http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pastor/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:39:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418510/posts Megachurch Pastor Asks For Urgent Donations Warren wants $900,000 by Jan. 1, says church facing budget crisis Dec . 31, 2009 LAKE FOREST, California - Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his California megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year. Warren made the appeal in a letter posted on the Saddleback Church Web site. It begins "Dear Saddleback Family, THIS IS AN URGENT LETTER." "With 10 percent of our church family out of work due to the recession, our expenses in caring for our community in 2009 rose dramatically while our... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418510/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:39:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418151/posts Pastor Rick Warren urgently asks faithful for $900,000 December 30th, 2009 It’s been a heck of a year for mega-pastor/bestselling author/power broker Rick Warren of the enormous Saddleback Church. It started out with Warren’s invocation at the historic inauguration of one President Barack Obama - and it concludes with Warren asking his flock to cough up nearly $1 million in just two days to keep the church out of the red. “Dear Saddleback Family,” begins today’s missive from Warren. “THIS IS AN URGENT LETTER unlike any I’ve written in 30 years. Please read all of it and get back to... Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418151/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415074/posts LITTLE ROCK — Salvation Army Maj. Phillip Wise had Christmas plans. All he had to do was drop off the Christmas Eve donations at the Salvation Army headquarters in North Little Rock, pick up his wife, Cindy, who also is a Salvation Army major and was in the building waiting on him, and head home, to West Virginia, for the holidays. His three young children — 4, 6 and 8 — were with him. Then the unthinkable happened. Wise was robbed at gunpoint and as his children watched. He was then shot and bled to death in the parking lot... The Sherwood Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415074/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:18:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416330/posts ‘Work is not done,’ widow says Wife of Salvation Army pastor speaks of prayer for his killer EVIN DEMIREL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Leading a Sunday service in the building where her husband was shot and killed in a Christmas Eve robbery attempt, Salvation Army Major Cindy Wise said her mission to minister to the people in North Little Rock’s Baring Cross neighborhood has not changed. “I believe I have peace today because I know the work is not done here yet,” Wise told nearly 50 people on Sunday. Standing before the congregation in her navy blue uniform, she said she will... www.ardemgaz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416330/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:44:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414852/posts Salvation Army major shot dead in front of 3 children By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A Salvation Army major was fatally shot in front of his three children Thursday afternoon as he walked into the the organization's community center in North Little Rock, authorities said. Around 4 p.m., two black men dressed in black approached Philip Wise, 40, of Maumelle outside the community center at 1505 W. 18th St., Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper said. Wise’ children — ages 4, 6, and 8 — were walking with him when the men came up to them, police said. His wife, Cindy, also... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription required) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414852/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2409397/posts A 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor faces a remand hearing this Friday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation. The pastor is suspected of three sex offences carried out over the course of the confirmation group's trip to a major European city in October. Friday's remand hearing at Varberg district court will determine whether the public prosecutor's case is sufficiently strong to warrant detaining the cleric in custody for one charge of child rape and two of child sexual abuse. As of Thursday, the pastor remained active at... The Local http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2409397/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412452/posts TULSA, Okla. — Hundreds of people are waiting to get into the memorial service for evangelist Oral Roberts. Among the early arrivals for the afternoon service at Oral Roberts University were husband and wife Mark and Paula Sterns, alumni who flew from Dallas for the event. Mark Sterns says Roberts changed their lives forever, adding that 19 members of their families attended the university at some point. Roberts died last week in California at age 91. Roberts chartered ORU in 1963 as a place where Pentecostals could live, study and pray together. The school became the first Pentecostal university in... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412452/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:16:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405915/posts J.P. Hale usually stands behind a pulpit, but this week he was standing in front of a police camera as they snapped mug shots. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office says this week the 73-year-old pastor was arrested and charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child. It’s a class six felony. Thursday afternoon we showed up at Hale’s house to talk to the accused religious leader, but he had been advised by his attorney not to talk. The Pulaski County Sheriff won’t give any details on the alleged crime or when it happened, but Sheriff Jim Davis did... WSLS TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405915/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408173/posts <p>TULSA, OK -- Dr. Oral Roberts died Tuesday in Newport Beach, California due to complications from pneumonia.