Faith News Network

Dr. Miguel Vega, Northwestern Spanish Region Administrative Bishop Pastor Oscar Paniagua and Pastor Rolando Betancourt.

This past Sunday, August 24, a large earthquake rolled through California’s northern Bay Area just before 3:30 a.m. about ten miles northwest of American Canyon, which is about six miles southwest of Napa. It’s the largest earthquake to shake the Bay Area since the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989, the USGS said. It damaged some buildings, ignited fires, knocked out power to tens of thousands and sent residents running out of their homes in the darkness.

Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), led 25 Members of Congress in a bipartisan letter to the Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, urging that donated religious materials remain in the guest rooms at Navy Lodge facilities. Last week, it came to light at the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) had issued a memo for the removal of Bibles currently in Navy Lodge guest rooms after NEXCOM received a complaint. After significant pushback, however, the Navy announced that the decision was being reconsidered.

Renovations have already begun on what was formerly known as Riverpointe Christian Church. Nestled in the center of Grosse Ile’s charming community, the property is being transformed into the fourth location of one of the Midwest’s largest churches.

There is a myth of church success in America that says, “The bigger the building, the bigger the budget, the bigger the attendance, the more successful you are.”