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Catholics and Protestants Unite, Stand for Biblical Marriage
Catholic and Protestant leaders are taking a unified stand for the Biblical definition of marriage. Catholic Deacon Keith Fournier and Seventh Day Adventist pastor Matthew Staver have drafted an interdenominational document entitled “We Stand in Solidarity to Defend Marriage and the Family and Society Founded Upon Them.”
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Christian Author Randy Alcorn Releases Comic Book on Story of Rich Man and Lazarus
Christian author Randy Alcorn has just released “Eternity,” his first graphic novel illustrating the story of The Rich Man and Lazarus from Luke chapter 16. The extended comic book is 128 pages long and has over 600 illustrations, which Alcorn says will help paint a vivid picture of heaven and hell.
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While Giving a Hand, Youth Pastor Brian Jennings Killed in Four-Vehicle Collision
Three good Samaritans gathered to help Brianna Mitchell with a flat tire late Saturday night in Tarrant County, Texas, and were hit by a truck filled with teenagers shortly thereafter. Hollie and Shelby Boyles, Brian Jennings, and Brianna Mitchell died at the scene, and nine other passengers were taken to hospitals in Fort Worth.
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Man Running Across America Stops to Help with Relief in Moore, Oklahoma
Steve Spear, the man who is running an average of one marathon per day for five months in the hopes of raising enough support to provide clean water to a community of 30,000 people in Kenya, paused his trek across the United States last Friday to serve the people who were affected by tornados in Moore, Oklahoma.
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Man Runs 120 Marathons Across America for Clean Water in Kenya
Steve Spear is running approximately 26 miles per day from Los Angeles to New York for five months in an attempt to raise $1.5 million for clean water in Kenya. If he achieves his goal, then over 30,000 lives will be changed.
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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.
