Ministering in the midst of tragedy: Help with Connecticut tragedy
NEWTOWN, Conn. (WordNews.org) Dec. 15, 2012 – As a community and nation mourns the deaths of 20 children and six adults killed at the hands of a 20-year-old, who then took his life, ministries are reaching out to offer help. Police say Adam Lanza, 20, went on a killing rampage yesterday morning at Sandy Hook […]
Read More →Gutenberg moment: 3 major Scripture ministries join to end ‘Bible poverty’
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (WordNews.org) 2012 – Three major Bible ministries announced today they are joining together on an initiative called Every Tribe Every Nation (ETEN) created to “eradicate Bible poverty.” Wycliff Bible Translators USA, American Bible Society and Biblica are joining together, along with leading Christian philanthropists, to launch ETEN and provide Bible access to […]
Read More →Faithbuddy launches crowdfunding campaign
MANITOBA, Canada (WordNews.org) Dec. 12, 2012 – A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for Faithbuddy.com, a devotional and social network under development. Faithbuddy Inc., a developer of social networking software and technology, launched the crowdfunding campaign to support and grow Faithbuddy.com. The site has been privately tested for several months and a public release is […]
Read More →Imagine, 100K view John Lennon online flick ‘Genius’
LOS ANGELES (WordNews.org) Dec. 11, 2012 — More than 100,000 have viewed the online film “Genius” about the late music legend John Lennon. The film went live on Dec. 8, marking the 32 anniversary of the ex-Beatle’s death at the hand of Mark David Chapman. It was produced by Ray Comfort, founder, president and CEO […]
Read More →CIA boasts of sponsorship of national LGBT conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Dec. 6, 2012 – A senior CIA official says hiring gays, lesbians, transgendered and bi-sexual individuals brings innovation to the agency. Susan Gordon, the CIA’s director for support, spoke to 100 students attending oSTEM, an LGBT conference in Chicago last month. oSTEM stands for Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in […]
Read More →1st-grader told to remove ‘God’ from poem about grandfather
MARION, N.C. (WordNews.org) Dec. 4, 2012 – An elementary school here has removed the word “God” from a first grader’s poem honoring her grandfather’s military service, Alliance Defending Freedom said. In the poem, the student wrote of her grandfather who served in the Vietnam war: “He prayed to God for peace, he prayed to God […]
Read More →3 Illinois County Clerks join fight in Defense of Illinois Marriage Act
CHICAGO (WordNews.org) Dec. 1, 2012 — A Thomas More Society motion before Judge Sophia Hall in Cook County Chancery Court was granted to add three additional county clerks as interveners to defend the lawsuit brought by the ACLU and Lambda Legal aimed a challenging Illinois’ marriage laws. The ACLU and Lambda Legal want to declare […]
Read More →United Nations votes to recognize Palestine
UNITED NATIONS (WordNews.org) Nov. 30, 2012 – The United Nations has voted to recognize Palestine, an act that the American Center for Law and Justice says violates international law “and numerous peace agreements.” “The terrorist-led Palestine now has ‘non-member observer state’ status at the UN,” said ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow. “With this vote, the […]
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