COVID-19 is Changing How Christians View Missions, Barna survey says
VENTURA, Calif. (WordNews.org) July 16, 2020 — A new survey suggests that COVID-19 has radically changed the way international missions work is happening this year, Barna reports. Short-term and long-term mission trips globally have been impacted significantly by the pandemic, resulting in summer trip cancellations, visa difficulties and social and financial challenges. Barna said that […]
Read More →AFA: Navy Reverses Policy, Church Attendance Allowed
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 10, 2020 – Just days after the American Family Association issued a call to supporters to urger President Trump to step in on the Navy’s decision to ban personnel from attending religious services, the Navy has reversed itself. In a story WordNews.org first reported here, the AFA said the Navy’s previous directive specifically […]
Read More →Word News Launches “Churches Coast-to-Coast” Series on Facebook, Features a Church in Every State
NEW YORK (WordNews.org) July 8, 2020 — Word News Ministries Inc. has launched a new series “Churches Coast-to-Coast” to highlight a church in each state on its Facebook page, facebook.com/wordnewsnow. Churches that are featured in the series must line up with Word News’ Statement of Faith, found on WordNews.org here: wordnews.org/statement-of-faith. This is the first of […]
Read More →AFA: Navy Says No to Church, Yes to Large Parties; Ministry Urges Citizens to Contact President
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) July 7, 2020 — The head of the American Family Association says the U.S. Navy is “thumbing its nose at President Trump” and his declaration that houses of worship are “essential places that provide essential services,” and has banned all Navy personnel, including chaplains, from attending in-house church services. The AFA said […]
Read More →GO 2020 Reaches 277M with the Gospel in the Midst of Pandemic
BERLIN, Germany (WordNews.org) July 6, 2020 — The organizers of GO 2020 reported that more than 57 million Christians worldwide were mobilized to reach 277 million with the Gospel. Despite social distancing due to COVID-19, Christians shared the Gospel digitally, by phone, text, and through food and mask distributions, with Bibles and tracts, as well as […]
Read More →Attacks on church in Turkey spike as some blame Christians for pandemic
ISTANBUL, Turkey (WordNews.org) June 24, 2020 — SAT-7 TURK — the only Christian network broadcasting every day in the Turkish language — is urging local Christians to respond to attacks and persecution by “living out their faith with love and taking the path of peace.” Christians have been under assault as some angry protesters attack churches and […]
Read More →Ministry releases “A Guide to Ministering to Fatherless Families”
DUNCANSVILLE, Penn. (WordNews.org) June 19, 2020 — A ministry focused on ministering to fatherlessness has released “A Guide to Ministering to Fatherless Families on One of Their Hardest Days: Father’s Day.” Life Factors Fatherless Ministries, a national nonprofit ministry focused on fatherlessness, said the purpose of the free guide is to lead local churches across […]
Read More →Rutherford Institute Issues Rebuke to President Trump for St. John’s Episcopal Visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) June 12, 2020 — The Christian legal team at The Rutherford Institute delivered a rebuke to President Trump and members of his administration for what they described as “invading, seizing and occupying church property” in violation of longstanding prohibitions against government encroachments on the free exercise of religion. In the letter to […]
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