This month:
A House Divided, A Gator for God, 5 Lies about the Church & Politics
Plus much more... …

 

Following an unfavorable verdict this week in New Jersey that stemmed from a discrimination lawsuit against the company, eHarmony will need to come up with an online portal for the gay community.

 

 

Ministers involved in restoring the former megachurch pastor question whether his recent appearance at an Illinois church was premature.

 

 

The nonprofit organization founded by James Dobson announced that it will lay-off 202 employees and the close of half of its print magazines.

 

[11.21.08] Citing the economic slowdown, Focus on the Family announced earlier this week that it will lay off 202 employees and turn four of its print magazines into online publications.

Founded by James Dobson, the nonprofit organization will terminate 149 employees and eliminate 53 vacant positions—about 18 percent—of its 1,150-strong staff, company officials said. Focus previously announced in October that 46 employees would be reassigned or laid off in 2009.

 

Atheists have begun plastering the sides of buses with ads in the Washington, D.C., area asking holiday shoppers: "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake."

 

[11.20.08] Observers say Christianity and the Christmas spirit are under attack after an atheist organization kicked off an ad campaign in Washington, D.C., that suggests believing in humanism is a better alternative for Christmas enthusiasts than believing in God.

 

Since Nov. 4, Christians have reported increased incidences of church vandalism and sometimes-violent attacks for their support of traditional marriage.

 

[11.19.08] The Nov. 4 passage of constitutional amendments banning gay marriage in California, Arizona and Florida has evoked a sometimes-violent response from radical gay activists who have vandalized churches, mobbed intercessors and disrupted a worship service in Michigan.

Intercessors with a house of prayer in San Francisco said they feared they might be killed Friday night during a routine prayer walk through the area’s Castro district, which has a large gay community. They said a crowd who thought they were marriage amendment demonstrators shouted lewd remarks, pushed them, threw hot coffee on their faces and threatened the prayer group leader with death. (See related video.)

 

An art exhibit in the center of one of the nation’s most liberal cities is inviting passers-by to think about faith and the power of prayer.

 

 

The former ORU president pays past personal expenses, receives salary until next year.

 

 

Owners of a Michigan-based gourmet coffee shop have been able to minister to secular patrons as a result of their name, Shadrach, Meshach & ABeanToGo.

 

[11.17.08] Kirk Walker has had a passion for coffee since he drank his first cup at age 14. His love for the brew has since led him to launch a business that is not only satisfying palates, but also creating ministry opportunities.

“The name always gets people’s attention,” Walker says of Shadrach, Meshach & ABeanToGo Inc., the gourmet coffee company he founded in Goodrich, Mich. “Mostly the secular world has reflected back to their childhood and remembered those things” they learned in Sunday school.

 

 

 

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