The country’s first-ever National Gospel Music Heritage Month is now supported by an exclusive web site dedicated to all aspects of the September celebration of gospel music’s valuable long-standing contributions to American culture as http://www.gospelmusicheritage.com launches today.
By Steve Strang, publisher, Charisma magazine
August 5 is a special day for me. Thirty-three years ago the first issue of Charisma magazine rolled off the press. It was our August/September 1975 issue. Thurlow Spurr was on the cover. It had 32 pages and sold for 50 cents.
The nation’s leading eating disorder treatment center, reports that more than 50 percent of its patients have experienced trauma in their lives. The trauma is usually sexual, physical and emotional abuse.
By Allie Martin, OneNewsNow
America’s National Prayer Committee has released the 592-page book titled Giving Ourselves to Prayer: An Acts 6:4 Primer for Ministry. The book was compiled after ministry officials became alarmed at what they perceived as a lack of education and practical application of prayer for ministerial students and pastors.
In the children’s book “God Has a Purpose for Me”, young Aya hears a sermon at church about fulfilling God’s purpose in her life. She decides to begin right away by doing things she thinks will make the Lord happy. Exhausted and confused by her efforts, she turns to her family and learns what fulfilling God’s purpose in one’s life really means.
“In 2005, following a discussion at a prayer conference relating to the lack of education and practical application of prayer provided to ministerial students and pastors, members of America’s National Prayer Committee decided to do something and the result is this groundbreaking 592-page book with contributions from 80 authors representing the broad spectrum of the Church and covering the most vital aspects of prayer ministry.” — David Butts, Chairman, America’s National Prayer Committee
