By Eric Spacek, JD, ARM “Cyber bullying” — defined by National Crime Prevention Council as using the Internet, cell phones or other devices to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person — is a growing epidemic in America. According to National Education Association, cyber bullying affects nearly half of […]
Read More >Church Executive’s 2nd annual Good Steward Awards nomination deadline is closing September 16th! If you’d like to nominate a church that you feel exemplifies best practices in the areas of FACILITIES, FINANCE, FUNDRAISING, LEADERSHIP, SAFETY & SECURITY, and TECHNOLOGY please visit our website and complete a nomination form and give them the recognition they deserve […]
Read More >NEW HAVEN, CT / Christian Newswire — The Knights of Columbus set a new all-time record for charitable donations and service hours in 2012. The results of the K of C’s Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending Dec. 31, 2012, indicate that record amounts of money and hours — more than $167.5 […]
Read More >SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL /PRNewswire-USNewswire — Willow Creek Association, an organization that has equipped pastors and church leaders for more than 20 years, turns to world-class, forward-thinking leaders in business, education, social justice arenas, churches and the arts to impart hard-hitting leadership development to more than 75,000 leaders in the US on August 8 and 9. […]
Read More >NEW YORK/PRNewswire — Two ministry heavyweights, American Bible Society and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), are launching a three-year effort to eradicate biblical illiteracy among Hispanics. According to a recent study conducted by Barna Hispanics, in partnership with American Bible Society, the NHCLC and OneHope, while 87 percent of Hispanics own a Bible, […]
Read More >Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) — For the first time, the federal government has issued written guidelines for houses of worship that are confronted with a homicidal gunman. Vice President Joe Biden released the new rules on Tuesday (June 18), six months after the school shooting in Newtown, CT, that left 26 dead, […]
Read More >Each primary area of church insurance (property, liability, automobile and workmen’s compensation) bears lesser-known considerations.
Read More >By Rez Gopez-Sindac Each year for the past 13 years, Vineyard Boise in Boise, ID, has given away as many as 30,000 pounds of locally grown vegetables to needy families in the community as part of its weekly benevolence program. The fresh produce comes from Garden O’ Feedin’ — a three-acre sustainable community garden on […]
Read More >Pocket Audio Bibles bring peace and comfort by speaking God’s Word to America’s heroes in uniform ALBUQUERQUE, NM/PRNewswire-USNewswire — Since 2008, Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) has provided more than 300,000 Military BibleSticks to this nation’s brave men and women in uniform — free of charge. The small, portable digital device contains a dramatized recording […]
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