Archive for June, 2011

Summer in the Sioux Empire Photo Gallery

By rtnissley • Jun 30th, 2011 • Category: As Heard on Faith Radio

Help us paint the picture of Summer in the Sioux Empire by contributing your pictures that encapsulate what the season means to you and your loved ones!>>



Susie Larson in Sioux Falls

By rtnissley • Jun 16th, 2011 • Category: Faith 1270 News, Lead

Susie Larson, host of Live the Promise is coming to Sioux Falls. Join the LIVE studio audience at Faith Baptist Fellowship (57th and Minnesota Avenue) on Tuesday, June 28th, 3:00 – 4:00pm (please arrive a few minutes early).



Army Dedicates Memorial Garden for Chaplains

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Uncategorized

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) – The Army has dedicated a memorial garden at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in honor of the 306 chaplains and chaplain assistants who gave their lives in service to God and country. A wall of remembrance includes the names of the 294 chaplains and 12 chaplain assistants who perished in conflicts [...]



Yankton SD Church Receives Defense Freedom Award

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Faith 1270 News

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota church is on the list of 15 winners of the 2011 Department of Defense Freedom Award. St. John’s Lutheran Church in Yankton is being honored for backing their pastor’s chaplaincy in Afghanistan. Rev. Dave Gunderson nominated his congregation after returning last month from a year of service with [...]



Bible Use in Idaho School Civics Class

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Uncategorized

IDAHO (ChristianPost) – The U S Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard arguments on a 2010 decision to prohibit an Idaho charter school from using the Bible in western civilization class. Attorney David Cortman of the Alliance Defense Fund asked the court to throw out the ban. He said, “The government’s hyperactive censorship [...]



FCC Removes Fairness Doctrine

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Uncategorized

WASHINGTON (NRB) – The Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to remove all traces of the Fairness Doctrine from its federal code. The Fairness Doctrine was introduced in 1949 in an effort to promote fair and subjective content on broadcast programs. Broadcasters were required to present multiple sides of controversial issues in a way that [...]



Church Organist Holds World Record

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Uncategorized

UNDATED (FR) – The Guinness book of World Records has named 90-year old Ida Mae Cumbest as the world’s longest-serving church organist. She has been the organist and pianist at Caswell Springs United Methodist Church in Moss Point Mississippi for 69 years. She offers advice to others about being good at what you do…”I think [...]



Go Fish – Faith 1270 Interview and Upcoming Concert

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 7th, 2011 • Category: As Heard on Faith Radio, Faith 1270 News

Listen to a special interview with Go Fish on Wednesday, June 8th on Faith 1270 from noon – 1 pm on Connecting Faith with Neil Stavem.



4 out of 5 Americans Believe in God

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 7th, 2011 • Category: Uncategorized

 UNDATED (ChristianPost) -More than 9 in 10 Americans believe in God. But a new Gallup Poll also found that the number of nonbelievers has risen from one percent in 1944 to seven percent today. The percent of Americans who affirm their belief in God has decreased slightly from 96% in 1944 to 92% today. Those [...]



Louisiana House Approves 10 Commandments Monument

By Clayton Heeren • Jun 7th, 2011 • Category: Uncategorized

 BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) – The Louisiana House has voted 91-0 to have a Ten Commandments monument placed on the grounds of the state Capitol. The bill requires that the inscription be the same as that used on a Ten Commandments monument at the Texas Capitol that was allowed under a 2005 Supreme Court ruling. [...]