Cleveland, TN–Sixty pastors and church leaders from Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky were the first U.S. personnel to get training recently from two South African pastors to prepare them for participation in the African Firewall initiative. The meeting took place at the North Cleveland Church of God.
I desire to reach people of every persuasion…liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican, churched and unchurched…with the message of God’s love extended to us through His Son, Jesus Christ. I avoid speaking out on political issues because God’s love extends to people of every political persuasion. But there are times when a political issue is also a moral and spiritual issue. And I am compelled to take a stand.
Kerry and Chris Shook, New York Times best-selling authors and pastors at Woodlands Church in Houston, Texas, are challenging church leaders across the United States to schedule a National Be the Message Sunday, during which they will shorten their services and sermons to pack meals for people in Ebola-stricken countries.
The pro-life amendment to the state constitution, called a “modest” proposal by some observers, would allow the Tennessee State Legislature to consider laws regulating abortion within the state—legislative action currently barred by a decision of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
