Yang Rongli, pastor of a mega house church network in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, was thankfully released from prison on October 10th. Yang and her husband, Wang Xiaoguang, had been arrested in 2009 while visiting their hometown of Linfen to protest the government’s demolition of...
avoid walking (or running) on a treadmill. Today I had to do it. I can't run on ice and snow. (Get big booboo.) My "walk" today was exactly one hour. I got in 6,000 steps, which is my daily goal. I also got caught up on some Youtube videos I'd been intending to watch...
Preaching since the age of sixteen, Michelle Cole Barnes comes from a lineage of ministers of the Gospel. Affectionately known to many as “Prophetess Michelle.” She served faithfully as Assistant Pastor of True Vine Pentecostal Church for 18 years under Dr. Willie Cole and Dr. Helen Cole of...
“In this particular context, that’s [the alcohol ads] not what I wanted to see.” During the same period, Richards had also started preaching and friends were asking for copies of his sermons. Richards believed that people not only wanted to hear his sermons, but also wanted to have ...
The pastor’s wife replied, “Yes.”“Do you say ‘amen’?” the official asked. “Yes,” she replied. “Do you pray?” Again she said, “Yes.”“Do you say ‘praise the Lord’?” Another “Yes.” The official told the pastor and his wife they were in violation of county rules...