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Pastor Rick Warren Seeks Prayers After Youngest Son's Suicide
Saddleback Church Rick Warren disclosed today that his 27-year-old son had committed suicide Friday after a lifelong bout with mental illness.
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Taiwan's 'Celebrities' Church Expands Outreach in Local Entertainment Industry
Rev. Abraham Kun, senior pastor of New Life Church in Taipei, Taiwan, wrote on the church’s Facebook page, testifying of God’s faithfulness towards the celebrity converts who have recently started to attend New Life church and come to learn about God’s love and truth. These celebrities include Lulu Xu, Kirsten Rong-Hsuan Ren, and Hannah Quinlivan.
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Pointed People to God's Truth, Says Nephew
45 years ago on this date, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis after , Tenn., by James Earl Ray; his nephew Dr. Alvera King urges for America and the world to remember her uncle’s legacy in pointing people to the truth.
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Good TV Launches Hong Kong Operation, Adapts Cloud Content Distribution
Good TV, a Taiwan-based Christian multi-media broadcasting company, has officially launched their Hong Kong operation, which will produce programs targeting over 128 million people in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong Province.
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Hundreds of Chinese Christians Join March for Marriage in Washington
Seven buses full of Chinese-Americans flocked to the nation's capitol Washington D.C. to join the March for Marriage rally against same-sex marriage.
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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.
