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Michael Johnson, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, put this quote on one of his many Facebook posts during the extraordinary journey he led to bring supplies from Madison to the hurricane-ravaged people of the Texas coast and then to bring seven of them back to Madison: “So too, faith by itself, if it is not complemented by action, is dead.” (James 2:17)
In July when Sun-Prairie based nonprofit Hope 2 Others returned from its mission trip to Tanzania, it got right back to work preparing for its next trip. Part of the group’s trip in June and July was spent meeting with different tribes in Tanzania to gauge whether they would be interested in receiving two trainings Hope 2 Others offered – one called Helping Babies Breathe and another called Helping Babies Survive. The tribes were thrilled to hear about the training opportunities, said Hope 2 Others co-founder Karen Klemp.
They came from across the spectrum of Christian churches – evangelicals and progressives, large churches and small ones, downtown congregations as well as those east and west. They gathered to explore ways to work together to address the issues of violence in the Madison area. “Our churches are the strongest institutions in our community,” said Michael Johnson, CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County. But too often, he said, they are missing on the scene of a crisis and too often, they are not working together to make a difference.
The Benedictine Sisters at Holy Wisdom Monastery received the inaugural Assisi Award for faith-based conservation at the 28th International Congress of Conservation Biology’s Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia in front of nearly 1,500 attendees. The Assisi Award acknowledges organizations and individuals whose work demonstrates that faith-based conservation is contributing significantly to the common global effort of conserving life on Earth.
NASHVILLE (BP) — When millions gather Aug. 21 to view the first total solar eclipse the continental U.S. has seen in 38 years, they won’t just get an astronomy lesson. If they’re observant, they’ll also get a theology lesson. That’s the conclusion of three Christian university professors who told Baptist Press a total eclipse points to God’s existence, sovereignty, love, immutability and faithfulness.
The evil of racism is dominating our headlines and social media after the tragic events in and around Charlottesville, VA unfolded last weekend. Angry internet posts and bloggers abound. Deeply disturbing is that some white nationalists appeal to the Bible and to the church for support, which reminds us that racism is unfortunately intertwined with American church history.
A panel of faith leaders will come together Thursday night at 6:30 pm to discuss the “Christian response to all violence,” especially violence on the North Side, says organizer David Hart, senior pastor at Sherman Avenue United Methodist Church on Madison’s North Side. “Obviously in our city, there are resources for the South Side, the West Side, all of the sides of town, but I’m from here on the North Side of town and there has been a spike of violence that I haven’t seen before,” Hart says. But the conversation won’t be limited to what’s happening on the North…
A Madison religious school that has seen an enrollment boom under the state’s private-school voucher program will move within weeks to a newly renovated Southwest Side location offering triple the space for its students. Lighthouse Christian School, which has operated since 2004 out of Lighthouse Church at 5202 Regent St., will gets its own building at 6400 Schroeder Road, with space for up to 260 elementary students. The $3.6 million, two-phase project will increase classrooms from eight to 19 and will add a cafeteria, a library with computer lab and a gymnasium, among other improvements such as broader hallways, more…
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. – A half a world away from the NICU at Meriter Hospital, a group of nurses are delivering hope to mothers and children in villages in Tanzania. “Mothers deal with a lot of despair and hopelessness,” said Karen Klemp, co-founder of Bringing Hope 2 Others.
MADISON, Wis. – The start of the school year is right around the corner, and for Dane County’s first and only voucher school, that means students will begin the year in a fresh setting. Lighthouse Christian School prides itself on being diverse and bilingual, teaching in English and Spanish. The school has been expanding since it started its voucher program three years ago and has grown out of its old building, a church, at 5202 Regent Street.