NEW YORK/PRNewswire/ — United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church, has been in contact with local partners after a mile-wide tornado claimed dozens of lives and injured hundreds in Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. Greg Forrester, the executive in charge of U.S. Disaster Response for UMCOR, implored […]
Read More >CHARLOTTE, N.C./Christian Newswire/ — Crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team are being deployed to Moore, OK, the suburb of Oklahoma City that sustained a direct hit from a massive two-mile wide tornado earlier today. Dozens of people were killed, and many more are wounded or missing in the wake of the tornado. […]
Read More >WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — The Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck (pronounced “Shank”), president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council and chairman of the Evangelical Church Alliance International, will be present at the State Department today when Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, the Rev. Dr. Suzan D. […]
Read More >ROME / Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States / Christian Newswire/ — On the Friday before Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis is set to “unlock” a new media initiative of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States — MISSIO App. “This App is a way for the Church and our Holy Father to reach […]
Read More >returning this December — celebrated churches that demonstrated best practices in the areas of FACILITIES, FINANCE, FUNDRAISING, LEADERSHIP, SAFETY & SECURITY and TECHNOLOGY.
Read More >SCHAUMBURG, IL/INFINITY CONCEPTS, LLC —Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) provides state-of-the-art, integrative cancer care that combines advanced technology with a personalized approach. At CTCA, patients receive continuous care from a dedicated team, including oncologists, surgeons, radiologists and integrative care clinicians, as well as a committed pastoral care team who embrace and support their patients’ […]
Read More >CARNEGIE, PA/PRNewswire-USNewswire — Today, in celebration of the 60th National Salvation Army Week, FedEx is donating a custom $100,000 Disaster Response Unit (DRU) to The Salvation Army — the first vehicle of its kind to be used in Western Pennsylvania. The new DRU will help Salvation Army workers and volunteers better serve the community by […]
Read More >By Bill Wilson, ABPNews.com ASSOCIATED BAPTIST NEWS — Good preaching comes in a myriad of forms in a multitude of settings. Don’t let anyone fool you: there is no one way to preach a sermon, as the diversity of styles that have developed over the last 2,000 years attest. There are, however, common traits that […]
Read More >A jubilant graduate shares his thoughts during Grand Canyon University’s commencement ceremony. GCU conferred more than 16,100 degrees, the most in its 64-year history. (PRNewsFoto/Grand Canyon University)
Read More >A recent Associated Baptist Press article by Ken Camp, managing editor of the Baptist Standard, spotlights the ever-growing use of communication technology and its implications for churches. ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS/Ken Camp — Social media may link people across the globe, while at the same time segmenting them generationally, one of American’s foremost scholars on technology […]
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