While many Westerners might smirk at the notion of World Toilet Day, the problem of poor waste sanitation practices affects one third of the earth’s population and kills hundreds of thousands each year. Gospel for Asia (www.gfa.org) takes the problem seriously and is doing something about it in South Asia.
OurPrayer, a community of prayer operated by Guideposts, provides prayer support to millions of people each year seeking caring hearts to lift their concerns. With more than 3,000 volunteers donating their time and talent to pray for the millions of requests received, OurPrayer provides a unique and compassionate ministry to reach out and lift those in need. While Guideposts’ OurPrayer provides that service each and every day, Thanksgiving Day of Prayer is special.
Since 2010, churches have provided an alternative to frenzied Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Continuing this new tradition, churches in Houston, The Woodlands and Seattle are preparing service projects that honor Christ at Christmas on November 27. These churches ask families and individuals to celebrate Bless Friday® as an alternative to Black Friday.
Over 1,600 Christians around the country are on tap to gather for a National Religious Liberties Conference, Freedom 2015, November 6th-7th at the Iowa Events Center. The conference speakers and attendees will celebrate the freedoms God has bestowed on our country, encourage those who have been persecuted or those who may experience persecution in the future and develop strategies for defending religious liberties for Christian business owners, teachers, evangelists, chaplains, employees and churches. The conference is sponsored by over a dozen evangelical organizations including American Family Association, Liberty Institute, Samaritan Ministries and Generations.
Cleveland, Tenn.–Last week the Awakening America Alliance gathered pastors, pastor’s spouses, and regional denominational leaders at WinShape Retreat Center for a time of prayer, strategic interaction, training, and commissioning. A new Awakening America initiative, The Helper: A Genesis 2:18 Ministry hosted the retreat for training and equipping pastor’s wives to become covenant group leaders in their areas.
“God carries us when we cannot walk,” Evangelist Nick Vujicic told a standing-room-only audience Tuesday night in the ballroom of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Born with Tetra-amelia syndrome—leaving him without arms and legs—Vujicic motivated the attendees of the ninth World Congress of Families with experiences that have taught him that there is “value in every human life.”
