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  Global survey reveals religion, prayer most important in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, least important in Western countries

  Europeans are least likely to say that religion is very important in their lives, compared to other parts of the world, and only 42 percent of Americans claim that religion is personally crucial to them. Other parts of the world responded more affirmingly on the importance of religion, specifically within sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. The picture was less clear in South and Southeast Asia, compared to the polarized views in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

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  Authorities try to thwart Christian, minority protests in Pakistan

  Despite attempts by the Pakistani government and Islamist groups to thwart protest rallies and marches, Christians in several cities came out in large numbers to mark National Minorities Day on Aug. 11, demanding an end to religious intolerance and abuse of blasphemy laws.

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  Mob tries to kill Christian mother accused of blasphemy in Pakistan

  A Muslim mob in Pakistan on Wednesday (Aug. 7) attacked and tried to kill a Christian mother accused of blasphemy, sources said.

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  Turkmenistan authorities threaten pastor, pressure relatives

  Authorities in Turkmenistan have threatened a church pastor with prison and pressured his non-Christian relatives to urge him to stop practicing his faith, according to rights group Forum 18.

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  Tributes to Rev. Jonah Lee: warmth and consideration credited for success as counselor and human rights activist

  The Reverend Jonah Lee, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Korea Community and representative of Holy Life, who had once been a homosexual but overcame it and became an ex-gay human rights activist, passed away on July 30 at the age of 76. “Reverend Lee was always honest and treated us like friends. He preached according to the Bible and allowed us to experience God’s grace. He overcame homosexuality by relying on Jesus' name and spent his life helping others recover from homosexuality in Jesus' wa

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  Authorities in Indonesia foil plan to bomb churches

  Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.

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  Survey reveals challenges, struggles of Christian youth in India, nation with largest number of young people in the world

  The Evangelical Fellowship of India has released its 2023-2024, 56-page ‘Survey of Youth Issues Among Christian Young People’ with data collected by Christ’s Love For All (CLFA) Youth Movement, focusing on the contemporaneous post-pandemic challenges and influences on Christian youth in the country.

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