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Franklin Graham, the son of Billy Graham and the president of the relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, has announced he is traveling to Madison and the other 49 state capitals to “proclaim the Gospel, rally prayer for our country, and encourage Christians to vote for candidates with biblical values.” The tour will take place in 2016.
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) – A Wisconsin panel has approved an Eau Claire Amish family’s request for an exemption from the state building code. David Mortimer, who acts as an advocate for the Amish, says the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) approved John Yoder’s Religious Waiver from certain provisions of the Uniform Dwelling Code, including the requirement for smoke detectors and plumbing that meets state requirements. Eau Claire County officials had recommended that the request be rejected, saying lack of smoke detectors and proper plumbing is a threat to public health and safety.
“Good questions precede good solutions,” said John Terrill, the director of the Upper House on the UW-Madison campus. “That’s what Q is all about.”For the second time this year a diverse group of Madison area residents gathered at the Upper House for Q Commons, a provocative blend of ideas from local and national Christian leaders, well known and lesser known, designed to stimulate conversations and maybe some solutions. Q was originated by author Gabe Lyons who hosts the satellite feed that makes up half of the program.
Transforming philanthropy for Christian initiatives in Dane County is the mission of the Madison Christian Giving Fund. At a meeting at the Madison Club this morning, 54 people representing a variety of local churches and ministries worked at identifying the most pressing needs in the Madison area.
Rodger Frievalt used to be a believer pretty much only once a week – on Sundays when he went to church. Then, he said, miracles started happening before his eyes. Healing the sick. Restoring vision to the blind. And the dead returning to life.
CALEDONIA – Rawhide Boys Ranch, a faith-based ministry in the Fox Valley, celebrated 50 years on Saturday. The year was 1965. When John and Jan Gillespie saw a big house in Caledonia, “I made the comment, ‘Wouldn’t this make a nice boys home.'” The couple named the home Rawhide Boys Ranch. Over the years, the facility continued to grow.
The city of La Crosse told a pastor Tuesday that Wesley United Methodist Church’s policy of allowing homeless people to sleep in its courtyard overnight violates city ordinances. The minister counters that the case is a matter of religious liberty.
TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS – Olav Sigurd Kvaale was convinced he had seen the last of the nomadic building constructed in his homeland with the help of his grandfather in the early 1890s.But a year after visiting Little Norway, the church’s home for the last 80 years, Kvaale is back in this wooded valley east of Blue Mound State Park with a volunteer contingent of Norwegians who have a love of history and are handy with a pry bar.
Tony and Kelly Butler figure it’s been more than 20 years since the two of them took a weeklong vacation without at least some of their eight children along. Just such a rare trip — a “splurge,” as Tony Butler calls it — will happen later this month. The New Glarus couple is among area Catholics heading to the East Coast in hopes of seeing Pope Francis during his first U.S. visit.
For the sixth time, the New Life Band of Tanzania returns to Sun Prairie, using music to spread a message of hope. The New Life Band has partnerships with several churches across the United States and is spending two weeks in Wisconsin and Illinois performing at churches.