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UnashamedImpact: A social media revival

By   /  July 31, 2012  /  Missions  /  No Comments

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (WordNews.org) July 31, 2012 – The buzz started happening Saturday as @UnashamedImpact started trending on Twitter. People started to jump on board and shout out where they were Tweeting from, and where they were not ashamed. Today the group has nearly 1,400 Twitter followers. The person who launched the movement, Brittney Moses, […]

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Gay marriage headed to Supreme Court?

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 31, 2012 — Supporters of California’s marriage amendment that supports marriage between one man and one woman have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit declared the amendment unconstitutional. The full 9th Circuit passed on reviewing the decision on […]

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Charges against street preacher dismissed

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HOLLY RIDGE, N.C. (WordNews.org) July 31, 2012 —  Charges against a street preacher who called on police to repent were dismissed by the District Attorney, according to the Rutherford Institute, a Christian law firm. Preachers Jesse Boyd and Ricky Springer had been preaching in a public park when police told the two to that their […]

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Terrorists release mission leader kidnapped at Bible school in India

By   /  July 30, 2012  /  Featured, International, Persecution  /  No Comments

ASSAM, India (WordNews.org) July 29, 2012 – A senior Gospel for Asia mission leader who was kidnapped at gunpoint last week by five armed terrorist at a Bible school campus here has been released, Gospel for Asia confirmed. The release comes after captors had threatened to kill Pastor Ponnachan George, who was kidnapped on July […]

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Saturdays with Kay Warren: ‘What’s wrong with us?’ (Part 5)

By   /  July 28, 2012  /  Featured  /  No Comments

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (WordNews.org) July 28, 2012 – Since writing “Choose Joy,” author Kay Warren has taken to ask questions to her audience. It goes something like this: “How many of you can name two people who live with joy?” It’s not a rhetorical question, Warren told WordNews.org. “Almost every hand goes up–automatically,” she said. […]

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By the Book: “My Dad, Oral Roberts” Part 2: A lasting legacy

By   /  July 28, 2012  /  Movies  /  1 Comment

TULSA, Okla. (WordNews.org) July 28, 2012 – Oral Roberts lasting legacy was the creation of Oral Roberts University, according to his daughter. But Potts, author of “My Dad, Oral Roberts,” told WordNews.org that the university is an extension of er father’s healing ministry. [To buy the book]. “It [the university] was only made possible because […]

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Group charges prejudice against Israel at Olympics

By   /  July 27, 2012  /  Featured, Sports  /  No Comments

LONDON (WordNews.org) July 27, 2012 — As the Olympic Games officially kick off tonight, one group is charging an anti-Israel bias at the games. The British Broadcasting Association’s Olympic website omitted Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; and the Olympic Committee declined to acknowledge the 40th anniversary of the Munich Massacre with a moment of silence during […]

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Planned Parenthood under fire for botched abortion death

By   /  July 27, 2012  /  Featured, Pro-life  /  No Comments

CHICAGO (WordNews.org) July 27, 2012 – Pro-life groups are mobilizing to hold Planned Parenthood accountable for a botched abortion that resulted in the death of a Chicago woman. Tonya Reaves, 24, died July 20 following an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago. Pastor Ceasar LeFlore, Midwest director of Life Education and Research Network […]

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