“If we are going to successfully ‘go into all the world,’ we must do it on our knees,” declared Church of God World Missions Director Tim Hill, as he announced the vital aspect of prayer as part of the FINISH initiative that is currently guiding missions efforts: Find, Intercede, Nurture, Invest, Send, and Harvest.
Churchgoers often grumble that they always get hit with pleas for money. But congregants at a Chicago church this month got a surprise: They each received a check for $500, with instructions to go out and do something good with it.
Before SHADES OF GRAY, “Dating Naked,” or even Harlequin romance novels, there was Song of Solomon, the “sexy” book of the Bible. From the best-selling book of all time, the racy Song of Solomon has inspired a new movie THE SONG opening nationwide this Friday.
Athanatos Christian Ministries has been hosting Christian novel contests for more than five years as part of their mission to use the arts to defend the Christian faith. The 2014 grand prize winner is Paul Bennett, who won with his story, “A Fall of Sparrows.” Second place went to Luke Ainsworth for his story, “Everything that Rises.”
