Website to Serve as Religious Land Use and Property Law Resource

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:01:17 AM
Attorney Daniel P. Dalton, one of the nation’s leading experts in religious land use law, today announced the launch of AttorneysforLandUse.com, a new online resource offering valuable information and advice pertaining to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, also known as RLUIPA. Dalton is co-founder of Royal Oak, Mich.-based Tomkiw Dalton plc, where [...]

Barna Reports Financial Downer, Missionary Organization Optimistic

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:59:07 AM
A recent survey released by Barna Group states that overall financial giving to nonprofit organizations is down, but missionary-sending agency World Gospel Mission (WGM) reports their giving is ahead of this time last year. Offering insight into why that might be, Tim Rickel, WGM’s Vice President of Communication, explained, “Rather than treating donors as God’s [...]

Do You Need Some Holy Ghost Drāno?

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:51:38 AM
We can’t reach the younger generation with yesterday’s stale religion. It’s time to unclog our wells. By J. Lee Grady Last week I spoke to a group of ministry leaders associated with a particular Pentecostal denomination in South Carolina. Many of these men and women are hungry for a fresh move of God, but they are [...]

Spiritual Warfare on the College Campus

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:47:52 AM
Bold Church of God students and leaders are taking a stand for the truth on college campuses across the nation. Alpha Omega Campus Ministries recently provided examples of how God is opening doors for witness amid opposition. An unusual tide of spiritual warfare has surfaced on the campus of the University of Texas in San Antonio. Johnny [...]

Prayer ‘Settlement’ Doesn’t Set Well

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:46:57 AM
A school board in Tennessee has settled a lawsuit with the ACLU which had claimed the school district promoted religion. But some local citizens believe the settlement goes too far. Under terms of the agreement between the Cheatham County School Board and the American Civil Liberties Union, school officials will no longer “promote, advance, endorse, participate [...]

Halt to Church Services Questioned

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:45:02 AM
Questions are being raised about halting church services for a public housing apartment complex in Dallas. Lake Highland United Methodist Church has provided church services at Audelia Manor for 14 years, serving a largely elderly group of residents. But last week the Dallas Housing Authority ordered the church to stop over separation of church and state [...]

Preparations Continue Toward Indonesian Conference on Care

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:08:28 AM
There are some exciting news and developments regarding the Indonesian Conference on Care. “There are three basic things we desire to take place in Jakarta during March 15-18, 2010,” stated Division of Care Ministries director, Dr. Donnie Smith. “First, it is our desire to bring inspiration to the hearts and lives of individuals and ministers [...]

Muslim Youth Protest at Jerusalem’s Holy Sites

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:50:30 AM
Muslim youth began rioting last week at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem following Israel’s decision to include the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb in its list of national heritage sites. Israeli police said protesters worshipping at the al-Aqsa Mosque emerged from prayer Friday throwing rocks at police and at Jews praying at the [...]

Cowboy Survives Scare, Shares Gospel in the West

Monday, March 08, 2010 9:54:39 AM
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (BP)–North American Mission Board missionary Jim Ballard — all 243 lbs. of him — lay sprawled in agonizing pain on a snow-covered dirt trail high in the mountains of the Salmon National Forest in eastern Idaho. Four of his ribs and a vertebra were fractured, and his sternum was cracked. His lung punctured, [...]

Church Leaders Call For Ban On Nuclear Weapons

Monday, March 08, 2010 9:44:49 AM
Welsh church leaders have called for governments worldwide to commit to a world without nuclear weapons. Dr Barry Morgan, the Archbishop of Wales, Peter Smith, the Archbishop of Cardiff, and the Rev Martin Spain, President of the Free Church Council of Wales, have joined forces with the World Council of Churches as part of a campaign [...]