Saturday, December 7, 2013
Half-time challenge
A student at Mars Hill Bible School won $100k to pay for college during a halftime event at the SEC championship football game today in Atlanta. Brooks Bergman is a cancer survivor. Read the story here.
Labels:
Georgia,
Mississippi,
Schools,
Sports
Underwood tweets Bible verse in response to critics
In response to criticism over her performance in Sound of Music Live!, Carrie Underwood tweeted, "Plain and simple: Mean people need Jesus. They will be in my prayers tonight...1 Peter 2:1-25." Read more here.
Labels:
Bible,
Music,
Social Networks
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Evangelical Numbers are now Falling
Catholics and evangelical Protestants have joined oldline Protestants in declining numbers. The Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches also shows the Pentecostal/holiness stream has slowed from the 1980s from 4 percent to barely more than one percent now. Read more details from the Christian Century here.
Labels:
Catholic,
Protestants,
Studies
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Airport chaplains
Many (airports) have chapels and are staffed by 350 chaplains worldwide. Read more from Associated Press here.
Labels:
Travel
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