Tebow Encourages Fathers

CBN offers a video report on Tim Tebow's Sunday talk in San Diego that brought out more than 26,000 people.

The 1st Mother's Day

Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother's Day service one hundred years ago at a church in Grafton, West Virginia. Jarvis handed out hundreds of white carnations at St. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church. Her mother had taught Sunday school there until her death three years before. Jarvis never married or had children herself. The church eventually became a shrine to mothers. President Woodrow Wilson made Mother's Day a national holiday in 1914.

Charges Dismissed

Domestic assault charges have been dismissed against singer BeBe Winans by a Nashville judge. He was accused of shoving his wife, Debra Winans, to the ground during an argument over custody of their two children.

Convert Stays in Florida

The runaway teen is staying in Florida – for now. Fathima Rifqa Bary fled Ohio because she says her Muslim family would harm or kill her for converting to Christianity. The 17-year-old is staying with a pastor and his family while the courts sort out what to do. Her family wants her to return. But an Orange County judge has decided to let her stay in Orlando until an investigation is completed into the alleged threats. He’s encouraged the party's involved to work things out through mediation and ordered information about the case to be temporarily sealed. Her father denies there is any threat and Ohio child services say they have not found a reason for her not to return home. Activists held a news conference outside to rally against their view of Islam, exchanging shouts with an angry Muslim man from the area.Her next hearing is set for September 29th.

Dobson’s Successor

Here’s a rundown of Jim Daly’s background. He’s taking the place of James Dobson at Focus on the Family which has an audience of 230 million people on radio.

• Age: 47
  


• Childhood: Southern California
  


• Father: An alcoholic who abandoned him at age 5
  


• Mother: Died of Cancer when he was 9
  


• Stepfather: Took the family belongings while Daly and his siblings attended their mom’s funeral including the last present given to him by his mother (a new bike)
  


• High School: lived alone in a trailer by the time he was a senior
  


• College: Studied business at California State University and Waseda University in Tokyo, earned a master's in business from Regis University
  


• Sports: Played football in high school
  


• Career at Focus: Led five large Focus departments
  


• Writing: Penned his story in the 2007 book Finding Home
  


• Wife: Marriage at age 25
  


• Children: Two sons: Trent (8) and Troy (6)

Foster Kids

Some 1500 people showed up this past weekend at New Life Church in Colorado Springs for a gathering on adoption and foster children in the state. Colorado officials say it was the first-of-its-kind. The gathering included state and local governments, churches, ministries and adoption agencies. They hope Wait No More: Finding Families for Colorado's Waiting Kids will serve as a template for other states with similar problems.

Steven Curtis Chapman

Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman is in China with his band to promote international efforts to help orphaned children. He raised more than $340,000 in the last six months for Shaohannah's Hope through the Change for Orphans campaign. Families in need of financial aid to adopt a child will benefit from the funds.

DIVORCE IN AMERICA

Percentage of people in these groups who have been divorced:

38% of non-Christian faith

37% of liberals

33% of all Americans

33% of moderates

28% of conservatives

28% of Catholics

26% of evangelicals

Source: The Barna Group