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WARSAW, POLAND (ANS) — More than 3,300 delegates from around the world have been gathering in Warsaw’s historic Palace of Culture and Science, a Soviet-era sky-scraper that was originally built in honor of Joseph Stalin, from May 11-13, for the World Congress of Families IV. Read more of this story.
Madison’s Nehemiah Community Development Corporation started out 15 years ago as a ministry outreach of Fountain of Life Family Worship Center with the mission Rebuilding Faith in our Communities. It went from a half dozen employees to two dozen about ten years ago after securing a Dane County contract to assist families struggling with the impacts of welfare reform. "It was a mixed blessing," says Nehemiah president Alex Gee. "We had been supported by small county contracts for in-home family therapy services. The big contract helped us grow from a community-based organization that served African Americans in south Madison to…
News Release(Madison, WI) – InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA will resume on-campus activities at Georgetown University this fall, as a recognized affiliate of the Office of Campus Ministry, after being disaffiliated nine months ago. “I am very pleased with this news,” said InterVarsity president Alec Hill. “I give a lot of credit to our staff and student leaders who did not overreact. They were firm but diplomatic in their dealing with university officials. We are grateful for the good spirit of dialog shown by Georgetown as this agreement was worked out.”Read more of this story
Science Daily — The long search for Herod the Great’s tomb has ended with the exposure of the remains of his grave, sarcophagus and mausoleum on Mount Herodium’s northeastern slope, Prof. Ehud Netzer of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archaeology just announced.Read more of this story.
Friends say he has flunked retirement, that he seems to prefer unpaved paths, that he is a human dynamo and a bionic man (thanks to three artificial hip surgeries).The Rev. John Rea Thomas of Madison acknowledges that he’s been a pioneer, of sorts, and lucky.Read more of this story.
Religious centers on campuses nationwide are seeing an increase in student involvement and interest in religious activities in the past few years.While many believe events like the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the Virginia Tech tragedy have correlated with the rise in religious beliefs on campuses, Christy Chappell, associate director of communications for Intervarsity, said students now turn to religion because they are now looking for a greater understanding of life’s questions. Read more of this story.
BARABOO — At a press conference held outside the chapel at Durward’s Glen, April 30, Magdalen College of Warner, N.H., announced its purchase of the property for use as an extension of its college.Read more of this story.
American troops in Iraq haven’t always had the equipment they’ve needed. Might many have to go to war now without the spiritual support they’ve traditionally had? The US Army is working hard to keep that from happening, but it confronts a severe shortage in its Chaplain Corps, particularly among the Army Reserve and Army National Guard.Read more of this story.
Starting May 7, abortion opponents will be demonstrating outside of Madison’s only abortion clinic by holding all-day prayer vigils at the site.Read more of this story.
"With the letters of the alphabet you can write any word that is known," said Professor Ron Tappy as he concluded his presentation Wednesday night for the 51st Annual Lecture of the Madison Biblical Archaeology Society and the University of Wisconsin Department of Hebew and Semitic Studies. "The alphabet represents infinity. From A to Z represents everything that is known."