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Almost 40 different faith leaders have been speaking and discussing racial reconciliation at the Gospel and Reconciliation Summit, hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), which will be taking place from March 26 to 27 in Nashville, Tennessee, to "equip Christians to apply the gospel on these issues with convictional kindness in their communities, their families, and their churches," according to the event website. The ERLC is a portion of the Southern Baptist Convention that specifically addresses the moral dimension of the gospel and equipping the church to handle moral and social and policy issues.READ MORE
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Reverend Dr. Young Hoon Lee, the senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church, met with faith leaders as well as community and political leaders within Southern California on Wednesday at a 'Meet and Greet Breakfast Reception' hosted by the Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD), a non-profit organization that actively connects the Asian American community, and in particular, the faith community through partnerships with business and governmental leaders. Yoido Full Gospel Church, located in South Korea, is one of the largest churches in the world with more than 800,000 members weekly.READ MORE
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The Korean American Scholarship Foundation of Greater Washington will be offering scholarships once again this year to seminary students who desire to serve the second and third generation Korean Americans. The Foundation, which was initially started by 'mothers' about 30 years ago, receives donations from various organizations and individuals, and uses those donations to give scholarships to seminary students. READ MORE
World
The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention sent 83,723 Bibles in Spanish to the Western and Eastern regions of Cuba, which are expected to arrive on Wednesday. IMB states that this is the third time it has made such a shipment to Cuba, but that it is the first time Bibles "were shipped directly from the United States."READ MORE
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A passenger plane carrying 144 passengers and six crew members crashed near the French Alps early Tuesday, killing all 150 aboard, reports say. Of those aboard, sixteen were students and two were teachers, all of whom were returning to Germany after an exchange program. Two of the passengers were babies.READ MORE
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Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, died on Monday, March 23 at the age of 91. Lee had been fighting pneumonia since February. Lee is well-known for his leadership that brought Singapore to economic stability and prosperity over his 31 years of leadership from 1959 to 1990.READ MORE
Church
Saddleback Church, led by Pastor Rick Warren, celebrated its 35th anniversary on Saturday at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, at which some 20,000 people were present. "People have said 'Happy Anniversary' to Rick and me, but this is our anniversary--the whole congregation," said Kay Warren. "It's the church members who make Saddleback what it is today. This celebration is a statement of faith for the future of Saddleback taking the gospel across the globe."READ MORE
US
Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican Senator, formally announced on Monday that he will be running for President for the 2016 elections, making Cruz the first to publicly and officially announce his presidential bid. Cruz made his announcement at Liberty University, one of the largest Christian universities in the world. His announcement was very much interwoven with religious stories and allusions, including a testimony of his parents coming to Christ in the announcement.READ MORE
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Four suicide bombers attacked two different mosques during noon prayers on Friday at Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, killing over 120 and wounding 260, according to multiple reports.Another suicide bomber is reported to have blown himself up as well at Saada, but the bomb was allegedly detonated prematurely, killing only the attacker and no one else.READ MORE
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has decided on Tuesday to include same-sex marriages in its definition of marriage. The decision was made by way of a vote to amend the PCUSA’s Constitution with Amendment 14-F, which would redefine marriage from being “a civil contract between a woman and a man,” and “a covenant through which a man and a woman are called to live out together before God their lives of discipleship,” to “a unique...READ MORE
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Over 10,000 people signed a petition help keep Adam Crapser, who is facing a deportation case, in the United States and protect him from deportation. Crapser is a Korean adoptee and undocumented immigrant due to the fact that his two adopted families had neglected to complete the paperwork during his childhood to naturalize him as a citizen. READ MORE
Mission
Some 2,000 Biola students—and even non-students—gathered at the university for Biola’s 86th annual Missions Conference, this year with the theme, "Greater: Compelled by the I AM.” The three-day conference, which took place from March 11 to 13, offered seven keynote sessions and 18 different breakout sessions, all focused on missions: who mission work is for, and doing the work in freedom and with authority.READ MORE
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College is a crucial time in an individual’s formation of identity and purpose. As such, some students are driven to seek identity and purpose in the gospel and become actively involved in church or para-church ministries. For others, this period presents more confusion and chaos and perhaps drives them away from religion altogether. The SOLA Conference, an annual conference for collegians hosted by a partnership of four local churches was started in 2013 for the very purpose of creating a space in which college students can be reminded of what the gospel means in their daily lives as well as their long-term plans, and to show them that there is a community they can turn to in the midst of confusing times.READ MORE
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Christian leaders of different ethnicities coming together as speakers in conferences and panels is not so unusual recently. But it isn’t as easy to see such leaders—of different ethnicities, different denominations, and different churches—gathering together in a home to cook, eat, and watch TV together. The Institute of the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC), hosted just such an event...READ MORE
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Park Geun-Hye, the president of South Korea, paid a visit to Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, as he is recovering from a recent knife attack at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital. "I was extremely surprised during my trip to the Middle East to hear that you were attacked,” she told him. “As I experienced a similar attack in 2006, my heart ached for your suffering."READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
World May 08, 2014 03:08 AM EDT
