Great Commission agencies unite to ‘Reclaim’ focus on taking the Gospel everywhere
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (WordNews.org) – An alliance of globally focused ministries has designated May 20, 2018, as the third annual International Day for the Unreached. This one-day event is intended to inspire and mobilize Christians to reach out to more than 2 billion people around the world who have yet to hear the gospel, organizers […]
Read More →Pastor/author says ‘Pastors must overpower Hollywood’
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 12, 2018 – Robert Bakke has a litany of accomplishments under his black belt, including being a best-selling author, NASCAR driver and jet captain. He’s also a reverend, and he’s delivered a clarion call to his fellow pastors: Step up. Bakke says Hollywood has replaced the church in America and […]
Read More →Bomb levels $2.6M persecuted church in Shanix, China; Concerns rises that more churches will be destroyed
LINFEN, Shanix, China (WordNews.org) Jan. 11, 2018 – An explosion reduced to rubble a church China Aid describes as “serially persecuted” in China’s northern Shanxi province. According to China Aid, authorities bombed and demolished the Golden Lampstand Church, an unregistered church that cost $2.6 million to build in 2009. Chinese military police detonated explosives in […]
Read More →Poll: 31% of U.S. adults say ‘fake new’ the result of ‘reader error’
VENTURA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Jan. 10, 2018 – In what has been described by some as a “post-truth” era, the latest Barna Trends 2018 report shows the U.S. public’s dwindling confidence in institutions. However, what may surprise some, 39 percent of the U.S. adults surveyed still see reporters as credible, topping the list of credible sources […]
Read More →Awana co-founder Rorheim dies at 99
STREAMWOOD, Ill. (WordNews.org) Jan. 9, 2018 – Arthur Rorheim, co-founder of Awana and one of the pioneers in children’s ministry, passed away on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. He was 99. Rorheim spent more than 70 years with Awana. He was born on May 7, 1918 to Norwegian immigrants who eventually settled in Chicago near the future site of […]
Read More →Pure Passion Media offers free viewing of award-winning film ‘Such Were Some of You’
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 8, 2018 – The award-winning film “Such Were Some of You” by Pure Passion Media will be available for free online viewing as part of “a missionary effort to reach as many people as possible with the life-changing news that Jesus Christ loves the homosexual and has the power to transform […]
Read More →March for Life Chicago 2018 expected to be largest pro-life event in Midwest
CHICAGO (WordNews.org) Jan. 6, 2018 – Organizers of the 2018 March for Life Chicago expect to draw more than 6,000 pro-life advocates on Sunday, Jan. 14. Marchers from all walks of life will gather at Federal Plaza to proclaim the sanctity of human life and call for an end to abortion as they march through the […]
Read More →Pure Flix’s epic film Samson to open in theaters nationwide on Feb. 16
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (WordNews.org) Jan. 5, 2018 – On Feb. 18, Pure Flix’s biblical epic Samson is set to hit theaters nationwide. On Wednesday, the independent faith-based film studio released a trailer for the film. Click here to view the trailer “If you’ve ever faced adversity and wondered if God was big enough to see you through it, […]
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