Green construction elements
Showcasing eco-friendly components in your new-build project conveys good stewardship — financial and environmental.
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Driven to distraction
Making the case for a church social media policy that prohibits texting while driving
Read More >Good Steward Awards 2013: Financial education/ministry
Asbury United Methodist Church (Madison, AL) A 2013 “Good Steward” Award winner in the area of financial education / ministry, in 2009 Asbury United Methodist Church launched a church-wide focus on financial repentance that included sermons, story-telling, and educational environments. The church registered about 970 individuals — at a time when it hosted 2,000 in […]
Read More >3 reasons to offer online giving
By Rachel McCall Cash and checks are quickly becoming a thing of the past as younger generations push to use debit and credit cards — a result of more online and mobile interactions. It’s no wonder, then, that more and more churches are contemplating online giving. Recently, NonProfit Times reported that churches and faith-based groups […]
Read More >Life Without Limbs Ministry Unveils New Roku Channel
AGOURA HILLS, Calif., May 28, 2014 /Christian Newswire — Life Without Limbs, a global ministry devoted to moving hearts and lives to God, has just announced the launch of an innovative new way to receive His message: a video channel accessible using Roku streaming media players. A promotional trailer for the new channel is now […]
Read More >10th Annual Church Security Conference
FRISCO, Texas, May 27, 2014 /Christian Newswire — The National Organization of Church Security & Safety Management (NOCSSM™) will present its Tenth Annual Church Security Conference to be held at New Life Church in Colorado Springs on August 8-9, 2014. Session highlights: “Initial Responder™” Tactics (What to do until SWAT gets there?), Pastoral Protection, Close […]
Read More >Baptist seminary in Pa. closes doors, citing online education competition
By Jeff Brumley ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS A proliferation of available seminaries and the rise of distance learning has led a Baptist school in Lansdale, Pa. to close its doors after holding its final graduation ceremony last week. According to a story published by The Reporter in nearby Towamencin, Pa., Calvary Baptist Seminary hosted its 35th […]
Read More >Community Bible Church launches faith-based channel for Amazon Fire TV streaming media player
SAN ANTONIO /Christian Newswire — In what is believed to be the first faith-based channel developed for Amazon Fire TV, Community Bible Church (CBC), an interdenominational church with a vast global following, has launched a channel for the popular new streaming media player. The CBC channel’s features include: Online Church: Music and messages accessible 24/7 […]
Read More >Memorial Day and remembrance
My grandparents called Memorial Day “Decoration Day.” Memorial Day dates back to three years after the Civil War (before their time), when the head of an organization of Union veterans established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. It is believed that date — […]
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