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'Running Christmas Tree' Video: Brit Dressed as Christmas Tree Runs through Tokyo, Creates 2015 Holiday Cheer
Christmas is 'barking up the exact right tree' for a British man spreading holiday cheer in Tokyo in a unique way. CNN reports Joseph Tame is dressing up as a Christmas tree, equipped with lights and decorations, to run the streets of Japan's capital.
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Public Prayer Ban Against Christian Students Overturned By Wyoming School District Via First Amendment Rights
School district officials reversed a Wyoming high school principal's decision to block students from praying in the school cafeteria during lunchtime after a Christian advocacy firm threatened to take legal action if the students were forbidden from exercising their religious liberties. The matter started this fall, and the students have prayed at school at least once since the Equal Access Act decision was announced Thursday.
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'Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson Sees God's Beauty in Everything, Assists Christmas Effort in Anti-Human Trafficking
"If you begin to see God in everything and everyone, you will begin to see the world, and every human, for the beauty that they are," proclaimed Sadie Robertson on her Facebook page Monday.
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Christmas Gifts Ideas 2015 For Him and for Her: Christian Family, Religious Friends and Church Members
Still searching for meaningful Christmas gifts for family or friends, rather than just more commercial items? There's still time to consider the following options, designed to make a lasting impact in the universe.
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Actress Susan Sarandon Spends Christmas Helping Rescue Syrian Refugees Fleeing Religious, Ethnic Persecution
Actress Susan Sarandon is spending her Christmas in Lesbos to bring awareness to the Syrian refugee crisis, reports Daily Dish. This weekend, she started sharing personal accounts from water-based rescue situations.
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Thanksgiving Fair and Luncheon Hosted by River of Life Foundation, ROLCC New Wave English Ministry, and Santa Clara Mayor’s Office
Santa Clara, CA – November 1, 2024 – The River of Life Foundation, in collaboration with River of Life Christian Church’s New Wave English Ministry and the Santa Clara City Mayor's Office, is proud to announce the Annual Thanks Giving Fair and Luncheon scheduled for Saturday, November 16th, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on the River of Life Christian Church’s campus
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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
