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Movieguide Awards $100,000 Epiphany Prize to ''Les Miserables'' and ''The American Bible Challenges''
The 21st Annual Movie Guide Awards has announced the winners of their coveted $100,000 Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie and Television: “Les Miserables” and “The American Bible Challenge.”
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David Aikman: Christians Must be Ready to Record Testimonies of 'Extraordinary Change'
Former TIME Magazine bureau chief of Beijing Dr. David Aikman, who had worked as a reporter for TIME for 23 years and had worked in 55 different countries, experiencing the Vietnam War, wars in Middle East, massacre of student protestors in Tiananmen Square in 1989, shared his motivation and hopes for initiating this Aikman Opportunity Award writing contest in an interview with The Gospel Herald.
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Jeremy Lin Launches Foundation for Underprivileged Children
The Jeremy Lin Foundation held its inaugural event on Valentine's Day with the aim of helping underprivileged children. The foundation’s ''The Making a Difference'' project will benefit three Houston-based charities Workshop Houston, the Yellowstone Academy and the city’s Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees (PAIR).
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David Aikman Launches Young Christian Writer's Contest for Nonfiction Testimony
Former TIME Magazine Beijing bureau chief Dr. David Aikman announced this week the launch of Aikman Opportunity Award that seeks to identify, encourage, and support a new generation of Christian nonfiction testimony writers.
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San Francisco Giants Jeremy Affeldt: I Pitch for the ‘Least of These’
San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt revealed that he doesn’t want to be remembered as a world baseball champion, but rather as a follower of Jesus Christ. He said that he found joy in praising God in his gift of playing baseball and loving his neighbors as his calling.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
