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Born-again Christian Chai Ling, former student leader of 1989 Tiananmen Square Protest in Beijing, testified before U.S. Congress on the eve of 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre her testimony of faith and conviction that both America and China “must repent and return to God” for both countries to be blessed by God.

Nick Vujicic spoke in Vietnam to a crowd of 35,000 people that is larger than when the national soccer team played the regional rival Indonesia; he talked about God and heaven, subjects that have been heavily censored in the communist country.

A set of national pro-life groups sent a letter on Thursday to the prosecutor in the Ariel Castro case, supporting her intention to charge Castro with murder for ending the pregnancies of the women he held captive in his Cleveland home.

Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins said on Tuesday that the company is looking at the future of tablets and investing R&D dollars into those projects.

Recently released New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has been ranked by Forbes.com survey as the most influential athlete of the year 2013, followed by Michael Phelp and Usain Bolts.

Evangelist Greg Laurie has asked for prayers instead of arguing with gay activists who are pushing for government officials to drop him from the National Day of Prayer event in Washington D.C. He is invited to lead in prayers as the honorary chairman.

NBA center Jason Collins has announced Monday that he is gay, which makes him the first male athlete in major American pro sports to announce that he is gay.

Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin has one more day to rest his chest until Game 3 in Houston scheduled for Saturday.

A woman who lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombings received answers to her unexpected loss after meeting Mike Coots, a surfer who had his lower-leg amputated as a result of a shark-bite.

Pastor Dennis Balcombe, a prominent U.S. church leader and pioneer of the Charismatic movement in China, clarified the reports of the Chinese authorities allegedly arresting him while he was in China for a prayer service.

Rick Warren has decided to pull out from a live webcast interview hosted at a major church planting conference in Orlando on Tuesday, where he would talk about his 27-year-old son's suicide.

Lu Lingzi's family asked that those who knew their daughter to carry on her "positive spirit and joy", and those who has now heard about her will "keep a memory of her in their hearts" in a letter issued Thursday.

Despite losing to the Phoenix Suns on Monday, Jeremy Lin and Houston Rockets remains determined to finish strong as they look ahead to their final game of the regular season against Los Angeles Lakers this Wednesday at Staple Center.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, remembered as “tough” and “controversial” during her time in office and the longest-serving, died Monday of a stroke at age 87.

Pastor Rick Warren posted a tweet Sunday morning, saying that he and his wife are "overwhelmed" by the outpouring condolences from the global Christian community and the public.

Saddleback Church Rick Warren disclosed today that his 27-year-old son had committed suicide Friday after a lifelong bout with mental illness.

Rev. Abraham Kun, senior pastor of New Life Church in Taipei, Taiwan, wrote on the church’s Facebook page, testifying of God’s faithfulness towards the celebrity converts who have recently started to attend New Life church and come to learn about God’s love and truth. These celebrities include Lulu Xu, Kirsten Rong-Hsuan Ren, and Hannah Quinlivan.

45 years ago on this date, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis after , Tenn., by James Earl Ray; his nephew Dr. Alvera King urges for America and the world to remember her uncle’s legacy in pointing people to the truth.

Good TV, a Taiwan-based Christian multi-media broadcasting company, has officially launched their Hong Kong operation, which will produce programs targeting over 128 million people in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong Province.

Seven buses full of Chinese-Americans flocked to the nation's capitol Washington D.C. to join the March for Marriage rally against same-sex marriage.

A seven-months pregnant woman was forcibly aborted of her son last Friday by China’s family planning officials who abducted her and took her to a hospital.

Dr. John Kao, founder and advisor emeritus of Association of Chinese Evangelical Ministries (Canada), died on March 24, 2013 at Mackenzie Health in Toronto, Canada. He was 79.

A poll conducted by MSNBC and Wall Street Journal showed that the majority of the public overall now backs same-sex marriage for the first time. A democrat pollster Joel Benenson then said that favoring same-sex marriage is rapidly becoming a prerequisite for any serious presidential candidate – of either party.

Having been the favorites of bullies, limbless evangelist Nick Vujicic recently wrote a letter to address the problem of bullying and call for Christians to take a stand.

The Chinese government admitted recently that over the last four decades the country has aborted 336 million unborn children.