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Bringing hope to lower northeast Minneapolis
Steve Moen had no intention of becoming a missionary. He figured he would be a guy with a job who supported missionaries financially. While growing up in the suburbs, he also never imagined that his work would lead him into urban areas. Yet God had a different plan for Moen.
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Photo: Tutoring neighborhood kids is one of Living Hope Ministries’ main outreaches.
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Local churches help support Kenyan university
Daystar University enjoys close relationship with U.S. churches and colleges
Churches in the Twin Cities, as well as two local colleges, have helped financially and formed partnerships with Daystar University, a leading Christian university located in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Photo: Daystar University has more than 14,000 graduates who now live out their faith in Kenya and Africa.
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Political pundits and the gospel
I happened to be watching CNN the night political strategist/pundit Hilary Rosen made her now infamous comment about Ann Romney, wife of presidential contender Mitt Romney: “His wife has actually never worked a day in her life.”
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Noble
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How do we communicate the gospel?
The recently released movie “Blue Like Jazz” is an interesting, genre-challenging movie that will, or at least should, stir up some excellent conversation. Based on Don Miller’s semi-autobiographical book by the same title, it deals with Christian spirituality without being what would commonly be thought of as a Christian movie.
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Martin
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Why do they come? God’s bigger answer
Questions and opinions about immigration abound as Americans debate our response to human migration to the United States. The good news is that a new understanding about immigration is beginning to unfold among evangelicals.
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Oehrig
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Ministry helps churches build leaders for a new generation
When Tim Johnson graduated from Trinity International University in the Chicago area with a history/secondary education degree, he soon found himself unemployed. So he substitute taught in the area for a year before deciding to return to Minneapolis, a city he had previously resided in as the son of an Evangelical Free Church pastor.
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IRS allows churches to endorse marriage initiatives, attorney says
Conventional wisdom might hold that churches can never legally get involved in politics, but when it comes to issues — and specifically for 2012, ballot initiatives dealing with the definition of marriage — churches actually have wide latitude, says an attorney well-versed in IRS law.
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Elders recommend Jason Meyer to succeed John Piper
Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis announced on March 27 that its elders had recommended Jason Meyer as candidate for associate pastor for preaching and vision.
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Bethany College of Missions to sponsor run/walk to raise funds to fight human trafficking
More than 30 million people worldwide currently live in some form of modern day slavery. Human trafficking has quickly become a multi-billion dollar industry and oftentimes exists in neighborhoods, suburbs and towns where residents have no idea that it is occurring.
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Teenager collects shoes for charity
When Claire Frances Baker, aka “The Shoe Collector,” began her first shoe collection, she set her goal at receiving 250 pairs from her school classmates. She planned to donate the shoes to those suffering from the devastating Haitian earthquake that struck in January 2010.
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These stories & more in the e-Editions of the Minn. Christian Examiner (right)
• Baker believes desire to cook was planted at an early age
• Gov. Dayton vetoes abortion clinic licensing bill
• Pastors conference to focus on God’s design for marriage
• Same-sex marriage lawsuit moves forward
• ADF files suit against Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
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