Five Guinness Religious Records Broken in 2014
Some churches conduct pageants. Some temples host dinners. And others spend weeks or months meticulously planning how to break a Guinness World Record.
First Ever Non-Denominational Prayer/Worship Event at DC March for Life
The world’s largest pro-life event, the annual March for Life in DC, brings together hundreds of thousands of passionate advocates for life. With over 500,000 in attendance, the majority of people are there due to the passionate and persistent work of the Catholic Church. Evangelicals are emerging, too, in greater numbers to fight the social injustice of abortion. For the first time ever, a non-denominational prayer and worship event, OneVoiceDC (www.OneVoiceDC.com), will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel (the main hotel of the March for Life), the night before the massive march.
St. Louis: 100+ Faith Leaders, Youth Seek Action at Event
What: Roughly 100 people – including young local activists, out-of-state clergy and veteran community activists – will hear Ferguson-inspired raps, chants and skits, Justice-focused prayer and songs by clergy, and testimony from Oakland and Buffalo leaders about how community policing and high school restorative justice programs are reducing police shootings and school conflicts.
Faith-Based Documentaries Gaining International Attention
The Viewster Online Film Festival is a worldwide film festival featuring over 200 indie films from drama to comedy and everything in between. Indie Filmmaker Shane M Pergrem from Cincinnati based True Artists Studio was lucky enough to have two mini documentary films selected out of 3,000 total submissions from filmmakers.
ORU Hosting Anti-Human Trafficking Event
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts University Christian Worldview Committee and Dalit Freedom Network (DFN) will be co-hosting [Re]claim, an anti-human trafficking event which will be held November 8-11, 2014. [Re]claim will raise awareness about human trafficking and show attendees how to combat this global blight, which harms as many as 30 million people globally and illegally generates some $32 billion annually. These events are free and open to the public.
Global Day to Pray for Unreached People Groups Is This Sunday
This is more than a day of prayer; it is a call to intercession and an invitation to demonstrate compassion to those who have never heard the Gospel. There are more than 6,000 unreached people groups throughout the world. This Global Day To Pray brings focus to who they are and where they are today.
