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Joseph W. Handley Jr. has been named as the fourth president of Asian Access, an evangelical mission organization that develops pastoral leaders and serves as a catalyst to multiply churches across Asia.

Iowa rescue workers cut through downed branches and dug through debris amid rain and lightning Wednesday night to reach the camp where the 93 boys, ages 13 to 18, had huddled for safety through the twister. They and 25 staff members were attending a weeklong leadership training camp.

A national news conference will be held Monday to discuss the results of the Henry Institute National Survey on Religion and Public Life, conducted April 8 to May 10. This survey employed numerous questions addressing aspects of religious beliefs, religious affiliation, and religious behavior in its effort to understand political differences both between and within different religious groups.

A healing evangelist who has held crusades across the globe says God called him back to America late last year to spend 2008 serving communion every Saturday morning on the steps of the capitol buildings of each U.S. state capital.

At the time Sen. Reid made the promise, he recognized that the Democratic Leadership needed “to make more progress on” circuit court nominations, but that progress is no where to be seen.

This summer, Bruce Overstreet, pastor of North Country Alliance Church in Plattsburgh, New York, will bicycle from California to Maine to benefit The Christian and Missionary Alliance’s (C&MA) Koutiala Hospital for Women and Children in Mali, West Africa.