Joplin Church Just ‘Helping People Like Jesus Would’
Pastor John Swadley was still huddled in the crawl space under his house when he began forming the plan for Forest Park Baptist Church’s response to the tornado.
Church Reaches Out to Disappointed Camping Followers
In the wake of Family Radio founder Harold Camping’s failed rapture predictions, unbelievers are mocking and evangelicals are distancing themselves from the sect whose followers traveled around the world renting billboards and motor homes with signs proclaiming the end of the world on May 21. One billboard playfully reproving Camping—a photo of which quickly went viral—was unveiled on May 22, reading, “That was awkward. ‘No one knows the day or the hour …’”
Midwest Tornadoes Kill 89 in Joplin, Mo.
Rescue workers today searched for victims of fierce storms that ripped through several Midwestern states this weekend, killing at least 89 people in Joplin, Mo., where a devastating tornado touched down and left trapped survivors still crying out for help this morning.
“Texas Red Hot” Church Security Conference
The National Organization of Church Security & Safety Management (NOCSSM) will present a two day “Texas Red Hot” Church Security Conference to be hosted by Covenant Church, Carrollton, TX on July 15-16, 2011.
Day of Prayer for Creation Care to be Held May 20
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), Intercessors for America (IFA) the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), and ministries from around the country are calling for Friday May 20, 2011 to be a National Day of Prayer for Creation Care.
Organization Strives to Help Fund Ministries
The struggling economy has religious institutions and ministries of all sizes reeling from a decline in donations, but one organization is attempting to match ministries with donors looking to give.
