NBC closes ‘The Playboy Club’
HOLLYWOOD (WordNews.org) Oct. 4, 2011 — Terrible ratings have shut down NBC’s “The Playboy Club.” Morality in Media quickly noted on its website, Close-theClubOnNBC.com, that supports efforts had worked. The series “glorified the sexual exploitation of women and the Playboy philosophy that women are to be used, abused and then discarded,” Morality in Media said. […]
Read More →True Love Waits co-founder Hester retiring
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Sept. 20, 2011 — Jimmy Hester will retire after 26 years with the ministry, LifeWay Christian Resources, which spawned True Love Waits. His last day at the ministry will be Sept. 30 Hester spearheaded the transition of True Love Waits from an idea for a sex education campaign to an international movement challenging […]
Read More →Sept. 18 is Back to Church Sunday
VISTA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Sept. 12. 2011 — Sunday is “National Back to Church Sunday.” And thousands of churches are working the social media channels to get the word out. More than 7,300 churches representing 34 denominations are participating in the third annual nationwide effort to reach out to the unchurched in their communities, organizers said. […]
Read More →Pro-life group Life Decisions issues boycott list
ARLINGTON, Va. (WordNews.org) Sept. 13, 2011 — Bank of America, Nike, Select Comfort, Southwest Airlines. These are just a sample of the companies on Life Decisions International’s boycott list. LDI said the list is made up of companies that support Planned Parenthood. “As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-life people, […]
Read More →Prayer vigil at Ground Zero
NEW YORK CITY (WordNews.org) Sept. 9, 2011 — A prayer vigil is scheduled for tomorrow at Ground Zero, the site of the terrorist attacks nearly a decade ago. This marks the only public prayer service at Ground Zero during the Sept. 11 10th anniversary weekend, organizers said. “In the dark days after 9/11, millions of […]
Read More →Ministry puts out new tracks for Halloween
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WordNews.org) Sept. 13, 2011 — A ministry known as Memory Cross is promoting its latest origami-style tracts designed to help churches reach their communities. Each card starts with the question: What could be better than free candy? The answer? God’s love. “Jesus commanded us to go into all the world and preach […]
Read More →Ministries put out videos to commemorate 9/11
NEW YORK CITY. (WordNews.org) Sept. 10, 2011 — Tomorrow marks the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center. To mark that day, ministries have put out videos, two distinct remembrances of that day. “In the days and months that followed 9/11, many rekindled the hope and strength […]
Read More →Making of ‘Courageous’ on GMC Friday
(WordNews.org) Sept. 22, 2011 — A week before “Courageous” hits movie theaters, you can get a glimpse of what took place behind the scenes. GMC is showing an hour-long special that “pulls back the curtain on how 1,500 volunteers worked with a professional crew to create one of the year’s most anticipated movies.” The special […]
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