Hurricane Dean wreaked havoc on the Corozal and Orange Walk districts of Belize. Conditions are improving, but the damage is extensive. The sugar cane, papaya, bananas and vegetable crops were almost completely destroyed. Many people also lost the roof of their house.

Crown Financial Ministries Names New CEO Crown Financial Ministries , the world’s largest financial ministry, has appointed Chuck Bentley as its new CEO following a succession process initiated by Cofounder and CEO Howard Dayton with the ministry’s board of directors two years ago.

By Jeff Johnson, OneNewsNow.com The voice of the man known as “most listened-to Presbyterian minister in the world” is now silent. Officials with Coral Ridge Ministries confirmed to OneNewsNow.com Wednesday morning that Dr. D. James Kennedy passed away at around 3 a.m. Kennedy’s retirement from his position as senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was announced August 26.

The International Department of Youth and Christian Education determined last year, in partnership with the state YCE directors, Sean O’Neal (California/Nevada), Nate Villarreal (Southwest Hispanic), and Jesse Duncan (Arizona), that a ministry investment in the west would provide some needed attention and ministry to children.

Craig Groeschel, Pastor of LifeChurch.tv of Edmond, Okla., named the most innovative church in America, will be among the keynote presenters at the 2007 National Outreach Convention to be held November 7-10 in San Diego, Calif. Presented by Outreach Magazine, the National Outreach Convention is the largest single church leadership gathering in the U.S. focused solely on outreach and evangelism.

By Allie Martin, OneNewsNow.com The attorney general of New Jersey has temporarily halted an investigation into a Methodist campground that has come under fire over its support of traditional marriage.

Since Hurricane Dean and Tropical Storm Erin have reabsorbed into the earth’s atmosphere, many surviving victims have needed assistance to overcome the destruction. While Jamaica did not experience a direct hit from Dean, it was the worst damage since 1988. Many homes were damaged or destroyed, crops were left in ruins and hundreds of families were displaced. Operation Compassion has been busy sending relief supplies to the Caribbean island.

By Allie Martin, OneNewsNow.com

A spokesman with Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) calls the release of South Korean Christians taken hostage, while in Afghanistan, an answer to prayer.

By Chad Groening, OneNewsNow.com One of the nation’s leading experts on the Islamic religion says Muslim groups have become very adept at conning the U.S. government into believing that they are victims instead of the perpetrators of terror. That is why he believes the Justice Department is using taxpayer dollars to co-sponsor the convention of a group that is being investigated in a terrorist-funding case.