MLK Jr.’s niece says NAACP’s support of gay rights appalling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) May 22, 2012 — The great-granddaughter of an NAACP founder says the civil rights organization is off the mark with the most important problems facing the black community and instead are embracing the homosexual agenda. Dr. Alveda C. King’s comments come just days after the NAACP voiced support for same-sex marriage. “Neither […]
Read More →Saturdays with Kay Warren: Can’t have enough (books on) joy (Part 3)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (WordNews.org) May 11, 2012 – Kay Warren didn’t set out to write a book about joy. “It started out for myself,” Warren told WordNews.org. “Then I taught a retreat on it.” Warren, who is the wife of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, said 15 years ago she first taught a retreat on […]
Read More →Homeschooled speech and debate students learn to defend their faith
By MEGAN DRISCOLL For Word News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WordNews.org) May 7, 2012 – Hundreds of homeschooled students gather in a church gym. A competitor’s parent steps onto a platform and leans into the mic. He welcomes the students gathered around him and then bows his head in prayer, asking God’s blessing over the next few […]
Read More →Saturdays with Kay Warren: ‘Everything I knew was wrong’ (Part 2)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (WordNews.org) May 5, 2012 – Authors are the experts, it would seem. But Kay Warren said she was the learner while researching and writing her latest book, ‘Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough.” “I started from a place of ignorance, so I learned a lot,” Warren told WordNews.org. Warren is the wife […]
Read More →A new product for the Lord’s table?
By AARON CHARLES For Word News OLYMPIA, Wash. (WordNews.org) May 5, 2012 — On any given Sunday, one can walk into a local church service and partake in communion. It is a sacred tradition in the church. But one company is giving it a facelift. Celebrate Communion, a subsidiary of CCI Solutions, opened for business […]
Read More →Chen left U.S. Embassy fearing for backlash against wife
BEIJING (WordNews.org) May 2, 2012 — ChinaAid said there’s more to the story regarding Christian human rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy’s diplomatic protection today on “his own volition.” ChinaAid has received reports from reliable sources that Chen’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy was done reluctantly because “serious threats to […]
Read More →Video highlights persecution of religious minorities
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (WordNews.org) May 1, 2012 – Majed El Shafie, who once living under a death sentence for converting to Christianity while living in Egypt, is now working to highlight the lives of other persecuted Christians worldwide. Shafie, who escaped to Israel and now lives in Canada, is the subject of a just-released documentary, “Freedom […]
Read More →Atheists want crosses removed from Marine Corps base
By BRITTANY SANFORD For Word News MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (wordNews.org) April 29, 2012 — The Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF) and American United for Separation of Church and State plan to take legal action against the United States Marines Corps to remove two memorial crosses at California’s Camp Pendleton Marine […]
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