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NEWS ABOUT: evangelism

evangelism stories: 10 news summaries

 University Ski Slope Aims  
 to 'Bring People to Christ' 

First all-weather slope 'of its kind in North America'

Aug 31, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Virginia’s Liberty University presented its new synthetic ski slope—the first in North America—this weekend with extreme performances from pro skiers and snowboarders. The chancellor of the Christian university, Jerry Falwell, showed off his own moves after paying tribute to his dad, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who... More »

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Christianity • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • evangelism • Virginia • skiing • snowboarding

Site Will Email Buddies After
You Depart in Rapture

Youvebeenleftbehind.com costs $40 a year

Jun 10, 08 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new website will email godless friends and family left behind after you’ve been taken to heaven in the Rapture. For $40 per year, Youvebeenleftbehind.com will store any emails and documents for you, ABC reports—then send them about six days after the Lord hath taken away. The... More »

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Internet • email • evangelism • computer servers • rapture

Gospel Lives in the Oval Office

New biography reflects on Billy Graham's counsel to 8 of
last 9 presidents

Aug 29, 07 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Graham has seen US leaders laid bare, from skinny-dipping with LBJ to long walks on the beach with GWB. A new book details the ailing 88-year-old preacher’s rendezvous with presidents past, including counseling Ford to pardon Nixon and advising Hillary Clinton to look past Monica Lewinsky. Graham’s... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • religion • Billy Graham • evangelism • Richard Nixon • George HW Bush • Monica Lewinsky • Gerald Ford • George W. Bush

Camo Bible
Lets Faithful Hunt 'n' Pray

Online retailer gives covert cover to conspicuous Good Book

Aug 13, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evangelical Christians are not used to hiding their faith—but pious hunters have to when gilded scripture covers catch the eye of their prey. An Arkansas-based online outdoors shop is solving the problem with Bibles covered in leaves and tree bark, as well as camo covers for personal copies of... More »

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Christianity • gun control • evangelism • Republican evangelicals • hunters • Bible

Born-Again Actor Leads Charge into Iraq

Commentators cry foul over evangelical care packages

Aug 9, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A ventriloquist and a born-again movie star are among those headed for Iraq to entertain US soldiers and fold them into the arms of the Lord, writes Max Blumenthal in the Nation. All well and good, but this version of the Almighty, delivered by the likes of Stephen Baldwin, is... More »

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Iraq • military • religion • evangelism • Department of Defense • Stephen Baldwin • Left Behind

Tammy Faye Messner Dies at 65

Famed evangelist and media figure struggled with drugs, scandal

Jul 22, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Televangelist and Christian entertainer Tammy Faye Messner died Friday morning, CNN reports. She had struggled with drug addiction throughout her life and finally died of cancer. Messner had recently been a guest on Larry King Live, appearing precariously ill, claiming she could no longer swallow food and weighed only 65... More »

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Christianity • obituary • evangelism • Larry King • televangelist

Barack Bashes Right for 'Hijacking' Faith

Dem candidate inveighs against evangelicals for dividing the country

Jun 24, 07 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama assailed right-wing evangelical leaders yesterday, accusing them of "hijacking" faith and politicizing religion, the Daily News reports. Addressing the national conference of the United Church of Christ, he criticized "so-called leaders of the Christian right" for demonizing Democrats and convincing Americans that Christians' main concerns are... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • politics • religion • evangelism • evangelicals

Ruth Graham Dead at 87

Motorcycle-riding evangelist's wife recalled as spirited, opinionated

Jun 15, 07 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Graham, wife of Billy Graham, stayed in the background of the legendary evangelist's ministry but was far from obscure. The missionary's daughter was at once demure, feisty, independent, and unpredictable, the LA Times reports. Graham, who died yesterday at 87, was also an accomplished poet and parent to five... More »

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religion • obituary • Billy Graham • evangelism • Ruth Graham • Wheaton College

Televangelist Falwell Dead
at 73

Controversial conservative mixed religion, politics

May 15, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and mixed evangelism with conservative social criticism, died today after collapsing in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73. A lightning rod for controversy, Falwell once called AIDS "the wrath of a just God against homosexuals"... More »

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religious right • abortion • feminism • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • obituary • evangelism • homosexuality • Moral Majority • televangelist

Bible Belt Brings Fight to Europe

Evangelicals attack stem cells, gays, truancy laws on the continent

Apr 17, 07 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - American evangelicals have opened a new front in the culture wars—across the Atlantic. Christian groups, including Pat Robertson's legal organization, the American Center for Law and Justice, are actively challenging German laws against home schooling, defending Britons who refuse to work on Sunday, and combating same-sex marriage and stem... More »

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Christianity • Pat Robertson • stem cells • home schooling • Europe • religion • evangelism • Alliance Defense Fund • culture wars

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