</p> <p>According to a news release from the family, his son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were at his side. The founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University was 91.</p> KOTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408173/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:40:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406588/posts A Little Rock pastor steps down after police say he had inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old boy. Members of The River Church, which recently ran "bar church" this past Easter Sunday, say they're saddened by the news. Police are investigating 42-year-old Shane Montgomery. The pastor made headlines earlier this year when he held church services at a Little Rock bar. Now, he faces charges more controversial than that concept.  "We choose to listen to the people that Jesus called us to reach," Montgomery said in a pre-Easter interview with FOX16 News. The former pastor of The River Church is facing felony... Fox 16 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406588/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:21:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404765/posts Here are the main reasons I am not signing the Manhattan Declaration, even though a few men whom I love and respect have already affixed their names to it: • Although I obviously agree with the document’s opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and other key moral problems threatening our culture, the document falls far short of identifying the one true and ultimate remedy for all of humanity’s moral ills: the gospel. The gospel is barely mentioned in the Declaration. At one point the statement rightly acknowledges, “It is our duty to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus... Shepherd's Fellowship http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404765/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405766/posts The black pastor who leads Bond Action Inc. in support of "family, traditional moral values and positive, honest race relations" says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., should be ashamed of comparing opposition to President Obama's plans to socialize medicine in the U.S. to support for slavery. "Reid's comparison of legitimate Republican opposition towards the Democrats $2.5 trillion health care plan to segregationists is deplorable," Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson said today. "This was an attempt to smear Republicans as racists in order to take the focus off the details of this awful socialist health care bill. Reid's remarks are a... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405766/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2402627/posts came across this Spiritual retreat place strictly for pastors and their spouses. Please tell your pastor about it. The best thing is that it is free. This could be a nice Christmas gift for your pastor to hear about. Welcome to Broom Tree Ministries Providing 5-day Spiritual Retreats for full time Christian pastors and spouses Free of charge Free from interruptions Free from TV - radio - newspapers Free from schedules and telephones Just time to spend with God and your spouse in a beautiful natural setting. Food and lodging included. Jesus said; "Come away with me to a quiet... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2402627/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:25:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401561/posts A new unauthorized biography of "America's pastor" Rick Warren uncovers a marriage with an unconventional beginning and a time of depression that later gave Warren the strength to become who he is today. Jeffery L. Sheler, religion correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, delves into the world of Warren in his latest book, Prophet of Purpose: The Life of Rick Warren. The book portrays the affable yet confident megachurch pastor who calls presidents and billionaires his friends in a much more vulnerable light. In a live Web discussion with Christianity Today editor-in-chief David Neff on Wednesday, Sheler talked about... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401561/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 17:02:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401637/posts President Barack Obama’s past continues to haunt him. A friend e-mailed me this revealing post by Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., pastor of The Exodus Faith Ministries in Chesapeake, Virginia. Bishop Jackson wrote it last June, but I have not seen it circulated or mentioned before now. Now, someone found it and put it on their own blog. Like so many of us, Bishop Jackson describes himself as once a leftist Democrat; an African-American who grew up in a black urban community in Pennsylvania, and a man who is disturbed about what he calls “a strain of anti-Semitism in the black... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401637/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 20:22:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400925/posts Friday December 4, 2009 Pastor Boissoin Exonerated: Judge Rules Letter on Homosexuality Not "Hate" Speech By Thaddeus M. BaklinskiCALGARY, December 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Christian pastor who was hauled before the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal (AHRT) for writing a letter to the editor on homosexuality has been exonerated by a Court of Queen's Bench judge who ruled the letter was not a hate crime but legitimate expression allowed under freedom of speech.Pastor Stephen Boissoin told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) that he was "overjoyed and relieved" that the lengthy, stressful and expensive seven year legal battle over his letter to the... