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“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.

FRESNO, CA (ANS) — In a statement to supporters, Marshall Fritz, President of the Alliance for the Separation of School & State, said: “For years, James Dobson has supported three options for Christians: Public schools, Christian schools, and home schooling. With today’s courageous and insightful statement, Dr. Dobson joins the millions of Americans who have concluded that many public schools are no place to train new generations of Americans.”

Among Protestant clergy, the response to President Bush’s Faith-Based & Community Initiatives Act, which allows religious organizations to use federal funds for social programs, is still lukewarm.

During California’s gold rush days, the town of Cool (located east of Sacramento) provided the perfect jumping off place to provide supplies for the mining towns on the divide. For a brief moment in history, being a supply camp and stage stop put this little town on the map. Today, one of the fastest growing homeschool magazines is putting the name of Cool, California back on the map once again.

Jerusalem USA assistance fund is a privately funded endeavor initiated 11 months ago out of Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

The primary benefactor is a former senior US government official and political strategist who served in 4 presidential administrations. Earl Cox, a Christian, chose to leave the political arena, and instead listen to the call of God. That call encompassed several avenues, the first consisted of using the television and radio airwaves urging the Christian community to unite and put aside denominational traditions and racial prejudices. An intensive media campaign produced positive results. Hundreds of churches representing various denominations and ethnic backgrounds, put aside their differences and united in their common beliefs.

On Wednesday evening, May 8th, Worthy News learned from a reliable source that Jewish and Christian leaders have scheduled an “off the record” news briefing in Charleston, South Carolina for Thursday morning at 11:30 A.M.

Seattle, WA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today a decision by a federal appeals court that a Washington State school district discriminated against a Bible club is a critical ruling that reinforces existing Supreme Court law and is a victory for those students who want to express a religious message in school.

ORANGE, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — When President Bush entered the ornately beautiful Shinto Temple erected to house the spirits of the late Emperor Meiji he clapped once and bowed deeply, following the common etiquette of worship at such shrines. At the same time, the Prime Minister of Japan was left sitting in the car—forbidden from entering the shrine by a postwar constitution written by the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ANS) — Have you ever wondered how cars, coffee and coconuts get to your home? They arrive here daily on huge container ships that enter into your local port.

ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA (ANS) — Launched just two weeks ago, the Presidential Prayer Team is experiencing phenomenal response from around the world in the wake of terrorist attacks on the United States almost a month ago.

“The Church seems afraid to invest in new modes of being the Church, breaking free from antiquated models and irrelevant traditions toward living the gospel in a twenty-first-century context.”[1] George Barna, Leaders on Leadership

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–One people group — numbering 30 million worldwide — will never hear the good news of God’s love, even if a missionary knocks on their door.

When President Bush entered the ornately beautiful Shinto Temple erected to house the spirits of the late Emperor Meiji he clapped once and bowed deeply, following the common etiquette of worship at such shrines. At the same time, the Prime Minister of Japan was left sitting in the car–forbidden from entering the shrine by a postwar constitution written by the U.S.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Americans went to church in droves after September 11th, but few of them found anything “sufficiently life-changing” to keep them there, says George Barna, whose most recent poll was released this week. Barna also found that after Black Tuesday fewer people believe in absolute truth, rather they lean toward a circumstantial ethic.

Evangelist Franklin Graham is not backing away from his statements aired on a national news program that Islam is "wicked, violent and not of the same god."

U.S. President George W. Bush released Wednesday a list of the United States’ “most-wanted terrorists.” Heading the 22-man list is Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the September 11 terrorist attacks.