Promise Keepers (PK), the international ministry to men, contributes to Focus on the Family’s ‘Flashback’ series of ‘definitive broadcasts’ today and Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Leadership guru John Maxwell is featured in a two- part broadcast on Focus on the Family’s global network of daily radio outlets.

By Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA

In the mid-1990s I was a young church planter trying to establish a church in the city of Seattle when I got a call to speak at my first conference. It was hosted by Leadership Network and focused on the subject of Generation X.

The Chaplains Commission recently made a giant leap forward in its tireless pursuit of ministry “beyond the gates” with the inauguration of a specialized course in law enforcement chaplaincy. This “first ever event” took place at the New York Theological Seminary, New York City, July 10-12, 2007.

With a desire to ignite a passion within the Christian community to connect and communicate in new ways, Simon Solutions Inc. has introduced Oikos, a revolutionary online community-building platform with which congregations, ministries, schools, and cell groups can connect, share, and communicate online- all in a secure environment.

Individuals residing in East Tennessee are extremely upset with corrupt county and state authorities. Tennessee Mayor Allen Watson has been reelected despite local controversy in connection with an election which was contested. Mayor Watson of Monroe County, Tennessee removed a display of the Ten Commandments in July, 2005. An act which prompted 2,000 citizens to protest in the form of a petition to the county commission.

The Eurasian Theological Seminary in Moscow hosted its long anticipated seminar, “Biblical Approaches to Conflict Management and Peacemaking / Quakeproofing Your Church” with Richard Pettit and Nick Park.

Despite the disastrous circumstances, which left five dead, eight missing and more than 100 injured, the recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis is being called a miracle.

ChristiaNet.com, the world’s largest Christian portal with twelve million monthly page loads, in a recent survey asked readers, “Should Christians use debt relief services?” The majority of Believers who participated in the survey think it is a good idea to get help with financial problems.

By J. Lee Grady Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears seem to dominate the headlines today. “PARIS GOES to JAIL”; “PARIS IS OUT OF JAIL”; “LINDSAY IS DRUNK”; “LINDSAY IS IN REHAB”; “BRITNEY SHAVED HER HEAD”; “BRITNEY HATES HER MOM” Everywhere you look, the media reminds us that American girls have become party animals.