Posts Tagged ‘National’
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Pastor Wilfredo ‘Choco’ De Jesús Named One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
Rev. Wilfredo De Jesús, better known as “Pastor Choco,” has been selected for the 2013 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes a...
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Ethnic America summit focus: Mission on our doorsteps
By Bill Bray Special Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (ANS) – As many as 700 ethnic American missionaries and pastors from 75 denominations are converging here next week for the 12th Annual Ethnic Ministries Summit star...
Causes
Warning against euphoria over reforms, as military targets minorities
Christians around the world who’ve been praying for Burma have been warned against ‘euphoria’ over reform, while Christian and Muslim minorities remain under attack by the military.
Sunday March 10 marked the 16th annivers...
Causes
Colombia: Murdered evangelist’s widow also killed after threats
Four months after guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) sent a murdered evangelist's wife their first demand to abandon her home in northeast Colombia's volatile Arauca department, the militants made good on their t...
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Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani’s attorney sentenced to 9 years in prison
Prominent human rights advocate and attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who represents imprisoned pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, has reportedly been sentenced to nine years in jail for allegedly "acting against national security" in Iran.
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Chuck Colson to be buried with military honors at Quantico
Prison Fellowship founder and Watergate figure Chuck Colson will be buried privately with full military honors at Quantico National Cemetery, with a public memorial service expected later at Washington National Cathedral.
Features
U.S. Christians hope for an ‘ecumenical spring’
For years, advocates for greater unity among Christian churches have wrung their hands amid talk of an “ecumenical winter.” But now, 10 years after leaders took the first steps toward forming the broad-based group Christian Chu...
Commentary and News
Evangelicals call for nuclear cutbacks
The National Association of Evangelicals on Tuesday called for greater precautions with nuclear weapons and a renewed effort toward disarmament. “The rules have changed in the past 25 years,” NAE President Leith Anderson said....
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Protective barriers to surround Washington National Cathedral in wake of Irene
Protective barriers are going to be set up around the Washington National Cathedral, in the country’s capital, in anticipation of Hurricane Irene, which is expected to hit the country’s mid-Atlantic region. The cathedral suffer...
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National Back To Church Sunday seeks to draw people to church
National Back to Church Sunday, slated for Sept. 18, has over 6,000 churches registered so far who will participate in this movement to draw Christians back to Sunday service. NBTCS, an interdenominational movement, seeks to in...