January 7, 2004 (Christian Aid) — Following the disaster of December 26, native missionaries of Indonesia have been helping survivors on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, the single region with the most casualties.
DALLAS (BP)–A new missions partnership could accelerate by 100 years the translation of the Bible for the estimated 1 billion people who still do not have God’s Word in their own language.
(AgapePress) – The new Left Behind movie is on the way. Fans all over are holding their breath until October 29 when Left Behind II: Tribulation Force will hit store shelves in VHS and DVD formats. Natural disasters, terrorist-triggered tragedy, the turn of the century — no doubt all have contributed to heightened interest in spiritual themes and “end times” prophecies in the Bible. But nothing has done more to cultivate that interest than has the wildly popular Left Behind novel series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
KADUNA, Nigeria (BP)–Baptists in Nigeria are sifting through the ashes and counting the cost after the Baptist seminary in Kaduna was attacked during riots in late February.
(AgapePress) – A well-known Christian researcher says the church in America today is composed of many converts, but shockingly few disciples.
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by Berit Kjos
“I strongly urge the establishment of a Mission to Planet Earth, a worldwide monitoring system staffed by children…design to rescue the global environment.” -Al Gore
“…absolute behavior control is imminent…. The critical point of behavior control, in effect, is sneaking up on mankind without his self-conscious realization that a crisis is at hand. Man will… never self-consciously know that it has happened.” [1] Raymond Houghton, To Nurture Humaneness, ASCD (curriculum arm of the NEA), 1970
“The Protestant Ethic will atrophy as more and more enjoy varied leisure and guaranteed sustenance…. Most people will tend to be hedonistic…” [2] Feasibility Study, Behavioral Science Teacher Education Program (B-STEP), Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bureau of Research, 1969
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (ANS) — After 12 years, several worldwide consultations, and a successful strategy in collaborating missions efforts around the globe, the International Office of AD2000 & Beyond Movement in Colorado Springs, Colorado, officially closed on March 31.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (BP)–A lawsuit to block a 7-foot-tall Ten Commandments monument from the Kentucky capitol grounds has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (BP)–The “first task” of Christian leaders is “to preserve the biblical integrity of the proclamation of the church and serve as vision carriers of its evangelistic vocation,” according to an Amsterdam Declaration issued at the conclusion of the Billy Graham-sponsored Amsterdam 2000 conference, July 29-Aug. 6 in The Netherlands.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — Earlier this year, Ron Barrier, the national spokesman for American Atheists, Inc. asked if author Ray Comfort had the courage to face him in a debate in front of 300 atheists in Orlando, Florida, at their national convention.
Comfort told him that he would be delighted, and said that he would even pay his own airfare from Los Angeles to Orlando. A short time later, Mr. Barrier said that he had read his book, “God Doesn’t Believe in Atheists,” and immediately withdrew the offer.
ROSE HILL, Kan. (BP)–Every night, as he was being handcuffed to a tree deep in the Philippine jungle, Martin Burnham would look his armed captors in the eye and say, “Thank you very much.”
MANILA/KANSAS CITY, (ANS) — The injured but rescued US missionary worker Gracia Burnham, who lost her husband but not her faith in Christ, hugged their three children Monday in Kansas City Monday June 10, after a year-long hostage drama in the jungle of the Philippines.
ANN ARBOR, MI) – In the same week that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, a federal lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Monday after Christian students across California were forced to pretend they were Muslims for three weeks, praying in the name of Allah the Compassionate the Merciful, chanting Praise to Allah, picking a Muslim name from a list to replace their own name and to stage their own Jihad via a dice game.
It was launched Sept. 12 in Scottsdale, Ariz., by sculptor William Hunter to pray daily for President Bush, his cabinet and the nation in the aftermath of the devastating terrorist attacks. Now, six months after the tragic events that dampened the spirits of millions around the world, the Presidential Prayer Team has blossomed into 1,007,059 committed members.
by George Whitten, Editor of Worthy News On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. This marked the beginning of the civil war and the division of our country. On Friday, March 22, 2002, over 250 pastors representing approximately ten different denominations gathered together at 1600 Meeting Street in Charleston to begin forty days of prayer and fasting for revival. Who knew that the city where division began would be the city where the spirit of reconciliation would be poured out? This move of God started just over eight months ago, while a … Read more
ANN ARBOR, MI – Over twenty-five students around the country during the past school year have sought assistance from the Thomas More Law Center because they were prevented by school officials from wearing pro-life clothing. The Law Center, a national, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Rock For Life, a division of the American Life League in Stafford, Virginia, have been collaborating to promote the constitutional right of students to express their pro-life message in the nation’s public schools.
(Ann Arbor, MI) — In a ruling the Thomas More Law Center called a “sound victory†for the pro-life cause and free speech, a Montana federal judge signed an order this past week upholding the First Amendment right of pro-life demonstrators to carry graphic signs of aborted babies.
Washington, DC – This afternoon, Traditional Values Coalition Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon will join with thousands of Christians, Jews, and other religious groups in an Israel Solidarity Rally to be held at the U.S. Capitol Building between 1-3 p.m. An estimated 50,000 Israel supporters will participate in this event. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be the featured speaker at this event.
Waxhaw, North Carolina. It all came together for her one night as she sat in the pews of her own church, Sunday after Sunday, and understood not one thing. Not a word of the Scriptures read, the songs sung, or the sermon given. She was right there in Burlington, North Carolina, her hometown, but for the amount she understood, it could have been Belgium or Zimbabwe. And she thought: “What if these people were in my shoes? What if they came to my service and couldn’t understand anything? They would not have a meaningful worship service at all.”
For Sue Crabtree, sitting in the Hispanic services that she was trying to encourage and support with her attendance, that’s when it really hit home how important it is that every person have the Scriptures in the language he or she knows best.
“Mazel Tov!” to Worthynews’ faithful editor George Whitten and new fiancée Rivka Epstein. As George is busy editing, Rivka (a native-born Israeli) is touring the United States with a powerful music and drama team.