DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential Candidates Senator Ted Cruz, Governor Mike Huckabee, and Governor Bobby Jindal will address National Religious Liberties Conference attendees on Nov. 6 at the Iowa Events Center. Freedom 2015 is a gathering of over 1,700 Christians celebrating the religious liberties codified into the founding of our country. Speakers and attendees alike will encourage those who have been persecuted for their religious beliefs and discuss religious liberties for Christian business owners, teachers, evangelists, chaplains, employees and churches. The conference is sponsored by over a dozen evangelical organizations including American Family Association, Liberty Institute, Samaritan Ministries and Generations.

Cleveland, TN–Each November for the last 55 years, Lee University graduates have returned to campus to celebrate and remember the time-honored tradition of Homecoming. This year’s Homecoming takes place this weekend, November 6-7, and throughout the two days Lee will host various events to welcome alumni back to campus.

Americans are becoming less religious, judging by such markers as church attendance, prayer and belief in God, and the trend is more pronounced among young adults, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

brightpeak financial (www.brightpeakfinancial.com) of Minneapolis has engaged InChrist Communications (www.inchristcommunications.com), a national, full-service communications firm serving faith-based ministries and businesses, for the launch of Better Halves™ (www.brightpeakfinancial.com/betterhalves), a creative, interactive workshop that focuses on the practical, emotional and spiritual components of each couple’s relationship with money.

In these days of economic uncertainty, investing money can seem like a gamble. Yet for Christians, there are biblical principles, that when obeyed, lead to a secure investment. In “Receiving Financial Blessing: How to Walk in Truth, Righteousness and Honesty with Money” ($19.99, paperback, 978-0-9967833-3-0), Stephen Kirkendall clearly identifies what Scripture says about money and giving God the tithe.

Cleveland, TN–Friends, church leaders, and members of the Cleveland community filled the Dixon Chapel at North Cleveland Church of God last week to honor Dr. Wallace J. Sibley with the Spirit of Azusa Award. The award is given annually on the occasion of the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center’s Azusa Lecture to someone whose ministry represents God’s work of revival and renewal exemplified in the 1906 Azusa Street revival and continuing in the world today.

The year was 1944 and the United States was at war on two fronts. In this atmosphere decisions were made quickly. Nineteen year old Baswell Smith had met his love, Cornelia Groover, and she had agreed to become his wife. Baswell went to her home and asked her father for permission to marry her.

Atheists are trying to eliminate the free speech of Christian athletes and coaches.

If I could choose one more course for ministry training and preparation, it would be “Courageous Leadership.” I hear from so many pastors and staff who are trained well in the classical disciplines, but who are ill-prepared for the real world of church ministry.