The church needs to get involved in politics, Franklin Graham said last week at the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma State Evangelism Conference.Graham, president of Samaritan\'s Purse international relief organization and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, was one of eight guest ...
By the end of the Super Bowl game on Feb. 1 an estimated one million people will travel through Super Bowl Central, spanning 12 city blocks in Phoenix, to take advantage of family-friendly games and outdoor fan activities.Importantly, something on the order of a quarter of a million visitors here ...
Tim Knopps, head of the Timothy Institute of Evangelism in Oklahoma City, has coordinated big game evangelism efforts for 11 Super Bowls. This year he is working with AzEndgame, a network of churches, ministry groups and Southern Baptist associations across Arizona to bring the \"Good News of Jesus ...
The American Bible Society is leaving its historic headquarters on Broadway in New York to move to the historic district in Philadelphia by summer.The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the ministry\'s Chief Executive Officer Roy Peterson as saying the decision to leave NYC was \"heart-wrenching\" ...
Getting high and drinking problems were highlighted, sort of, in a recent Presbyterian Church (USA) special offering campaign intended to move church members to give and get involved. Instead the provocative marketing materials evoked controversy for being racially and culturally insensitive.
In 2007, the National Football League caused a panic and a tsunami of public outcry when it refused to allow Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis to show Super Bowl XLI at its campus as part of a fellowship for its members and an outreach to the community.The NFL objected to the church\'s ...
One of seven regional conferences this winter on \"Marriage Matters\" by the Presbyterian Church (USA)\'s pro-same-sex-marriage-arm Covenant Network of Presbyterians took place Saturday, January 24, at University Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.The day conference was designed to ...
Megachurch pastor Perry Noble continues to face criticism for declaring during a Christmas Eve service there actually is no Hebrew word for \"command\" in the Bible and the Ten Commandments are merely \"sayings\" or \"promises.\"
Billy Graham, the influential evangelist, may be weak in body, but his spirit is strong, his son Franklin said in a recent interview. The 96-year-old preacher has been hospitalized since 2013, when he underwent observation and lung tests, but his family says they\'re still blessed that he has his ...
When unrelenting malaria, typhoid, and a dislocated knee derailed this Houston missionary family from serving one African village, they prepared themselves to adjust to a new pace. But the premature birth and health problems of their newborn son finally drew them back to Texas where he was flown by ...
As the nation prepares to celebrate the Sancity of Human Life Sunday, January 18, and honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., Monday, January 19, a Pregnancy Care Center director reminds the nation there are alarming higher abortion rates for black women. Kathleen Shanks puts out a call to ...
The Massachusetts doctor who was one of a handful of Americans to contract the deadly Ebola virus last year returned to the mission field this week, six months after he was medically evacuated from Liberia.