Joshua C. Peavy, a 28 year-old youth and music pastor at the Blackville Church of God, appeared Sunday, June 22on the debut episode of Rising Star on ABC television. In addition, Peavey was the first contestant to appear and received more than enough online positive votes to advance in the competition.
Crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team are in Pilger, Neb., to assist the people and churches of the community in the aftermath of Monday’s deadly storm. The small town of less than 400 was nearly demolished when twin tornadoes ripped through the area, destroying the business district and dozens of homes.
1. Islam is not the fastest-growing faith family in the world. Pentecostalism is. While Islam has gone from zero in 610 AD to 1.6 billion today (1,403 years), Pentecostalism went from zero to (about) a billion from 1906 to the present day (107 years).
Gospel Music has grown by leaps and bounds in the last twenty years. Gospel Music has spread beyond the Church walls to reach mainstream America. Gospel has grown from the sounds of Walter Hawkins, Shirley Caesar and Albertina Walker. Gospel is heard on R&B radio stations, television and internet streaming services such as Pandora and Iheart Radio.
For Latino Protestants in the United States, the Pew Research Center has found that Pentecostalism is preferred. A recent Pew Research survey revealed Pentecostalism as the single largest denominational family among Hispanic Protestants.
Dalton & Tomich PLC, today unveiled a new website which examines and discusses the continually evolving area of religious land use and zoning within the context of a federal law called, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”). Co-founding partner Dan Dalton of Dalton & Tomich PLC is among the country’s foremost practitioners of and experts on religious land use and zoning law.
