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Eleven years ago, Lisa Thompson prayed for a passion, a cause she could champion. Formerly an office manager for a private investigator and an English teacher in China, Lisa was looking for her life’s calling.Today Lisa, 37, serves as The Salvation Army’s Liaison for the Abolition of Sex Trafficking. Read more of this story.
Recent polls have shown Americans are losing confidence in religious institutions, but at the same time, an interest in spirituality has been on the rise. In search of new alternatives to houses of worship, a growing number are moving from pews to Internet portals to find God in cyberspace.Read more of this story.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–When ABC network television’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition producers brainstormed about the 2008 season finale, their thoughts turned to New Orleans.Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a television program in which a family — in this case, the Noah’s Ark Missionary Baptist Church family — receives a new or renovated home at no cost. This is the first church building to receive Extreme Makeover’s attention.Read more of this story.
When it was formally introduced last August, GodTube was the fastest-growing Web site, as rated by comScore, attracting 1.7 million unique visitors for the month. The traffic remains about the same today. “People thirst for more than just a once-a-week relationship with the Lord and Savior,” said Jason Illian, Big Jump Media’s chief strategy officer. “They desire something that they can live out 24/7.”Read more of this story.
After modeling a seeker-sensitive approach to church growth for three decades, Willow Creek Community Church now plans to gear its weekend services toward mature believers seeking to grow in their faith.Read more of this story.
Problem: Most churched high school students do not make it through college with their faith intactThe faith disconnect that occurs when Christian high school students make the transition to college or career (Lifeway Research’s survey from August 2007 shows the dropout rate at 70 percent) is not necessarily something that students plan. The problem is usually that students do not have a mature faith that they will continue to nurture when they are away from the influence of their parents.Read more of this story.More on this topic: "Raised in the Church" – The Stamford Advocate
EP News— The first volume in the “Chronicles of Narnia” film series was a good-but-not-great movie. The Christian imagery was present but not overbearing – just as Lewis would have liked, no doubt. And though the movie was 10 minutes too long, the story moved well enough.Now comes volume II, “Prince Caspian.” It’s shorter, spiritually darker, and has much more action. All of which means that while “Caspian” may not be a better book (Narnia buffs argue about which book is the best), it is a better movie than “The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.”Read more of this story.A…
As Israel this month celebrates the 60th anniversary of its creation as a modern nation — and the Palestinian Arabs in Israel and displaced to surrounding nations lament the destruction of their way of life in the process — Father Elias Chacour was in Madison talking Wednesday evening to several hundred people about his work as a leader of Palestinian Christians. Read more of this story. A Palestinian Christian finds the path from hate to forgiveness – Christian History and Biography magazine
"Shadowlands" comes to life under stage lights at Concordia University in Mequon through May 18 as Acacia Theatre Company presents William Nicholson’s dramatization of the late-life romance of renowned Oxford University author, scholar and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis with American poet Joy Davidman Gresham.Read more of this story.
The messages are simple enough. Some include a prayer, others offer stories or pictures.Then, slipped into the cyber-epistle, the kicker: If you love God and/or are not ashamed of your religious beliefs, forward the e-mail to a particular number of people.Read more of this story.