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Elevation Church Launches Fourth Campus Elevation Blakeney is Elevation Church's second permanent location and part of the church's ongoing strategy to reach the city for Christ. "The local church is the hope of the world," Pastor Steven Furtick said, borrowing the famous phrase proclaimed by Willow Creek Community Church's Bill Hybels. "We have the opportunity now to advance the Kingdom like we've never had it before." Constructed in less than a year, the Blakeney campus launched with thousands of people, and live streaming allowed attendees at all four locations to worship as one. Elevation Church was founded just four years ago after the Furtick family moved out to Charlotte. Their strategy at that time was to simply invite people, according to Holly Furtick, wife of the pastor. Since then, the church has experienced over 8,000 professions of faith and over 2,000 baptisms. In an earlier interview with 316 Networks, Pastor Furtick sai...

LifeChurch.tv: YouVersion Bible App Users  Grow to 10.7 Million ouVersion began as a simple and small dream to make the Bible more accessible and get the younger generation to be more Bible literate. Leaders of Oklahoma-based LifeChurch.tv launched the smartphone app in 2008 with the hope that it would have 60,000 to 80,000 users over the course of a year. But in three years, YouVersion has exploded to be one of the world’s most popular apps with over 10 million users. Every 2.8 seconds someone new installs the app and during that same period 12 other people are using it to read the Bible. “Could we be a generation that actually turns the curve and says, ‘We don’t just want to express we love the Bible and think the Bible is something we should read, but we actually want to be a generation that engages the Bible as part of our everyday lives,’” asked Bobby Gruenewald, innovation leader at LifeChurch.tv, in a webcast Tuesday. Just over the past weekend alo...

Christians and Muslims issue joint statement condemning Iraqi church attack by Michelle A Vu, Christian Post Posted: Friday, November 5, 2010, 7:18 (GMT) (l-r)Dr Farid Esack, professor in the study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, and Dr Aref Ali Nayed, director of the Kalam Research and Media Center in Dubai Photo: WCC/Mark Beach High-level Christian and Muslim leaders meeting in Geneva to build a “common future” together have issued a joint statement condemning the deadly attack against a Catholic church in Baghdad. In the statement, they “condemn this inhumane act that contradicts all religious teachings, and Middle Eastern culture that enabled people to coexist peacefully for many centuries”. The joint statemnt was undersigned by Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan; Dr Muhammad Ahmed Al-Sharif, general secretary of the World Islamic Call Society; the World Council of Churches; and representatives of the Roman Catholic, ...

Graham Festival brings over 3,000 to Christ in Latvia Every country is different but the questions people are asking are the same, says Franklin Graham. by Ethan Cole, Christian Post Posted: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 7:13 (GMT) Over 3,000 people made commitments to Christ during the Festival of Hope event led by Franklin Graham this past weekend in Latvia. Graham preached about the story of Zacchaeus from the book of Luke and the story of the rich young ruler in the book of Mark in the capital city Riga. He told thousands of people that everyone faces problems, but only God can solve the problem of sin. “Only Jesus Christ can solve the problems of the human heart,” said Graham Sunday night, according to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. One person who committed her life to Christ during the festival shared that she was at a desperate point in her life when she came to the Festival of Hope. The young woman had lost custody of two of her three daughters, accordin...

Christians ‘on verge of extinction’ in Iraq, Muslim leader warns by Brian Hutt Posted: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 13:02 (GMT) Iraqi security forces stand guard outside the National Evangelical church in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city. Iraq's Christian churches are under heavy security following last Sunday's siege on Our... AP A Muslim leader is calling on the Iraqi government and US-led forces to step up their efforts to protect the Christian minority in Iraq from extinction. Navaid Hamid, Secretary of the South Asian Council for Minorities (SACM) and a Muslim, said the deadly attack last weekend on a church in Baghdad was a heinous crime that should be strongly condemned by the international community. “With the murderous attack, the safety of Iraq’s Christian minority has become critical and it is the prime responsibility not only of the regime in Baghdad but also that of the allied forces led by [the] US to restore confidence and provide ...

World awaits release of Aung San Suu Kyi Posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 8:20 (GMT) A girl holds portrait of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi while supporters gather at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy (NLD) Saturday, November 13, 2010 AP Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is believed to be just hours away from being freed after spending the last seven years under house arrest. There are unconfirmed reports that the country’s military rulers have signed an order authorising her release from house arrest, where she has spent 15 out of the last 21 years. It is suspected that the military junta are releasing the 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner to divert attention from last week’s elections, which were condemned as a sham by pro-democracy and human rights groups, including Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Supporters believe Suu Kyi will ignore a ban on engaging in political activity and meet with ...

by Nathan Black, Christian Post Posted: Monday, November 15, 2010, 15:44 (GMT) Cholera has claimed nearly 1,000 deaths in Haiti and the outbreak continues to devastate the Caribbean nation that is still recovering from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake from early this year. According to the Haitian Ministry of Health, 917 people have died from cholera and more than 14,000 have been hospitalised. "First the earthquake, then the cholera outbreak, and now ... severe weather here. All of it is testing the limits of Haiti," said Sabrina Pourmand-Nolen, World Vision's emergency programme director in Haiti, in an earlier statement. Cholera, caused by a particular bacterial infection, is most likely to occur in places where there is limited access to clean water or sanitation is poor. Flooding from Hurricane Tomas earlier this month exacerbated sanitary conditions in Haiti. Aid groups have largely been focusing on prevention through hygiene education and soap distribut...

Iraqi Christians living in fear after latest attack in Baghdad by Michelle A Vu, Christian Post Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 22:05 (GMT) A woman lights a candle for the siege victims at Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. AP Extremists are behind a “religion-cide” in Iraq, said a ministry leader Wednesday after receiving news that five more people were killed in Iraq’s Christian neighbourhoods. Less than two weeks after the deadliest attack against Christians, when 56 believers were killed, local police reported that at least 11 roadside bombs exploded within an hour in three Christian neighbourhoods in Baghdad Wednesday. Five people, who have not been identified yet but are thought to be Christians, were killed in the coordinated attacks. “Baghdad right now is just gripped by terrorism against the Christian community and there is no other way to put it,” said Carl Moeller, president of Open Doors USA. “I’m using the ...