Rick Warren, nationally acclaimed pastor and author of the New York Times bestselling “The Purpose Driven Life,” has announced his support in favor of Proposition 8, California’s Protect Marriage Act.

As a result of the kidnapping and murder of a teen relative in the West End Neighborhood of Atlanta, Pastor Brenda Gibbons felt God calling her to return there to start a church – Kingdom First Ministries.

By Doc Williams, Chaplains Commission

Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee is unapologetically a Christian school and part of the Church of God with International offices in Cleveland, Tenn. This context was the exciting environment for the Commission’s latest effort to prepare young people for ministry “beyond the gates” of the local church by teaching the Basic Community Service Chaplain Training course.

Davangere is a prominent city and educational center located 260 kilometers north of Bangalore city in Karnataka, India. The Christian church has not been able to make considerable inroads in this district, but for the last few years the church has been able to make its presence felt in the town as well as in the interiors of Davangere.

October is Pastor Appreciation Month, but many pastors just starting out aren’t receiving accolades this month, even though they are the true church pioneers of our era. For these church planters and church growers, author Joel Comiskey freely shares his expertise in the new book release, Planting Churches that Reproduce. Readers feel like they have attended a seminar or received a personal consultation after experiencing Comiskey’s insightful wisdom. The book dissects Cell churches and house churches, so that leaders have a proven model to follow.

More evidence that grave financial concerns are foremost in American’s lives today is revealed in the results from a new poll conducted by Guideposts.com.

Purchased in January from former gang boss Howie Winter, the auto body shop in Somerville, Mass., is best known as a place where James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi forged a partnership in the 1970s that led them to the top of Boston’s underworld and the center of an FBI scandal.

A new poll of California voters shows Proposition 8, a proposed constitutional amendment that would reserve marriage for opposite- sex couples, has a 9 percentage point lead among likely voters, 52% to 43%. 

By Allie Martin – OneNewsNow

An international Bible teacher, author, and co-founder of a teaching ministry says Christians in America can and should find hope in the midst of the economic downturn.