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CHARISMATIC Pentecostal church leaders have gone astray by concentrating on "prosperity gospel" instead of saving lost souls, some church leaders have said. Christian Alive Zimbabwe leader Pastor Richard Mangwende said it is wrong to teach Christians that to be wealthy is a sign of God's blessings. |
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Ghaith and Mohamad Al Kango (left to right) hold candles during an interfaith prayer vigil held by Lutheran Family Services at Turner Park on Tuesday. The vigil was held in response to President Donald Trump's executive order to freeze immigration from seven countries. |
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Feb. 5. Orchids to. • Eli at Chipotle for providing the delicious food to the Philharmonic musicians during rehearsal on Saturday. • the Notables for volunteering at the Philharmonic concert on Saturday. • the kind lady at the Dollar Tree that paid for my mugs, encouraging me to pay it forward to someone else one day. |
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HICKORY — Jason Newsome works full time as the shop foreman at IHM Used Parts in Hickory, has a family, and for the past 18 months has been teaching and preaching at New Liberty Baptist Church in Mayfield as the search continues for a permanent pastor.
"Threads get stripped, often in tight, hard-to-get-at places," Newsome explained. |
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Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer.com/geans @messenger-inquirer.com A large group gathers at the band shell at Smothers Park on Saturday to participate in an interfaith solidarity rally held by the Owensboro-Daviess County Ministerial Association. |
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It was last minute. On a school night. And not a single North Shore parking space to be found. Seriously. Not one. Yet even still, as if pulled by some beautiful gravity, some democratic magnet, more than 1,000 Chattanoogans met together at Coolidge Park on Wednesday evening, drawn together by a.... |
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. My wife and I appreciated two recent positive TFP articles about Rivermont Elementary School. We have more than 50 years combined experience in public education and have been volunteering at Rivermont for the current and past two years. The environment at Rivermont is very child-centered, and as.... |
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Several faith leaders said they understand the importance of national security, but the Trump Administration's recent immigration ban flies in the face of a moral mandate to "love the stranger within your midst." "We are dismayed at this administration's action as it pertains to these executive.... |
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Dozens of people packed into a former church sanctuary on the North Side on Saturday, phones out and recording, shouting out the name of who they believe will be the next mayor of Pittsburgh. Chants of “John C. Welch!” were met by a rhythmic rejoinder: “Who?” “John C. |
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WASHINGTON Evangelicals played a large role in getting President Donald Trump to the White House, and now they will help shape Mr. Trump’s education agenda. Betsy DeVos, Mr. Trump’s beleaguered pick for education secretary, supports taxpayer funding for religious schools and once called education reform a way to “advance God’s kingdom. |
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Wearing strings of bright LED Christmas lights around their necks so they could find each other if they got separated, Elizabeth Smiley and Suzie Barton joined about 1,200 others in a protest march in West Palm Beach Saturday night, hoping to show Donald Trump and his.... |
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Most 10-month-old babies are afraid of strangers. It is, of course, something they usually grow out of by their 2nd birthday. As they grow older, though, they learn about “stranger danger.” For whatever reason, our violent and uncertain world has made us all live perpetually afraid of strangers. |
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On his 66th birthday Sunday, Rev. Sandy Willson will do what high-profile, long-serving, big-church pastors rarely get to do. Retire in good health, good standing and good graces. "It's a good moment for the church and it's a good moment for me and my family," said Willson, Second Presbyterian Church's senior pastor since 1995. |
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A biopic about Japan’s Oskar Schindler will be screened in Florida for first the time on Wednesday during the Miami Jewish Film Festival. “Persona Non Grata” will be shown 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at O Cinema Miami Shores, 9806 NE Second Ave. Tickets are $13. |
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A Harare court on Friday denied Evan Mawarire, a Zimbabwean pastor and activist, bail. The judge said that Mawarire had to remain in custody as he was at risk of flight. "Mawarire will be back in court on February 17 for further remand," DW reporter Columbus Mavhunga explained from outside the court. |
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AFTER two consecutive visits to the headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS, Aso Drive, in Abuja, both the primary domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria and the embattled founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, may now be counting their gains and losses. |
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Tobi Aworinde. The publisher of Ovation Magazine and a former presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Momodu, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, describing members of his cabinet as timid and weak. Momodu told SUNDAY PUNCH in a telephone interview that he disagreed with Buhari’s approach to fighting corruption. |
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Minabere Ibelema. A major surprise during the Christmas season had to be the rendition of the classic hymn “O God Our Help in Ages Past” by a choir of some of Nigeria’s former and present leaders. If I were privileged to, I would have recommended instead “Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer. |
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You were a Federal Commissioner at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission between 2010 and 2015. Was the office fraught with challenges? It was quite challenging but interesting at the same time. We found out that most of the federal generating agencies were not remitting monies.... |
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Amer Omar says his mother is all the family he has left, since the day in 2009 that police broke into the family's home in Sudan, trashed the place, arrested his father and brothers and killed his cat. Omar — now 22 and a Baltimore student — now fears he'll lose his connection to his last blood relative after President Donald J. |
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There was one thing in particular that Rev. Dan Warnes remembered about his late friend, Rev. John Keak Nguth -- his big smile.
“He never liked to talk over the phone -- we always had to meet face-to-face,” said Warnes. He spoke of Keak Nguth's "people-first" mindset in front of hundreds of South Sudanese refugees from around the U. |
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Let me tell you one beautiful fact that lingers in my minds to this day. When MDC-T came to Bulawayo for their yearly celebrations: it was Cd Nelson Chamisa who addressed the people of Mathebeleland as: "Linjani Mthwakazi omuhle!" Even ourselves in the Diaspora, we were excited about this inclusion. |
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"Always read the fine print," my mum used to tell me. Now, there are days when she just can't. Her failing eyesight reminds me, gently but insistently, of how the roles of caregiver and dependant between my mum and I are changing. This is an age-old tale. |
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BAPTIST Pastor Evan Mawarire will go down in Zimbabwean history as one among a handful clerics who chose the least travelled and daunting route by eloquently shooting holes in government’s excesses and further, urging non-violent protests against the same before fleeing the country last year. |
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Mike Pence, a leader in the evangelical community, will likely break a tie in the Senate to ensure DeVos’ nomination.
And Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of one the largest evangelical colleges in the nation, Liberty University, will lead an education reform task force focusing on higher education. |
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