It’s arguably the fastest-growing religious movement in the world. Yet, despite increasing from less than 1 million adherents at the beginning of the 20th century to as many as 614 million today, the story behind the “spectacular rise of global Pentecostalism” has gone largely untold.
A world-wide call to pray and fast for the USA went out from Australia and New Zealand on 25 April 2013 from the team at Australia’s National Day of Prayer and Fasting. The video Call to Prayer can be seen at www.nationaldayofprayer.com.au.
Prominent megachurches and hundreds of of other churches around the country will observe Blue Sunday, a day of prayer for abused and neglected children, on April 28.
Doers of the Word (pronounced “DOT-W”) announced they will be providing in-depth training and coaching to church and ministry leaders through a year-long program beginning this May.
Condolences are pouring in for Rick Warren after his 27-year-old son, Matthew, committed suicide over the weekend. Matthew had suffered from mental illness long before taking his own life.
“Dream Center.” What do those two words bring to mind?
For people involved in the church world, those words might inspire visions of “big”—big buildings, cities, churches and budgets—that make a big difference. And for the most part, those thoughts would be accurate.
