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Tim Tebow Signs With New York Mets, New Book 'Shaken' Set for October Release
Former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow traded a football for a baseball by signing a minor league contract with the New York Mets on Thursday (Sept. 8), the team announced in a news release. This son of missionaries will participate in the club's instructional league in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
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Sex Change Started On Pre-Kindergarten Child in Australia
A 4-year-old Australian child has begun the process of having a sex change with financial assistance from the New South Wales Department of Education. The child hasn't yet started kindergarten, and many critics warn the child is way too young to make such a consequential life decision.
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Muslim Group Protests New York Town's 9/11 New Memorial
Members of a New York Muslim group called the Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier took offense to a new Owego, New York, memorial created to honor Americans who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. IOST representatives fired off a letter to Owego city leaders, communicating they believe words engraved in the granite memorial would encourage hatred toward Muslims.
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Pastor Fatally Shoots Other Pastor In Presumed Religious Argument in Chicago
Just as Chicago topped 500 homicides for this year, the city's Labor Day Monday began with the surprising violence of one retired minister fatally shooting another retired pastor, both of whom were residents of a Rainbow Beach senior suites. Police have the shooter in custody. Residents said they believe the two men were once again arguing about religion. Chicago was almost set to have the least violent holiday weekend of 2016 when over a 24-hour period between early Monday and Tuesday, more tha
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Mexico’s Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment
An evangelical organization, For Life and Family, recently gathered 300,000 signatures in support of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex couples from getting married in the country. The signatures were presented to the Chamber of Deputies after a march. The initiative also would add bans against abortion and sex education in schools into the constitution.
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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.
