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Instead of helping poor people with charity that will eventually run out, it is more effective to lift people out of poverty through microfinance, says a Christian poverty expert. “If we give individuals food for today, what will happen tomorrow? They’re going to be hungry. If we give individuals clothes for today, they’re eventually going to wear out,” said Peter Greer, co-author of the new book The Poor Will Be Glad.
(RNS) In the world of faith-based social networking, evangelical Christian leader Mark Oestreicher commanded a huge chunk of cyberspace. Known as “Marko,” the technological hipster amassed 4,000 Facebook friends, 1,500 Twitter followers and 2,000 daily readers of his blog. But then he decided he’d had enough—and unplugged from his online circle of friends.
Planned Parenthood has been a part of Abby Johnson’s life for the past eight years; that is until last month, when Abby resigned. Johnson said she realized she wanted to leave, after watching an ultrasound of an abortion procedure.Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about.
EDMOND, Okla. | Sunlight through a tall stained-glass window reflects off a donated casket as 350 people came to pay tribute to Dwite Morgan’s 54 years on earth. To hear First Christian Church senior pastor Chris Shorow tell it, Mr. Morgan was a fixture in this affluent Oklahoma City suburb — a man with a life worth celebrating … even if he was homeless and frequented the church’s free-breakfast program.
Influential conservative leader James Dobson is planning to go off the air, his ministry reported Friday. In an announcement, Focus on the Family announced Dobson’s intention to remove himself as the primary radio voice of his daily radio broadcast at the end of February but made clear that the move was not prompted by health concerns.
The Christian church is engaging far less than 1 percent of the 70 million people who are active in the virtual world. This means the virtual world is by far the largest unreached people group on planet Earth, says one pastor.Douglas Estes, a pastor from San Jose, Calif., has no vested interest in virtual or internet churches – a relatively new phenomenon – but given the large "unreached" population on the internet, he says he has a desire to see healthy churches proliferate "regardless of context."
Concerned Americans are being encouraged to help raise awareness of the harms of pornography and highlight the need to enforce obscenity and related laws as they observe the 22nd annual White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) Week.From Sunday until Nov. 1, WRAP Week supporters will be displaying white ribbons, sending letters to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, contacting state and local officials, distributing flyers, and simply informing members of their church and the general public of the importance of obscenity laws at a time when such laws are not being enforced vigorously.
Man vs. Wild star Bear Grylls stopped by a Florida prison last week to tell inmates about the one survival tool he can’t live without: his faith. During a visit Thursday to the Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach, the British adventurer, who has eaten animal eyeballs and camel intestines and confronted some of the world’s most poisonous snakes on his popular Discovery Channel show, said his relationship with Christ is what gives him strength.
GRANTHAM, Pa. — The Messiah College women’s soccer team marches across campus, two by two, in its home whites, singing and clapping rhythmically an hour before kickoff.Glory, glory to the LambYou will take us into the land.We will conquer in Your nameAnd proclaim that Jesus reigns.
TESTIMONYThe experience of the Evangelical Catholic (EC) method of ministry profoundly affected my own practice of ministry because I witnessed first hand how very effective the EC can be. While serving as a campus minister at St. Paul’s University Catholic Center in Madison, WI, we brought in the EC and saw our ministry flourish. Since then, I have imported their method to Harvard Catholic Student Center, where I now serve. Again a sense of renewal and rebirth of the faith and love for the Church has followed.