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Department of Health leaders visit Hope Within Ministries Community Health Center, unveil grant recipients of 2013-2014 Community-Based Health Care Subsidy Program
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 >Ministers weigh options amidst major religious decline
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 >After initial skepticism, online theological education growing
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 >Knights of Columbus to donate more than $750,000 for relief efforts in Philippines
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 >Obama administration to appeal clergy tax ruling
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 >Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) general assembly to highlight diversity, top exec says
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 >Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) general assembly to highlight diversity, top exec says
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 […]
Read More >New relief bus for homeless funded and launched by Liquid Church of New Jersey and New York City Relief
NEWARK, N.J. / PRNewswire-USNewswire — This year, there will be a new bus route across downtown Newark, NJ, that hundreds of people will be lining up for — but won’t get on. That’s because the newly commissioned Relief Bus that will serve downtown Newark is a project of compassion led by the nonprofit New York […]
Read More >Faiths occupies most mind space of BRICS philanthropists in the U.S., a new study reveals
The Resource Alliance — A new study into the giving habits of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) diaspora communities in the United States reveals they’re more philanthropically conscious than ever before, and give regularly to faith-based institutions both in their home and adopted countries. Making a World of Difference: How BRICS Diaspora […]
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