Sermonindex celebrates 10 years, 20M downloads
ABBOTSFORD, Canada (WordNews.org) March 2, 2012 – A decade ago, Greg Gordon came across a book by the late Leonard Ravenhill. So impacted by the message, Gordon put the message online. That was 10 years ago, while Gordon was still living in his parent’s home. “I never really considered the website a ministry for the […]
Read More →Group makes Lenten PowerPoint slides available
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Feb. 19, 2012 — Lent is just around the corner and to help churches commemorate the time of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, the makers of the new Common English Bible are making PowerPoint slides available for free Ash Wednesday is Feb. 22. The slideshow contains Bible readings and scenes of nature. They […]
Read More →Imprisoned Chinese Christian newspaper editor released early
JINMEN, Hubei, China (WordNews.org) Feb. 24, 2012 – A Chinese house church leader and the editor of a newspaper has been released five years early, ChinaAid president Bob Fu said. Li Ying, of the South China Church in Hubei, was released on Christmas day. She’d been sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2002 for […]
Read More →Congress to hear testimony surrounding Christian’s imprisonment in China
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Feb. 13, 2012 — “Bob” Xiqiu Fu, founder and president of China Aid Association, and the wife of imprisoned Chinese political dissident Guo Quan will testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Tuesday. The two will testify at a hearing entitled “The Case and Treatment of Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng.” […]
Read More →Poll: Pastors having tough time helping congregants mix faith, work
DALLAS (WordNews.org) Jan. 30, 2012 — It’s a desire of most pastors (93 percent) to help their church members integrate faith into their work. But a new survey says two thirds think they’re falling short of that mission. The survey was commissioned by Dallas-based LeTourneau University’s Center for Faith & Work “People work more, and […]
Read More →Patrick Morley: God’s presence, power ‘so palpable’ (Part 10 of 10)
CASSELBERRY, Fla. (WordNews.org) Jan. 27, 2012– For five years, Patrick Morley and a group of other men have been planning a major initiative to hire 330 men to help disciple men in 330,000 churches across America. “It’s been like slogging through mud in many ways these last five years,” says Morley, the best-selling author of […]
Read More →Patrick Morley: A Borneo Christian? (Part 9)
CASSELBERRY, Fla. (WordNews.org) Jan. 26, 2012 – Patrick Morley remains grateful some four decades later to some men who reached out to him early in his adulthood. Unlike his father, Morley attended a church that had a vision to disciple men like him. “I’m just so grateful that almost 40 years from now these men […]
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