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July 27, 2009 – The Rev. Delles Ray Howell set out last Sunday morning with a suit and a Bible. Mr. Howell drove east from Monroe into the rising sun, cutting through the cotton fields to Archibald. There he turned south on Route 425, and when he could see the silver cylinder of the grain [...]
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Tim Tebow Stands for Christ in His Senior Year
July 27th, 2009 
gospelnewswire July 27, 2009 – Like many young boys, Tim Tebow had always looked forward to becoming a professional football player. And while today, the 21-year-old college football star still looks forward to becoming a quarterback in the NFL, that’s not what he looks forward to most as he and the University of Florida prepare for [...]
Online Cinema Group Targets African-American Christians
July 27th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 27, 2009 – ChristianCinemaOnline is working to create films that appeal to African-American Christians and provide families with faith-based entertainment opportunities. ChristianCinemaOnline encourages churches to participate in its faith-based family-friendly movies from early stage financing through distribution. Churches can expand ministries that target families, women, singles and couples by developing Bible- based material around [...]
Steve McNair’s Widow, Mechelle, Breaks Her Silence
July 27th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 27, 2009 – The widow of slain former Titans quarterback Steve McNair has broken her silence for the first time since his death earlier this month. Thanking those who have offered words of support, Mechelle McNair said in a statement released Friday afternoon, “Mere words are inadequate to express the gratitude that my family [...]
Minister Wins Right To Threaten Judge With Biblical Curses
July 27th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 27, 2009 – A Michigan appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had sent a minister to jail for threatening a judge with curses from the Bible. The appeals court unanimously decided the Rev. Edward Pinkney’s rights to free speech were violated when he was sentenced to jail for writing a commentary criticizing [...]
Drug Dealing For Jesus: Mexico’s “Evangelical” Drug Dealers. What’s Going On?
July 21st, 2009 gospelnewswire July 22, 2009 – News anchor Marcos Knapp had been broadcasting reports of narco carnage all week from his western state of Michoacan: the mutilated corpses of 12 federal police officers dumped on a road; police headquarters attacked by dozens of gunmen with grenades; three officers called out to a traffic accident and then murdered [...]
Christian Doctor Axed from Panel After Failing to Back Homosexual Adoption
July 20th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 20, 2009 – A doctor has been removed from an adoption panel because she refuses to endorse applications by homosexual couples. Dr Sheila Matthews, who is a Christian, was told that her beliefs on gay adoption were incompatible with equality legislation and council policies. The paediatrician had asked to be allowed to abstain from [...]
Cats vs. Churchgoers: N.E. Baltimore Congregation Says Feeding These Animals Has Gotten Out Of Hand
July 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 18, 2009 – For the past two Sundays, Denise Farmer has been protesting Northside Baptist Church’s attempt to stop her from feeding feral cats on church property, as she has done for two years. “It’s completely unbelievable how cruel these people are,” she says. The cats know her motor’s rumble. As Denise Farmer pulls [...]
Gospelcise is a Workout that Raises the Spirit
July 16th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 16, 2009 – On a Wednesday evening in a back room of the South Cobb Recreation Center, the ladies of the Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral in Austell are learning a new way to shake off the devil. “There are no notes on this one, it’s so easy,” Carolyn Patterson says as she [...]
Episcopal Bishops OK Prayer for Homosexual Couples
July 16th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 16, 2009 – Episcopal bishops authorized the church Wednesday to start drafting an official prayer for same-sex couples, another step toward acceptance of gay relationships that will deepen the rift between the denomination and its fellow Anglicans overseas. The bishops voted 104-30 at the Episcopal General Convention to “collect and develop theological resources and [...]
