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Sundays at the Movies … With Jesus

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20) Every Sunday morning, the movie theater Athena Grand in Athens, Ohio, has a special public – young couples with their babies and toddlers, grandmas and grandpas holding each other’s hands, college students, musicians donning […]

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Human Rights Violations in China Religious Persecution in China

A Tale of Two Christmas

​​“The Chinese authorities tolerate Christmas celebrations for their commercial “value” – Santa Claus and economic prosperity, but are intolerant of any celebration of the real meaning of Christmas.” On Christmas Eve of 2014, eight Chinese Christians, including their pastor, gathered at a church member’s house, preparing for a dinner to celebrate this greatest Christian holiday. […]