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Rick Warren's Saddleback Church Pushes Beyond U.S. Borders, Launching 12 Strategic 'Gateway Cities' Initiative
Saddleback Church for the first time in its 33-year history will launch campuses outside of United States. The significance is that they will be planted in 12 strategic "Gateway Cities" around the world for their proximity to the final 3,800 people groups that still do not have a church.
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Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson Calls Liberty University Students to Become 'Highway for God'
Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson spoke to the students at the nation's largest Christian university and shared that his family got to where they are today because of his father's decision to accept Christ as his Lord and savior at 28 years old.
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Jeremy Lin Promotes 'Linsanity the Movie' Documentary with Papa Lin's Extreme Workout Video
Jeremy Lin posted a short comedy video that features his dad giving him 'extreme workout' lessons, one of the more extremes include cracking an egg on Lin's forehead while training him to dribble under pressure, as a promotional effort for the 'Linsanity the Movie' documentary to be released Thursday nationwide.
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Montana Rape Case: Ex-Teacher Stacey Rambold Freed After 30 Days for Raping Teen Who Committed Suicide
Stacey Rambold, 54, was picked up by a family member from the Montana State Prison in Deer Dodge after serving his short sentence handed down District Judge G. Todd Baugh of Billings for the 2007 rape of Cherice Moralez. The victim's mother, Auliea Hanlon, in tears told AP that Rambold's actions were a "major factor" in her daughter's suicide in 2010, which happened before he went to trial.
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N. Y. Mall Shooting Lockdowns Roosevelt Field Mall and Nassau County Schools in Long Island
An "active shooter" on the run in or near a Long Island mall in New York have prompted the lock down of Roosevelt Field Mall and schools in the vicinity.
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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.
