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Carl Moeller: Christians could face backlash from Quran burning

By Carl • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Faith Report

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) _ An advocate for persecuted Christians warns that they could be killed in retaliation for a Florida church burning copies of the Quran this Saturday.
The Rev. Carl Moeller, president of Open Doors USA, says the pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville will provoke violence against Christians abroad with his [...]



Teenage Girl Raises $30,000 for Orphanage

By Carl • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Faith Report

HAMPTON, VA. (ChristianNewswire) – A teenager in Chesapeake, Virginia decided to cancel a “Sweet 16″ birthday party and instead help orphaned children in Kenya. Megan MacDonald asked friends and family to donate money for the construction of a $30,000 church-orphanage in Kenya. A year and a half later…she has fully funded the orphanage providing for [...]



Hurricane Katrina

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: News

New Orleans is still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Today Grace Rief talks with one ministry that’b been involved since the very beginning of this disaster.



Christians urged to invite people to church this week

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Christians are being urged to invite relatives, friends and neighbors to join them for this weekend’s “Back To Church Sunday.”
Organizers of the annual outreach say nearly 1.4 million invitations have been sent out from 3,500 churches this year.
The Rev. Philip Nation, Director of Ministry Development for LifeWay Research, says its survey [...]



Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram 11am weekdays

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: News

Chip Ingram, a veteran pastor of over twenty years, is President and Teaching Pastor for Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. His passion is to help everyday Christians strive to live like Christians by raising the bar of discipleship.
Chip also writes a blog on a regular basis.
Learn more about the [...]



Regret-Free Living

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: News

Everyone has made mistakes in their lives.  You may even feel stuck by focusing on your past and what might have been.  Founder and Chairman of New Life Ministries Steve Arterburn wants to help you see what is and the potential of what can be.  Steve will address what it takes to build strong, healthy [...]



Hurricane Katrina

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: Faith Report

New Orleans is still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Today Grace Rief talks with one ministry that’b been involved since the very beginning of this disaster.



Christians urged to invite people to church this week

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: Faith Report

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Christians are being urged to invite relatives, friends and neighbors to join them for this weekend’s “Back To Church Sunday.”
Organizers of the annual outreach say nearly 1.4 million invitations have been sent out from 3,500 churches this year.
The Rev. Philip Nation, Director of Ministry Development for LifeWay Research, says its survey [...]



St. Paul Seminary sees best enrollment in decades

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: Faith Report

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Minnesota’s St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity has its largest new enrollment of aspiring Catholic priests since 1981.
The seminary on the University of St. Thomas campus is welcoming
33 new seminarians this fall. That will bring the total number of men studying for the priesthood there to 92, putting its residence [...]



Joni Eareckson Tada holds to faith amid chemotherapy

By Carl • Sep 8th, 2010 • Category: Faith Report

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Christian author and disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada says chemotherapy to treat her cancer sometimes leaves her so weak that it’s hard to talk.
Tada, who’s been a quadriplegic since breaking her neck in a
1967 diving accident, was diagnosed with breast cancer in late June and has since undergone surgery and [...]