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Silver Dollar City announces  $500 million in new developments over next decade

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Silver Dollar City has announced plans to invest $500 million over the next decade on new family adventures, including the development of 1,200 acres adjacent to the Ozark Mountain theme park. The ...

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Rick Warren requested prayer as brushfire threatened Saddleback Church

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Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California, asked for prayers on Sunday as a brushfire threatened church property. “Please pray: 2 acres of Saddleback Church have already been ...

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Stories of heroic acts emerge in aftermath of Hurricane Helene

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Amid the devastation of Hurricane Helene, stories of individual courage and determination are emerging. Marty Thomas, for example, used his surfboard to rescue about a dozen people and their pets near Indian ...

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NBA player gives up career to pursue full-time Christian ministry

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Professional basketball player A.J. Griffin of the Atlanta Hawks is walking away from a lucrative career to go into full-time ministry. “I gave up basketball to follow Jesus,” he said. “And I ...

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Global Church Network launching 800 leadership training hubs to fulfill Great Commission by 2030

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The Global Church Network has set a goal of establishing 800 leadership training hubs worldwide as part of its mission of fulfilling the Great Commission by 2030. With the opening of hubs ...

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“Chaplain of Troost” is the compelling story of Kansas City’s John Birmingham

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I’ve been blessed to know Bishop John Birmingham for over twenty years. His tireless work in Kansas City’s urban core (which we have written about) has been an inspiration to generations of ...

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Christians should view workplace as mission field, Lausanne speaker says

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The workplace is one of the world’s most important mission fields, a speaker at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization told attendees. “How did the gospel spread so quickly and so ...

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Common mental health issues may stem from spiritual roots, researcher says

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Widespread mental health conditions may be rooted in deeper spiritual issues, according to George Barna, Ph.D., of the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. “The research instead indicates that those are ...

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Tony Perkins, David Barton to address election issues at Abundant Life on Sunday evening

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In less than a month, voters will go to the polls for what may be one of the most consequential presidential and congressional elections in history. In addition, Missouri voters will decide ...

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Events in U.S., Israel commemorate first anniversary of October 7 terrorist attacks

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Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks on Israel by Palestinian residents of Gaza and Hamas. Jews, Christians and other people of faith will show their support for Israel ...

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Biden, Trump, Harris to hold Oct. 7 anniversary events

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President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will memorialize the one-year anniversary on Monday of Hamas’s terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The three ...

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One Year Later, Israel Is Still in Agony

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One full year after October 7, the nation of Israel is still traumatized and many of its people are still in great agony. One full year later, there are still scores of ...

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Special showing of Oct. 7 documentary Sunday night

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The haunting interview-based documentary Screams Before Silence about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack will be shown Sunday evening, Oct. 6 in Overland Park. Produced by Sheryl Sandberg, former CEO of Facebook, it ...

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Tony Dungy pushes back on Kamala Harris’ remarks about faith and abortion

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Tony Dungy, the Super Bowl-winning coach turned broadcaster, criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for saying that supporting abortion doesn’t require a person to compromise their faith. “One does not have to abandon ...

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New adventure series launches with cast of “The Chosen”

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Adventurer Bear Grylls, host of the popular series “Man vs. Wild,” is teaming up with the producers of “The Chosen” for a new unscripted series. In “The Chosen in the Wild with ...

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Israel’s ability to survive and thrive can be traced to biblical prophecy, CEO says

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The ability of Israel to thrive and defend itself in the year since the terror attack of last October 7 has biblical roots, a leading Israeli CEO said. “All of this costs ...

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Lament to Hope will be theme of 2024 Church Mental Health Summit

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Christians are not immune to the mental health issues that have been more predominant since the start of the pandemic. Several leading organizations are joining to present the fifth annual Church Mental Health ...

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Why the New Atheists failed

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Two decades ago, Sam Harris dropped a literary bomb with “The End of Faith.” The book didn’t just get tongues wagging; it lit the fuse of the now-legendary New Atheists movement. Harris, ...

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Christians urged to sign Bonhoeffer Declaration in support of Israel

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Eagles’ Wings, a global movement advancing lasting peace for Israel, is calling on people of faith to sign The Bonhoeffer Declaration, a commitment to actively combat antisemitism in communities and nations around ...

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Church meets physical, spiritual needs of hurricane victims

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First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, N.C., has found itself at ground zero in the wake of devastating Hurricane Helene. “I was hearing story after story; people are broken,” the church’s Kristi Brown ...

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New Pray.com podcast series will share Old Testament lessons for Christian, Jewish listeners

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Yael Eckstein, president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, will host The Chosen People, a new podcast created in partnership with Pray.com. The devotional series brings to life the ...

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Kidnapped Yazidi woman held in Gaza is rescued

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More details are emerging about the rescue of a Yazidi woman rescued in September from Gaza. The Jerusalem Post on Sept. 3 published a riveting account of M., a Yazidi woman who ...

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Shanah tovah, or happy New Year! The importance of the lunar calendar

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L’shanah Tovah to all! That’s Happy New Year! This week marked Rosh Hashanah, or New Year, for the Jewish community. Marking the passage of a time and a new year is important. ...

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Star of “The Wonder Years” at peace after becoming a Christian

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Danica McKellar, who starred in “The Wonder Years,” said she is now a better parent since becoming a Christian. “Faith guides everything, including parenting,” she says. “For me, my faith journey has ...

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‘Most exciting find in a millennium’: Oldest Hebrew book goes on display in DC

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The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has unveiled the oldest Jewish book ever discovered, just in time for Rosh Hashanah, “The Times of Israel” reported. The Jewish holiday began on ...

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