A variety of local organizations, including Calvin College, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the Christian Reformed Church are helping the Leader Renewal Institute in Holland, MI, bring the Schullers to West Michigan. Rev. Robert Schuller, author, televangelist and founder of the Crystal Cathedral in California, will reflect on his 50-year career in ministry starting at 7... Continue Reading

“The New American Mosaic: Creating Families through Transracial Adoption” will be held March 13 at Geneva College. Currently, 60 percent of Americans have a personal connection with adoption, and a growing number of families are stepping into the world of transracial adoption. To celebrate and provide insight into this world, “The New American Mosaic: Creating... Continue Reading

Acts 29 is one of about a dozen U.S. church-planting networks, nondenominational groups that start new congregations. Often founded by megachurch pastors, they offer some of the benefits that denominations provide without much bureaucracy. One of the first rules for ministers starting a new church: Don’t hang out in your office. Go out and meet... Continue Reading

“The term ‘person’ or ‘persons’ shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.” This initiative shall not require any additional revenue for implementation. Personhood Mississippi is holding a press conference to announce the number of signatures collected for the personhood amendment, followed by a victory rally to... Continue Reading

Evangelicals support immigration reform because we treat the biblical injunctions to welcome the stranger not merely as good advice but as divine instruction for our good. With the significant exception of Native Americans, most of us can trace our ancestry to another country or continent. We are indeed a nation of immigrants and their descendants.... Continue Reading

Losing reps will wear opponent’s sweatshirts at winner’s chapel. Since Geneva College became a member of the President’s Athletic Conference of the NCAA in 2007, old rivalries have been renewed. Recognizing the friendly competition between Geneva College and Grove City College, the schools are holding an Athletic Director’s Challenge and a President’s Challenge in association... Continue Reading

The single, central thoroughfare is clearly visible on the Madaba Map, a floor mosaic in the Byzantine church of Saint George in Jordan which is the oldest surviving map of the Holy Land. Archaeologists said on Wednesday they have found a 1,500-year-old Jerusalem road that was once a bustling thoroughfare used by throngs of Christian... Continue Reading

I can hardly believe I’m in my 15th academic year as president of Belhaven College—the second longest serving president of any of the four-year schools in Mississippi. It seems like just yesterday that I held the first press conference in Girault Auditorium (which we’ve since torn down), made the first major decision about whether or... Continue Reading

The Tebow ad was ranked 54 out of 65 Super Bowl ads on the USA Today Ad Meter, but was given an A- for publicity strategy by TIME TV critic James Poniewozik on his “The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials 2010” list. After the highly-anticipated Tebow ad aired during the big game on Sunday,... Continue Reading

“I have faith in God. But maybe the U.S. government could help a little more. No one is giving us any kind of information about what is going on.” Ten Baptists being held in Haiti continue to undergo interrogation by a judge in Port-au-Prince. According to various media reports, the leader of the group, Laura... Continue Reading