AARP uses member funds to back gay agenda, AFA says
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Sept. 19, 2011 — AARP, a nonprofit group that lobbies on behalf of people over the age of 50, used member resources to back gay marriage and the end to the don’t ask-don’t tell policy in the military, according to the American Family Association. The American Family Association pointed to AARP’s July/August […]
Read More →Teen ministry kicks off with webcast
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WordNews.org) Aug. 25, 2011 — A new ministry aimed at helping Christian parents of teenagers and pre-teens is scheduled to launch nationally on Sept. 20 with a webcast. Called POTTS, Parents of Teens and Tweens, the support group co-founder Pastor Doug Cherry aims to help “help parents encourage one another and take their […]
Read More →Teacher fired for comments on gay marriage reinstated
MOUNT DORA, Fla. (WordNews.org) Aug. 25, 2011 — The Lake County School Board has reinstated a teacher who was suspended for comments he made on his Facebook page opposing gay marriage. Jerry Buell was reinstated Tuesday following a weeklong investigation by the school board, Christian law firm Liberty Counsel said. Buell had been suspended for […]
Read More →Pro-life protesters target Calif. beach hotel
DANA POINT, Calif. (WordNews.org) Aug. 27, 2011 — St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel in Dana Point, Calif., will be picketed Aug. today and tomorrow in protest of the hotel’s parent company’s support of Planned Parenthood. Picketers from The Center For Bio-Ethical Reform and partner, Life Decisions International are picketing the St. Regis because its parent […]
Read More →Ministry critical of Biden’s comments on China’s forced abortions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Aug. 25, 2011 — Vice President Joseph Biden’s comments that he “fully understands” China’s one-child policy is being criticized by a minister who says Biden understands the policy because the minister told Biden about it. Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute, said he’s been an eyewitness to forced abortions in China. […]
Read More →7,600 churches see spike in attendance on National Back to Church Sunday on Sept. 18
VISTA, CALIF. (Wordnews.org) Sept. 24, 2011 — More than 7,600 churches from 34 denominations opened their doors to an estimated 250,000 visitors during National Back to Church Sunday held Sept. 18, organizers said. The number of churches participating doubled from last year in what organizers called the largest cross-denominational outreach initiative in America. Churches responding […]
Read More →Controversial pastor Rob Bell leaving megachurch he founded
GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WordNews.org) Sept. 26, 2011 — Rob Bell, the founder of Mars Hill Bible Church and author of the controversial book “Love Wins” which challenges the traditional biblical view of hell, is leaving his church and going on a speaking tour. “Feeling the call from God to pursue a growing number of strategic opportunities, […]
Read More →Christian Pakistani charged with blasphemy dies in prison
PAKISTAN (Wordnews.org) Sept. 25, 2011 — A young Christian man imprisoned in Pakistan on accusations of blasphemy has died
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