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A well-known pastor and author says that he failed to live up to a biblical standard of leadership while engaging in a frequent relationship of messaging with a woman who was not his wife.

Matt Chandler, the lead pastor at Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, told the congregation on Sunday, August 28, that the elders of the church have decided to place him on a leave of absence immediately.

Last month, Pastor Satish Kumar and his family were invited to a birthday celebration of a 6-year-old girl in the North Indian state Haryana. The joyous birthday celebration turned into a nightmare for him and his family. He was accused of forcing conversion to Christianity by a Bajrang Dal mob, a Hindu nationalist group associated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Authorities in China on officially “liquidated” a historical house church in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, on Aug. 19 as part of a crackdown on churches that refuse to join the state-controlled Three-Self Church, rights advocates said.

This summer, rains and flooding have killed over 900 people in Pakistan. That number comes from Pakistan’s Minister of Climate Change. The worst damage happened in the southern portions of the country, specifically in the Balochistan region.

Tensions heighten in the Ukraine war as Russian ally Belarus says its warplanes can now carry nukes.

On Friday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spoke against a general threat from Western forces:

“Everything was ready (referring to modifications made to Belarusian warplanes to carry nuclear weapons). It’s not a good idea to escalate things with Belarus because that would be an escalation with the Union State (of Russia and Belarus) which has nuclear weapons. If they start to create problems … the response will be immediate.”

When award-winning hip-hop artist Brinson Wright was just four years old, he was given a cassette tape containing the song 'Bible Break' by Stephen Wiley (regarded as the godfather of Christian rap). That planted a seed in his heart. 

Brinson grew up knowing that the spoken rhymes of rap and the spoken words of the gospel were not mutually exclusive and that music and ministry could be intertwined and used to edify and reach the often unreachable youth audience. 

A thousand acres, a few good friends, and a whole lot of faith are keeping a 105-year-old farmer going just south of the border.

Earl Mallinger operates a 1,000-acre beet farm outside Oslo, Minn., where he was born in 1917. Through the years he's seen a lot of good and bad while working the land, including plenty of years with difficult flooding along the Red River, he tells WDAY TV from Fargo, N.D.

Recently, Open Doors, a persecution watchdog, shared the plight of the Sri Lankan church. The country has found Itself in unprecedented economic and political turmoil, and the Sri Lankan church is caught right in the middle. Even as believers are struggling to attend church during the fuel shortage, churches are stepping up to provide for their communities.  

No Greater Love, a film highlighting the incredible life and love of Mother Teresa, will be in theatres for only two days this October. 

Mother Teresa of Calcutta is well-known for her selfless giving and serving the destitute as if they were Christ. She did this through her foundation, the Missionaries of Charity. 

Born in 1910, Mother Teresa lived until she was 87 years old and died on September 5, 1997. 

Shelley Thody's childhood started great. She went to church regularly and knew that she loved Jesus. 

As she grew older, she stopped reading the Bible and moved further away from Jesus. 

By the time she was in grade 12, she had moved, met new people and made some unhealthy choices. 

"When we moved from St. Albert to Calgary, we kind of stopped making it a regular thing to go to church, and it was becoming a bit distant," said Shelley. "It's interesting because my life started to change a little. I started to feel down. It was not like my personality at all."