Billy Graham Still Focused on the Harvest
Though he’s 96, Billy Graham still has his wits about him, his son told NBC recently.
Division of Education Launches Marriage Program in Hawaii
In December, the Church of God Division of Education launched its newly developed Mobilize specialization on Marriage and Family. Administrative Bishop Fred Abbott invited the division to present the Mobilize Local Leadership Development program at the Hawaii Ministers Meeting and Christmas Fellowship. This is the first time the Marriage and Family specialization has been introduced and explained in a pubic venue.
Duke University Abandons Plan Broadcast Muslim Call to Prayer
Duke University has abandoned its plan to transform the bell tower on the Methodist school’s neo-gothic cathedral into a minaret where the Muslim call to prayer was to be publicly broadcast.
21 Contrasts Between Commercial and Biblical Christianity
After Pentecost (Acts 3 and later), Christ-followers were first involved in something called “the Way” (Acts 24:22). After the gospel progressed to the non-Jewish world with the planting of the church in Antioch, the world called Christ-followers “Christians” because they were made up of both Jews and Gentiles who exhibited a radical devotion to be like Christ (Acts 11:26).
Why Are Christian Cathedrals Opening the Door for Muslim Prayers to a Different God?
At a time when radical Islam is rapidly rising, what is possessing Christian cathedrals and chapels to allow Muslims—however peaceful in appearance—to hold prayer meetings in their sanctuaries? Why in the world would Christian leaders think it’s OK to open their doors to false god worship?
Encounter 2015 Being Called “Fayetteville Miracle”
The gathering together of almost one thousand Pentecostal pastors and denominational leaders in Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 5-7, 2015 for ENCOUNTER 2015 has been likened denominationally to what took place in Memphis, Tennessee on October 18, 1994. On that date, the previously almost all-white PFNA (Pentecostal Fellowship of North America) was dissolved, and a new, inclusive organization, PCCNA (Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America) emerged in its place—consisting of membership from multiple races. As Pentecostal leaders from various races and denominations washed one another’s feet, that historic meeting was dubbed, “The Memphis Miracle.”
