Lee University Nursing Program Gets Green Light
Lee University’s plan for establishing a School of Nursing got a big boost recently when its two accrediting agencies gave approval for a fall 2014 start date.
The Faith of a Frequent Flyer
I’m stunned. I’ve never had a flight attendant congratulate me before. In mid-flight somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, I made it. “Diamond Medallion” status. Not in a lifetime. Not in a decade. Nope. Not me. I did it in less than a year.
United Methodist Pastor Reinstated
A regional appeals committee of the United Methodist Church has reinstated the clergy credentials of a former pastor who was recently defrocked for performing a same-sex union ceremony. Frank Schaefer refused to henceforward respect the church’s policies forbidding such ceremonies. Schaefer’s Eastern Pennsylvania congregation experienced rapid decline and tumultuous division before his removal from the pulpit late last year.
The Reason Liberal Churches Are Losing Members
Almost every day conservative Christians are told that if we don’t become more enlightened and progressive, we will become irrelevant to society as our numbers continue to decline.
Music Minister Apears on National Talent show
Joshua C. Peavy, a 28 year-old youth and music pastor at the Blackville Church of God, appeared Sunday, June 22on the debut episode of Rising Star on ABC television. In addition, Peavey was the first contestant to appear and received more than enough online positive votes to advance in the competition.
WWII Memorial Prayer Act Passes U.S. House of Representatives
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a bipartisan majority The WWII Memorial Prayer Act (S1044). The Ohio Christian Alliance would like to commend the bill’s sponsors, Senator Rob Portman (OH) and Senator Mary Landrieu (LA), and Congressman Bill Johnson of Ohio’s 6th District, who was the House sponsor for their support of this historic legislation that will add FDR’s D-Day Landing prayer to the WWII memorial in Washington D.C.
