Group: Calif. PTA Chapter Contracts with Planned Parenthood to Teach Kids Sex Ed in Elementary School
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WordNews.org) May 22, 2020 — Capitol Resource Institute is sounding the alarm that a Sacramento, Calif.-area Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has contracted with Planned Parenthood to lead “puberty talks” with elementary school students and is urging all California parents to request copies of their schools’ contracts with Planned Parenthood. Capitol Resource Institute said the […]
Read More →Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias Dies at Age 74
ATLANTA (Word News) May 19, 2020 — Apologist Ravi Zacharias died this morning at his home in Atlanta, following a brief battle with sarcoma. He was 74. Ravi Zacharias spent the past 48 years commending the Christian faith and addressing life’s greatest existential questions of origin, meaning, morality and destiny with eloquence and grace. Through his […]
Read More →Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary Launches Aggressive Online Initiative
SCHENECTADY, NY (WordNews.org) Aug. 1, 2019) — Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary is launching an aggressive online educational initiative in an effort to increase its enrollment and expand its impact throughout the Northeast region stretching from Buffalo to Boston and Plattsburgh to Pittsburgh. Central to the online initiative, called Mid-America Global: Northeast, are Mentored Online Virtual […]
Read More →Summit at the Seminary focused on engaging the media set for June 7
SCHENECTADY, New York (WordNews.org) June 4, 2018 – Pastors and ministry leaders from throughout the Northeast are gathering to meet on Thursday, June 7 at the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary for a Summit focused on how to engage the secular media. The Summit at the Seminary: Connecting the Pulpit to the Press, is being spearheaded […]
Read More →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 →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 […]
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