Kingston, Jamaica — A three-day consultation took place involving representatives of six different “believers baptism” church traditions to share their understandings and practices of baptism and to explore how their thinking has changed in light of the emerging theological convergence on baptism and growing ecumenical encounter over the past 50 years. This was the first time such a gathering has taken place, and thus represents a historic moment in the life of these traditions.
The Global Diaspora Network (GDN) will convene a Global Diaspora Forum in Manila, Philippines, on 24-28 March 2015. The GDN is the Lausanne issue network for diasporas, led by Lausanne Senior Associate Sadiri Joy Tira.
Some churches conduct pageants. Some temples host dinners. And others spend weeks or months meticulously planning how to break a Guinness World Record.
The world’s largest pro-life event, the annual March for Life in DC, brings together hundreds of thousands of passionate advocates for life. With over 500,000 in attendance, the majority of people are there due to the passionate and persistent work of the Catholic Church. Evangelicals are emerging, too, in greater numbers to fight the social injustice of abortion. For the first time ever, a non-denominational prayer and worship event, OneVoiceDC (www.OneVoiceDC.com), will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel (the main hotel of the March for Life), the night before the massive march.
What: Roughly 100 people – including young local activists, out-of-state clergy and veteran community activists – will hear Ferguson-inspired raps, chants and skits, Justice-focused prayer and songs by clergy, and testimony from Oakland and Buffalo leaders about how community policing and high school restorative justice programs are reducing police shootings and school conflicts.
The Viewster Online Film Festival is a worldwide film festival featuring over 200 indie films from drama to comedy and everything in between. Indie Filmmaker Shane M Pergrem from Cincinnati based True Artists Studio was lucky enough to have two mini documentary films selected out of 3,000 total submissions from filmmakers.
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