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Halloween is a holiday that is looked upon with ambivalence from churches and Christian parents. With the associations to ghoulish decorations or references to demons that come with Halloween, conservative Christians seek for better alternatives for children. Other parents might not understand what’s so bad about allowing their children to go around in the neighborhood with their friends to get some candy. So what are some activities that Korean churches are planning this Halloween? What do churches believe is the purpose of having these activities on Halloween?READ MORE
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Los Angeles residents were able to gain a better understanding of criminal justice in L.A. at the recent event, “Off the Cuff: Criminal Justice Teach-In and Roundtable,” an event during which specific topics regarding criminal justice were discussed and Jim McDonnell, one of the candidates for Los Angeles Sheriff and current Long Beach Police Chief, participated in a roundtable discussion with other criminal justice advocates.READ MORE
Ministries
Talbot School of Theology is sponsoring the first annual Asian American Ministry Conference (AAMC) this fall, this year focusing on the theme, “Mentoring for a Lifetime.” The conference will allow attendees to learn how to be a mentor in their respective areas of interest, and where to seek after mentors.READ MORE
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Guy Scott, former vice president and now interim president of Zambia, has taken office after Michael Sata passed away in a hospital located in London at age 77. “Elections for the office of president will take within 90 days. In the interim I am acting as president,” Scot said. “The period of national mourning will start today. We will miss our beloved president and comrade.”READ MORE
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“North America is the NEW mission field.” Such is one of the taglines for the upcoming ‘Glocal’ Church Summit. The summit, which will take place from November 17 to 19 at Ttokamsa Church in Los Angeles, aims to focus on the fact that within North America, churches have access to reach many nations even within their local communities – hence the word, ‘glocal.’READ MORE
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In the midst of the fear of Ebola has been spreading in the U.S. due to the isolated incidents in Texas and New York, President Obama said on Tuesday that efforts to fight the outbreak in West Africa should not be stopped. “We don’t want to discourage our health-care workers from going to the front lines and dealing with this in an effective way,” he said. “Our medical teams here are getting better and better prepared and trained for the possibility of an isolated Ebola case here in the United States. But in the meantime, we’ve got to make sure that we continue to provide the support of health workers who are going overseas to deal with the disease where it really has been raging.”READ MORE
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Reverend Dr. Siang-Yang Tan is a Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is most well-known for his work in psychology, as he has written numerous books and articles on lay counseling, religious psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and intrapersonal integration and spirituality, among other topics.READ MORE
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Pastor Sam Koh has been serving the lead pastor of Hillside LA, the English congregation of Los Angeles Christian Presbyterian Church (LACPC), for his sixth year. Throughout his time serving in the English congregation of a Korean church, he’s experienced a discouraging phenomenon of many of his colleagues, young pastors who used to serve in English congregations, leaving ministry. READ MORE
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Nina Pham, the first person to contract the Ebola virus within the U.S., has been declared free of the disease on Friday. “I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today,” Pham said. “Throughout this ordeal, I have put my faith in God and my medical team.” While she initially received treatment at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital, she was moved to a National Institutes of Health hospital located in Bethseda, Maryland, recently.READ MORE
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A student in Marysville-Pilchuck High School opened fire at the school’s cafeteria, killing one other person, and wounding four students, three with critical head wounds. The shooter also died, but officials have not released the shooter’s identity. Jordan Luton, a witness of the shooting, told CNN that the shooter “came up from behind … and fired about six bullets into the backs of [the students].”READ MORE
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Adding to the spreading fear about Ebola, another diagnosis was confirmed in the United States on Thursday; this time, in New York City. Craig Spencer, 33, was working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea, one of the countries in which the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been most severe. He returned to New York on October 17. He is currently placed in an isolation care unit at the Bellevue Hospital Center, and at least three people who have come into contact with him has also been placed in isolation, including his fiancée and two of his friends. READ MORE
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Darek Fidyka, a Bulgarian who had been paralyzed from his chest down for almost two years due to a spinal cord injury, has been recovering feeling in his legs, reports said Tuesday. He is now able to walk with the help of a walking frame. Fidyka, 40, was given a procedure that has never been tried before, during which olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) from his nasal cavity were implanted into the gap in his spinal cord which caused his paralysis.READ MORE
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Donald and Evelyn Knapp, Christian ministers who own a wedding chapel in Idaho, were threatened with a jail sentence and $1,000 fine for refusing to host a same-sex wedding. The couple filed a lawsuit on Friday against the city of Coeur D’Alene on the basis that it violates their First Amendment rights and Idaho’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).READ MORE
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Jeffrey Fowle, a 56-year-old American who had been detained by the North Korean government since May, has been released, the U.S. State Department confirmed on Tuesday. Fowle had been at North Korea since late April on a tourist visa, but was arrested in May while trying to leave the country after a Bible that he left behind was found. Some reports say that his Bible was found in a hotel; others say it was left in a nightclub.READ MORE
Ministries
How does a Christian’s identity relate to his or her work? RE:NEW, a non-profit youth and young adult ministry, held a seminar on October 17 at the Evangelical Free Church of Walnut regarding that very question. Alex Liu, a former businessman who is now preparing to be a pastor and studying at Talbot School of Theology, discussed the “Theology of Work,” and how one’s identity affects his or her work in various ways.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
