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Demolition of Newtown Masscre School Site Sandy Hook Elementary Underway
Sandy Hook Elementary School demolition has begun in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20-year-old gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults before taking his own life last December.
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Franklin Graham: Prayer Is Key to Billy Graham's National Outreach 'My Hope America'
Sometime after my mother died, when I visited my father, I began to notice Scripture verses appearing all over the house-on an index card taped to the kitchen telephone, on a marker board in his study, even on a hand-lettered poster in his bedroom.
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Billy Graham Releases 32nd Book 'The Reason for My Hope: Salvation'
Just a few weeks before his 95th birthday on Nov. 7, Billy Graham is releasing a new book. The Reason for My Hope: Salvation drops in cunjunction with the culmination of My Hope America with Billy Graham, a nationwide outreach using video programs including "The Cross," which features a new message from Mr. Graham.
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Matt Redman, TobyMac, Jason Crabb Among Winners at 2013 Dove Awards (Photos)
The 44th annual Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards 2013 celebrated on Tuesday a powerful year in Gospel and Christian music with spirit-moving performances, special tributes and awards in 42 categories.
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3,000 Christians in Japan Spirit-Empowered to Become 'Catalyst for Revival'
Over 3,000 Christians converged over the weekend in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto for worship, prayer, and teaching. The event coordinators believe that those gathered will become the catalyst for revival in the nation with less one percent Christian.
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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.
