Focus on the Family Cuts More Jobs – Drop in Donations Probable Cause
Over the past eight years, Focus on the Family has reduced its workforce from 1,400 to 860 people. Focus on the Family went through a third round of layoffs Friday, but has yet to publicly announce details. The Christian pro-family group informed those affected by the workforce reduction during department meetings last week, according to... Continue Reading
Business Is Ministry, And a Key Missions Strategy for Today.
If you want to discover how you can serve God with the business experience He’s given you, the Missions in Business Weekend, sponsored by Mission To The World, is just for you. This weekend is designed to help Christian business owners, executives, and leaders see that the gospel is for all of life–and business. In... Continue Reading
Covenant College Women’s Basketball Program Finds New Head Coach
I firmly believe that Covenant has the resources in place to continue to build a program that brings honor to Christ, the Covenant community Corey Mullins, former women’s assistant coach at Bryan College and head men’s coach at both Boyce College (Louisville, KY) and Kentucky Christian University (Grayson, KY), has been hired to lead Covenant’s... Continue Reading
An adoption movement? Agencies say interest on rise; pastors are setting an example
“I think the reason for the upswing…is because of this increased awareness within the church of the need to take care of kids,” The adoption agency Bethany Christian Services says interest from couples in adopting is significantly ahead of what it was last year, a trend that is being seen elsewhere and, adoption leaders say,... Continue Reading
Belhaven University offers college credits to qualified high school students.
Students completing a two-year virtual course, Western Civilization and Worldviews, (also known as High Scholars) can earn up to 24 credits towards their college degree. Courses are transferable to most accredited colleges and universities. Belhaven sponsors this unique dual-enrollment for home schooled junior and senior high school students. The virtual classroom is an ideal environment... Continue Reading
Marriage Foundations Ministry being developed by MTW Missionaries in South Africa
Why this new Ministry? What is our Vision? What is our Plan? What are the Results we prayerfully seek? Why? Stan and Donna have been in South Africa for 11 years. We have been teaching at Bible Institute Eastern Cape. We have students from all walks of life and just about every age. It seems... Continue Reading
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary New York announces book giveaway – for those who Tweet!
Your summer reading opportunities have just significantly improved. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s New York City extension center (www.sbts.edu/nyc) is hosting a book giveaway through the social media site Twitter. Starting today and continuing through Aug.18, SBTS NYC will be accepting entries for the giveaways – which will be held every other day. In order... Continue Reading
Updates on Story: Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies in Sanford, Florida
Some information in our original story on the start up of this newest Ligonier venture http://bit.ly/bopPz1 was incorrect, and additional information is included below. We originally reported: This core faculty will be joined by other teachers, to include Dr. Paul Helm, Dr. Stephen Nichols, Dr. Duncan Rankin, and Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. Actually, these four... Continue Reading
Church-Made Movies seek to change lives. Will you go?
I recently spent a day on the set of Courageous, the fourth film being made Sherwood Baptist Church for my story today on this new trend. There I met several of the actors in the films, including associate pastor, scriptwriter, producer and actor Alex Kendrick who explained why they have chosen this ministry. The first... Continue Reading
Kentucky prison restricts pastoral visits to inmates
Kentucky law allows an inmate at least one visit per week by a minister, priest, or rabbi of the inmate’s choice. But, a person cannot be on the list of more than one death row inmate. Gerald Otahal arrived at death row early on a recent Thursday morning, ready for his regular visit to counsel... Continue Reading
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