By Jeff Brumley Associated Baptist Press — Facebook turned 10 this month, eliciting countless articles and blogs about the cultural, personal and technological changes the world’s most popular social media site has generated in the past decade. But another area of major impact is faith. These days it’s a challenge to find a church, faith-based […]
Read More >WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb. 26, 2014 /Christian Newswire — With a goal of making the word of God and the power of prayer available anywhere and anytime, the Life Without Limbs ministry has launched a free, innovative mobile application now available for download from iTunes and Google Play to use on a variety of […]
Read More >HARRISBURG, PA / PRNewswire-USNewswire — Secretary of Health Michael Wolf and Physician General Dr. Carrie DeLone yesterday visited Hope Within Ministries, one of 40 new recipients to receive a grant through the department’s Community-Based Health Care Subsidy Program. The center will use its $190,096 grant to enhance its free primary care services to the underinsured […]
Read More >By Jeff Brumley ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS — A new study which shows the decline of religion in America may be worse than imagined but didn’t impress or shock Craig Nash, the community pastor at University Baptist Church in Waco, TX. For years now, Nash said he’s watched as study after study reports significant drops in […]
Read More >By Jeff Brumley Chris Wondree is a full-time seminary student and a student ministry intern at a Virginia church, all of which means he’s busy. Fortunately, Wondree said, the internet helps alleviate the stress of running back and forth between Second Baptist Church and Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. “Online courses make it possible to […]
Read More >NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Christian Newswire — In the aftermath of the Philippines’ Typhoon Haiyan — considered the strongest recorded storm ever to make landfall — the Knights of Columbus will donate more than $750,000 to assist in relief efforts. The Knights of Columbus committed $250,000 in the immediate aftermath of the storm, and raised […]
Read More >By Robert Dilday ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS — The Justice Department will appeal a federal court ruling last fall that allowing clergy to avoid paying taxes on a part of their income designated as a housing allowance violates the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. The department filed a notice of appeal with the Seventh […]
Read More >By Bob Allen HOUSTON / PRNewswire-USNewswire — On Saturday, June 7, 2014, Joel and Victoria Osteen will hold their 6th annual “America’s Night of Hope“ at Yankee Stadium; an evening of hope and inspiration expected to draw more than 55,000 people from across the country. This is the second America’s Night of Hope at Yankee […]
Read More >By Bob Allen ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS — Former congressman, U.N. ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young is a featured speaker at this year’s Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly June 23-27 in Atlanta, CBF coordinator of ministries Bo Prosser reported to the Fellowship’s Governing Board Jan. 23 at First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga. “Andrew Young […]
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