.
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The Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church is reporting that an online Q&A document it shared about the upcoming General Conference was maliciously altered.
“The counterfeit document was littered with disinformation about our denomination and reeked of a spirit of divisiveness and deceit,” said Dakotas Conference Bishop Lanette Plambeck in a press release.
She added: “To be clear, the unauthorized edits do not reflect the responses or position of the Dakotas Conference or The United Methodist Church or our delegation (to General Conference).”
The matter has been turned over to ..read more