30 million install Bible app
EDMOND, Okla. (WordNews.org) Oct. 11, 2011 — YouVersion’s Bible app hit 30 million unique installs this week. the company announced today. YouVersion offers 150 different versions of the Bible in 45 languages. “It is very exciting to see what God is doing through YouVersion in a short period of time,” said Bobby Gruenewald, a pastor […]
Read More →More than 10,000 women pack women’s conference at Liberty University
FOREST, Va. (WordNews.org) Oct. 8, 2011 — More than 10,000 women packed the Liberty University Vines Center and Thomas Road Baptist Church facilities this weekend for the annual Central Virginia Extraordinary Women Conference, with special featured guest Gov. Sarah Palin. Thousands of women will also be joining live via simulcast at churches all over America […]
Read More →God is intervening, ‘Courageous’ star Bevel says
ALBANY, Ga. (WordNews.org) Oct. 6, 2011 — Before
Read More →NBC closes ‘The Playboy Club’
HOLLYWOOD (WordNews.org) Oct. 4, 2011 — Terrible ratings have shut down NBC’s “The Playboy Club.” Morality in Media quickly noted on its website, Close-theClubOnNBC.com, that supports efforts had worked. The series “glorified the sexual exploitation of women and the Playboy philosophy that women are to be used, abused and then discarded,” Morality in Media said. […]
Read More →Sept. 18 is Back to Church Sunday
VISTA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Sept. 12. 2011 — Sunday is “National Back to Church Sunday.” And thousands of churches are working the social media channels to get the word out. More than 7,300 churches representing 34 denominations are participating in the third annual nationwide effort to reach out to the unchurched in their communities, organizers said. […]
Read More →Ministry puts out new tracks for Halloween
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WordNews.org) Sept. 13, 2011 — A ministry known as Memory Cross is promoting its latest origami-style tracts designed to help churches reach their communities. Each card starts with the question: What could be better than free candy? The answer? God’s love. “Jesus commanded us to go into all the world and preach […]
Read More →Ministries put out videos to commemorate 9/11
NEW YORK CITY. (WordNews.org) Sept. 10, 2011 — Tomorrow marks the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center. To mark that day, ministries have put out videos, two distinct remembrances of that day. “In the days and months that followed 9/11, many rekindled the hope and strength […]
Read More →Making of ‘Courageous’ on GMC Friday
(WordNews.org) Sept. 22, 2011 — A week before “Courageous” hits movie theaters, you can get a glimpse of what took place behind the scenes. GMC is showing an hour-long special that “pulls back the curtain on how 1,500 volunteers worked with a professional crew to create one of the year’s most anticipated movies.” The special […]
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