evangelism

Every year in the run-up to Christmas I get a few leaflets from local churches I've never heard of. Yesterday I got one from the Global Church ("a Church family where you can belong before you believe"), inviting me to a festive celebration to be held at a York hotel. Other than proclaiming...

Marcus Lamb, minister and CEO of a Christian broadcasting group, admitted to his audience that he had an "inappropriate relationship between Marcus and another woman." He had the "special message" about the incident broadcasted and posted on the website of Daystar Television Network. Why was he...

This sounds like an interesting book, written by an evangelical and raising the blood pressure of all his colleagues. This article about its ideas and how they are stirring the pot are discussed, and a chapter from the book is quoted...

At the end of the Gospel of Matthew, the resurrected Jesus tells the eleven remaining disciples (Mt. 18, 19): "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in te name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...

Found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20091018/af-nigeria-child-witches/ Katharine Houreld wrote an article about the dangers of being a child in evangelised Nigeria. Here's one more quotation:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/02/turkey-penitents-compete-gameshow Now there's a show I'd like to see

Way of the Master TV: When Things Go Wrong Some of you will get a real kick out of it. 8A4Ar3hL-dU L-zRVjJvwEo i0rnEfiILGM "If things go wrong, this should be encouraging, because it Jesus said it this would happen."

As the title states. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8877708936425212842&q=Jesus+Camp&hl=en For those of you unfamiliar with it, Jesus Camp is a documentary which goes to "Kids on Fire" summer camp, where children are taught to be a certain brand of Christian. They cry, speak in...

I found this audio story in one of the skeptic blogs I follow. As an atheist I nevertheless found myself completely absorbed by Pearson's fall as a prominent religious leader, and the the ideological conflict between moderate and radical ideas that unfolds in the story--for example Pearson's...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5479410612081345878 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2720106657178468816 in particular, though there are plenty others in the same series. It's nice that they seem to have at least slightly reduced arrogance vs the usual line, though their...

http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=RELIGION-FAITH-06-07-06 ""The reason we're making movies in the first place is that we hope they inspire people to think twice about their relationships with God. So we're going to tell the stories that we believe God wants us to tell. We...

It appears that perhaps there's something to the idea that god sent the tsunami into Aceh to clear the way for the evangelists... From here And it's not just the christians...although of course the scientologists have morals (apparently recently discovered??) From here Yes, they are all at...