Gospel “making a difference” in Uganda
Expanding from 14 churches in 1993 to 50 today, one native ministry in Uganda reports that the gospel of Jesus Christ is making headway in that central African nation.
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School District Reverses Decision, Allows Christian Clubs on Campus
Mission Viejo, CA – The Saddleback Valley Unified School District voted Tuesday to reverse their decision to ban all non-academic clubs including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and other Christian clubs. The decision was made with a 4-0 vote and one abstention.
“Resistance Is Futile.
The Borg (“Cyborg”) are considered by Star Trek fans to be the greatest villains ever introduced to television audiences. The biological and technological terrors made their debute on May 8th, 1989 in the “Q, Who?” episode of The Next Generation. “This is the Borg Collective,” they said menacingly. “Prepare to be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctives to our own. You will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.”
Russia: Re-Registration Figures For Religious Organizations
OXFORD, ENGLAND (ANS) – According to the as yet unpublished official Ministry of Justice figures, 20,215 religious organizations were re-registered in Russia by the deadline of 31 December 2000. Speaking to Keston on 2 April, head of the department for re-registration of religious organizations, Viktor Korolyov, confirmed that 10 per cent of those registered before the adoption of the 1997 law on religion, or approximately 1,500 organizations, had failed to re-register. He stressed, however, that no one was rushing to liquidate them, but that this would take place ‘in accordance with the law’.
Seminary profs reflect on study on healthful benefits of prayer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–With a heart institute study showing that prayer helps patients improve, two Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors warn against depending upon scientific verification of a spiritual exercise.
Shallow choruses have replaced scriptural hymns, panelists say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Christian hymns should follow the biblical example found in Deuteronomy 31-32, where God gave Moses a song to teach the Israelites, said Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Daniel Block.
Southern Baptists to discontinue discussions with Roman Catholics
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–North American Mission Board (NAMB) officials have announced plans next year to conclude a series of talks with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church about the Bible’s role in the Christian faith.
Piper says prayer is essential in battling spiritual warfare
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)–Just as Olympic athletes are at war with their bodies, so in the spiritual realm “life is war” for Christians, a prominent evangelical author and minister told students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C., during the annual Carver-Barnes Lectures, Sept. 24-25.
Urgent Prayer Plea for Christians caught up in the Crossfire of Sri Lanka’s Civil War
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (July 29, 2000) (Assist) – A London-based pastor who has churches in Sri Lanka has issued an urgent prayer plea for Sri Lanka’s embattled evangelical Christian community.
State cannot include ‘God’ in motto, U.S. court rules
CINCINNATI (BP)–The Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 25 that Ohio’s state motto, “With God, all things are possible,” violates the U.S. Constitution and must be thrown out.
Supreme Court declines review of banned valedictory address
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Declining to intervene in the gray area between free-speech rights and the Constitution’s ban on establishment of religion, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down the appeal of a high-school student barred from giving a graduation speech deemed too religious by a California school district.
Supreme Court tackles prayer at high school football games
WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled March 29 with whether student-led, student-initiated prayers at public-school football games are permissible under the First Amendment.
Zimbabwe Christians say God working through land seizures, persecution
GWERU, Zimbabwe (BP)–Screams pierced the air as invaders forced their way onto the farm just outside Gweru, Zimbabwe.
The attackers forcibly marched frightened farm workers to the workers’ living compound, where they beat the workers with axes, picks and heavy sticks. Others they forced to strip to their underclothes in the middle of the Zimbabwe winter and then sing and dance by the firelight.
Casualty Figures Released in Kaduna, Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (Compass) — The head of the Nigerian Bible Society recently released the casualty figures of Christians killed and churches destroyed during the February and May religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna, the capital city of northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state.
ACLJ Applauds Decision on Ohio’s “God” Motto
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today a decision by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declaring Ohio’s motto “With God, all things are possible†constitutional is both encouraging and constitutionally sound.
Still No Justice for David De Vinatea
LIMA,PERU (ANS) — “We’re praying for the liberation of my husband,” Chely Heredia de Vinatea told a Christian leader who visited her husband David, an evangelical imprisoned six years for narco-trafficking crimes he did not commit. “Maybe the Lord has us praying for the liberation of a country.”
A Critique of the Anti-Pokemon Hype
As you read this critique please note that my intention is not to defend Pokémon in any way, but to simply stop sensational, unfactual information . My comments concerning this article will be in red bold. In all fairness, at the time of this writing a 13th revision of this article exists on the web page of its author. Since most websources post this article it is fitting to take it at its posted worth. The article will be posted untouched save for some formatting and the term SIC will not be applied when there are errors.
Questioning Exodus
Whether the Biblical Exodus ever happened was questioned recently in a speech by Rabbi David Wolpe in which he asserted that “many scholars have quietly concluded that the epic of Moses never happened, and even Jewish clerics are raising questions.”
Modern-day David takes on Goliaths to reach America’s cities for Christ
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Bruce Schmidt is a modern-day David assisting Southern Baptists in an effort to take on several Goliaths — American’s major cities — for the cause of Christ. But God hasn’t delivered this David from lions and bears, but rather, from witch doctors, bullets and even crazed buffaloes.
Christian Leader Murdered in Mozambique
Antonio Manuel Chilaule had just returned to his parked vehicle after participating in a church service in Maputo when gunmen who demanded keys to the vehicle accosted him. Chilaule turned over the keys, but because he saw the faces of his assailants they shot and killed him on the spot. An assistant, Mrs. Mafalda Cossa, who accompanied him also was mortally wounded and died later in a Maputo hospital.