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Vancouver Chinese Christian Social-Concern Ministry Celebrate Second Anniversary
VANCOUVER - A Chinese Christian social concern fellowship held their second anniversary thanksgiving event at the Vancouver Chinese Alliance Church. As the guest speaker, Rev. Carter Yu from China Graduate School of Theology encouraged the ministers to fight the good fight of truth.
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Bay Area Chinese Churches Mobilize Voters to Save Marriage and Descendants
The upcoming November’s ballot is an ever-crucial time for saving traditional marriage. If sufficient number of people are mobilized to vote to pass Proposition 8, then the ruling made in May of this year by the California Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage will be overturned. Since this is the last chance for California voters to overturn this ruling, the situation is imperative. In response, Bay Area Chinese Christian churches and ministries are initiating the movement to “Save Marriag
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Stream of Praise Explicates on Meaning of Worship in New York Tour
Concluding their tour at the Chinese evangelical churches in New York, Stream of Praise International, a popular Chinese Christian contemporary music ministry, brought a praise and worship performance as well as a seminar to help those in music ministries to develop their worship abilities
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UNAIDS: Misunderstandings and Discriminations Against HIV/AIDS In China
In a recent research supported by the Joint United Nation Programmer on HIV/AIDS, numerous Chinese have wrong perceptions and misunderstanding towards HID/AIDS.
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China's Foreign Ministry Rejects US International Religious Freedom Report
On Sept. 19, the US Department of State released the International Religious Freedom Report 2008, which designated China and seven other countries as “Countries of Particular Concerns” (CPCs). According to Chinese-state media Xinhua web, China’s Foreign Ministry said that it “meddled with China’s internal affairs.”
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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.
