BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) _ The Christmas season is under way in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, where the Bible says Jesus Christ was born. Palestinian Muslims as well as Christians participated in a festive parade over the weekend. Christians make up only a small percentage of Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land. [...]
The ‘And If Our God Is for Us’ tour is coming to the Sioux Falls Arena February 17th!
The concert is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Life 96.5 & Faith 1270 in the Empire…
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Josh Hamilton has been voted the American League’s Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, but he’s giving God the glory. The Texas Rangers outfielder says he remembers what his life was like “without a relationship with Christ,” compared to what it has become “with a relationship with [...]
BOONE, N.C. (AP) _ The Rev. Franklin Graham says he’s asked the U.S. government to airlift rehydration fluids to Haiti to treat victims of a rapidly spreading cholera epidemic. Graham, whose Samaritan’s Purse ministry has almost 300 workers in Haiti, told KTIS radio that more than 500,000 Haitians could be infected and tens of thousands [...]
Henry Charles Smith leads the South Dakota Symphony at the 14th annual event at St Joseph Cathedral. Think of a friend to invite to the Christmas at the Cathedral and get your tickets today.
ISLAMABAD (AP) _ A Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam is innocent and should be pardoned and freed, according to a government minister investigating the case. The sentence against Asia Bibi has called new attention to Pakistan’s blasphemy law, which critics say is used to persecute minorities, fan religious extremism and [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The president of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions is challenging Christians to look beyond their family dinner tables this Thanksgiving. John Ashmen says 275 gospel rescue missions nationwide are preparing to serve 500,000 Thanksgiving dinners to the homeless and needy, and could use some help. Ashmen says volunteers are [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama has signed an executive order regulating federally funded partnerships between the government and religious-based and neighborhood organizations. The order says faith-based groups that receive federal money may provide social services without removing religious objects or scriptures from the premises and can keep religious terms in their names. The government [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The State Department’s annual report on international religious freedom ranks China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia among the world’s worst persecutors. Burma, Eritrea , Iran, Sudan and Uzbekistan also are called countries of particular concern. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says some governments actively persecute people of faith, while others turn [...]
