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• Woman Prays With Alleged Robber, Gives Him Hug: A man suspected of robbing an Indianapolis check cashing store removed the bullet from his gun after the clerk talked about God and prayed with him, police said. – Read more at ABC News
• Widow Of Murdered Illinois Pastor Still Prays For Suspect: The widow of the Ill. Pastor who was shot and killed as he was preaching to his congregation this past March says she continues to pray for her late husband’s alleged killer and hopes that he “finds peace with God.” – Read more at The Christian Post
• Teen Christian Runaway Ordered Back Home: Rifqa Bary, the Ohio runaway who converted from Islam to Christianity, has been ordered back to Ohio by a Florida judge. Bary insists her Muslim father has threatened to kill her. – Read more at CBN News or Watch the CBN video below:
  
• Priest Admits Fathering Child With Stripper: Former South Florida Catholic priest David Dueppen admits he fathered a baby with a former stripper and now wants custody of the girl. – Read more at Chicago Tribune
• Actor/Comedian/Writer Steve Harvey Shares Faith: Steve Harvey makes an emotional appearance on TBN’s “Praise the LORD” program and opens up about his frustration with religion. Watch the video below:
  

• Study Finds Students Religiously Illiterate: Half of American high-school seniors surveyed recently thought Sodom and Gomorrah were a married couple. A McGill University professor’s reference to the patience of Job drew blank stares from students in his religion course. – Read more at The National Post
• Convert From Hinduism Attacked After Church Since his conversion from Hinduism six years ago, Indian pastor Vanamali Parishudham has suffered opposition for his faith in Christ from other Hindus and even his parents. Most recently, Pastor Parishudham was physically attacked on his way to his home in Narketpalli, Andhra Pradesh. – Read more at Mission Network News
• Couple Sentenced In Death Of Sick Child A Wisconsin couple were sentenced to jail time on Tuesday for failing to seek medical attention for their ill daughter, renewing a debate in some circles over whether states should allow parents to practice spiritual treatments. – Read more at The New York Times
• Holy Land Theme Park Targeted For ‘Gay Day’ Members of the gay and lesbian community plan to visit the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday with hopes of bringing “a message of equality.” – Read more at Charisma Magazine

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• School Officials Cleared Of Criminal Charges In Prayer Case: Two school administrators from Florida’s Santa Rosa County School District were cleared Thursday of criminal contempt charges over a meal prayer. – Read more at The Christian Post
• Rape Victim Claims GOD Stopped Her Abortion Just In Time: A British policewoman and born-again Christian says it was a sudden and unexpected “rush of love” that in her mind transformed her unborn child, conceived in a date-rape, from “an alien” to a beloved daughter on the day of her scheduled abortion. – Read more at Christian Telegraph
• Survey: Many Woman Targeted By Church Leaders: One in every 33 women who attend worship services regularly has been the target of sexual advances by a religious leader, a survey released Wednesday says. – Read more at The Washington Post
• Boy Starts New School Year As ‘Girl’: A twelve-year-old boy has started at his new secondary school dressed as a girl and says he wants a ’sex change’ operation when he is old enough. Read more at The Christian Institute
• Doctors Let Premature Baby Die Because It’s A ‘Just A Fetus’: A young British mother has criticized medical guidelines that, she said, resulted in doctors refusing treatment and leaving her newborn premature son to die. – Read more at Life Site News

Fireside Pentecostal Assembly, Inc. does not necessarily endorse the links and/or information listed here; they are purely for educational/informational purposes.

• Chinese Christian Sentenced Jailed For Helping N. Korean Refugees: A Chinese Christian woman who aided North Korean refugees in their escape to South Korea was sentenced to ten years in prison, her family recently was notified. – Read more at The Christian Post
• Fragment Of Oldest Copy Of Bible ‘Found’: The Codex Sinaiticus, which appears to date from about AD350, is handwritten in Greek on animal skin and is the earliest known version of the Bible. – Read more at the Telegraph
• Thousands Of Christians To Gather To Pray For New ‘Great Awakening’: America is in need of a new “Great Awakening” – an awakening that some Christian leaders say can only come about if Christians get on their knees. – Read more at CNS News
• Believers Invest In The Gospel Of Getting Rich: Onstage before thousands of believers weighed down by debt and economic insecurity, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and their all-star lineup of “prosperity gospel” preachers delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the luxurious lives they had attained by following the Word of God. – Read more at The New York Times