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400925/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398472/posts LOWELL -- Members of a Gaston county church are vowing to support their pastor after he was accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. Keith Pettis, pastor of New Life Christian Center, was arrested in August on several charges, including statutory rape, taking indecent liberties with a child, and first-degree sex offense with a child. The girl, now 14 and living in another N.C. town, said the abuse started in August 2006 and continued until March of this year, according to Gaston County Police. Pettis, 42, was surrounded by parishioners and his family Tuesday evening as the church held a... Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398472/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:01:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396283/posts (watch video) Rev Manning was just visited by the CIA regarding his outspoken claims as to Obama's ineligibility to serve as POTUS in not producing not just his BC, but most of his professional and personal records. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396283/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:17:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394149/posts Police are searching for a Gaston County pastor charged with raping and molesting a teen girl. Robert Lee Adams, 46, began sexually abusing the girl when she was younger than 13 and got her pregnant about three years later, according to the Gaston County Police Department. Authorities have been searching for Adams for nine months. The girl gave birth in the summer of 2008, and an investigation led police to Adams, said Gaston County Police Capt. Joe Ramey. Ramey said Adams was pastor of Mount Calvary Tabernacle at the corner of Linwood Road and Camp Rotary Road in west Gastonia.... Gaston (NC) Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394149/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388871/posts Pastor James David Manning, one of President Obama’s most vocal and outspoken critics, has just released a video in which he claims that on the afternoon of November 16th, 2009, while at his ATLAH World Missionary Church, he was visited by two CIA agents. Manning says the agents claimed that they were from Homeland Security and were accompanied by two NYPD Detectives. Pastor Manning also said he expects to be arrested within the next few days and charged with “the threat against the life of a U.S. President”, and that he believes that his arrest is “imminent”. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6OEDFCvNns Church... Joe Seales http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388871/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2384997/posts Herb Brokering, Lutheran Hymn Writer, Author, Poet, Dies CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Herbert F. Brokering, pastor, author, lyricist, speaker and hymn writer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), died Nov. 7 of congestive heart failure at his apartment in Bloomington, Minn., according to his son, Mark. A memorial service is planned for Nov. 21 at Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. Brokering, 83, was a member of St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Bloomington. "Herb Brokering's legacy includes carefully crafted words on the lips of believers gathered around the means of grace. He has helped us bring our faith to rich... ELCA News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2384997/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:19:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2379600/posts "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” – Mary worshipping God in Luke 1:46–47 Mary was simply a very godly young woman who loved the Lord and trusted in Him despite great risk to her own reputation. She repeatedly appears as a devout woman who loved God and was a loving mother to Jesus. Contrary to some aberrant teaching, she did not remain a virgin, but mothered other sons such as James and Jude, who visited Jesus with Mary during His ministry (Matthew 12:46; Mark 3:31–35; Luke 8:19–21) and later became pastors who penned... The Resurgence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2379600/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:25:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377066/posts A new video has surfaced of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's speech at the 60th anniversary celebration of the independent socialist magazine, the Monthly Review, in which his antagonsim for the United States is on display. In the New York City speech Sept. 17, 2009, Wright, President Barack Obama's pastor for about 20 years, once again reveals his disdain and lack of respect for the United States of America as he identified his belief in black-liberation theology with the Marxist ideology that is central to the Monthly Review. Calling the United States, "the land of the greed and the home of the... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377066/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376305/posts A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of Free Press, an organization which has come under scrutiny for its links to the Obama Administration and dedication to the transformation and control of the private media in the U.S. In an article in the socialist Monthly Review, "Journalism, Democracy, and Class Struggle," McChesney declared, "Our job is to make media reform part... Accuracy in Media. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376305/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:08:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376497/posts A new video of Jeremiah Wright has surfaced, showing Barack Obama's pastor of 20 years praising Marxism and discussing his ties to communists in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the Libyan government. Equally important, Wright is being introduced in the video by Robert W. McChesney, co-founder of Free Press, an organization which has come under scrutiny for its links to the Obama Administration and dedication to the transformation and control of the private media in the U.S. In an article in the socialist Monthly Review, "Journalism, Democracy, and Class Struggle," McChesney declared, "Our job is to make media reform part... Accuracy in media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376497/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:39:38 GMT