The American Civil War finally came to an end 150 years ago this week on April 9, 1865. Reflecting on this moves my heart in a profound way, partly because of the sacrifice of prayer in my family—who were formerly slaves.
Last January, Mark Williams, general overseer of the Church of God, led the way in a 21-day Virtual Prayer Initiative that connected leaders, pastors and the laity across the nation in a two-hour nightly prayer call.
sparkhouse, a division of Augsburg Fortress, is pleased to announce its new children’s trade imprint, Sparkhouse Family. The imprint’s launch list will release on August 4, 2015, and it will include three illustrated Bibles, six picture books, and eight DVDs containing animated videos.
Fargo School District No. 1 is under fire for unconstitutional discrimination against pro-life students at two high schools. Superintendent Jeff Schatz has received a demand letter from the Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based public interest law firm, on behalf of students Brigid O’Keefe of Fargo North High School, Katie McPherson of Davies High School, and Students for Life of America. The letter charges that the district has violated the First Amendment rights of pro-life students at the schools by denying them permission to form high school pro-life clubs.
After developing the exciting FREE Switch and match game, available on ITUNES, IPAD and ANDROID devices, Sebastian formed a partnership with the 2nd Chance at Life Partnership (SCAL), a national non-profit program of the NGF organization. His goal: Spread God’s word to 1 Billion people worldwide.
Approximately ten years ago, a Chattanooga, Tenn. dentist approached Operation Compassion with an idea to help Orphanage Emmanuel in Comayaguela, Honduras. The vision was to send raw wheat to the orphanage, teach them to mill it and use the flour to bake goods in support of the more than 600 children housed there. A partnership was born and Dr. Don Reynolds and Operation Compassion have been sending wheat ever since.
