Orlando Mega Church pastor Zachery Tims was found dead on Friday in a Times Square Hotel Room in New York. Tims, the senior pastor of the 8,000 member New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka near Orlando Florida, was 42. The Wall Street Journal reports that drugs are suspected. The New York Daily News reported [...]
The theme for the 48th World Day of Prayer for Vocations on Good Shepherd Sunday is “Proposing Vocations in the Local Church”. According to a press release from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on April 26, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI established this year’s theme to highlight the responsibility of Catholic clergy to [...]
This year’s annual Habitat for Humanity build-a-thon in cooperation with AmeriCorps National and VISTA volunteers will take place during National AmeriCorps Week which is May 14-21. In a press release from Habitat for Humanity on April 15, 2011, seven sites around the United States were announced for the building projects which will include repairs, weatherization, [...]
In a press release on April 12, 2011, Catholic Charities USA announced the names of the seven finalists that have been nominated for the organization’s 2011 National Volunteer of the Year Award. Chosen from the over 260,000 volunteers serving in local Catholic Charities across the country, the award winner will be honored at the annual [...]
The Center for Living Peace in cooperation with the University of California, Irvine will host Live Peace Month in May which will include family-friendly workshops and classes designed to encourage the promotion of peace in everyday living. In a press release on April 5, 2011, the center announced the engagement of the XIV Dalai Lama [...]
One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) is a fund started by the Japan Baptist Union (JBU) which is a partner of the American Baptist International Ministries (ABIM). In a press release on March 24, 2011, the American Baptist Churches USA announced that the fund had raised $20,000 which will be distributed by the JBU to [...]
In 2006, Albert Snyder of Maryland buried his son Lance Corporal Mathew Snyder who perished serving in Iraq. The funeral was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church holding signs with slogans such as “Fags Doom Nations” and “God Hates You”. Mr. Snyder filed suit against the church and won the case in which [...]
Since 2003, March 27th has been nationally recognized as Black Marriage Day in celebration of the African-American Family. In a press release on March 14th, American Baptists Churches, USA announced two free webinars presented by noted author Dr. Harold Arnold, Jr. discussing marriage in the African-American community and ways that the church can support the [...]
In the second letter this month sent to the U.S. Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) urges lawmakers to remember the “poor and vulnerable” while setting priorities for spending in the 2011 fiscal budget. A press release issued on March 7, 2011 highlights points from the letter written by Bishop Stephen Blaire [...]
In response to hearings scheduled for March 10, 2011 on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and the Community’s Response”, a grass-roots organization has called for American Muslims to participate in a collection of public service announcements (PSAs) online to refute allegations that American mosques are “hotbeds” of extremist activity. In a [...]
