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MONTREAT, N.C., Oct. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For more than 50 years, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association was based in Minneapolis and we were blessed by the support of thousands of Minnesotans who helped us spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God's definition of marriage, between a man and a woman....

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On a Father's Day Weekend when meteorologists were telling people to stay inside, more than 75,000 central Californians packed three events at an historic Luis Palau Festival in Sacramento. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120618/DC26685) Temperatures were well over 100 degrees on the grounds of Cal Expo Saturday and Sunday, where Palau's free evangelistic outreach was staged. Major Christian artists TobyMac,...

NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UPRISING: How to Build A Brand And Change The World By Sparking Cultural Movements by Scott Goodson, has been published by McGraw Hill. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120501/NY97948) We are living in the Age of Uprisings. Movement Marketing is changing the world. It's the new way forward for anyone trying to win customers' loyalty and influence public opinion. In Uprising, Goodson, the Founder of StrawberryFrog, the world's first...

YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jesus.net Japan, an Internet evangelism effort to reach millions shaken and still hurting from the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, has launched a series of seeker-friendly "stepping stone" websites in Japan in an effort to lead people to Christ and connect them with a local church. The U.S. entity and English information source for the ministry is Jesus Net Japan (http://www.jesusnetjapan.org). Jesus.net Japan is...

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a struggling economy that has seen record numbers of churches facing foreclosure, American pastors are more concerned about outreach and evangelism than getting congregants to give more, a national study from noted research firm Barna Group reveals. To come up with the findings, Barna conducted 600 telephone interviews with a representative sample of senior pastors of Protestant and Catholic churches from within the 48 continental...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Evangelist Billy Graham will celebrate his 91st birthday on Nov. 7, and is looking forward to visits over the weekend from several family members at his western North Carolina home to mark the occasion. "I've experienced God's gracious love in a personal way all these years," Mr. Graham said, pausing to reflect on life's blessings as he enters his tenth decade. "Today my heart is filled with gratitude to the Lord for all He has done for...

CrowdGather, Inc. (OTCBB: CRWG) today announced that Heather Schlegel has joined the company as Director of Community Evangelism. Schlegel will assume responsibility for the CrowdGather user experience, as well as the coordination of member and moderation services across the entire network. Heather Schlegel is an innovative Internet start-up veteran with more than 12 years of experience, contributing to more than 50 successful technology product launches. Schlegel worked for AOL as the...

By Tom Breen HURRICANE, W.Va. -- The telltale pause after you answer the phone usually means you're about to hear a fuzzy, prerecorded message offering unbeatable deals on satellite TV or trumpeting the virtues of a political candidate. But for about 800 people every day in West Virginia, one message - - delivered in a warm, friendly voice -- makes a different offer: eternal salvation. "We want to tell you how you can have heaven and know it, and cause true revival in Amer-ica," the voice...

By Baird Helgeson and Michelle Bearden, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jul. 1--Worshippers at Without Walls International Church are accustomed to seeing the offering collected two or three times each service. At services in May and June, worshippers stuffed the offering buckets with cash, jewelry, and hundreds of colorful envelopes filled with checks and credit card numbers. The envelopes identify seven donation designations: tithes, offering, building fund, Without Walls television, benevolence,...

By MIKE BAKER RALEIGH, N.C. - Ruth Graham, the ailing wife of evangelist Billy Graham, fell into a coma Wednesday morning and appears to be close to death, a family spokesman said. "She appears to be entering the final stages of life," said Larry Ross, Graham's personal spokesman. The news came the same day Billy Graham said he and Ruth will be buried at the recently dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte. In a statement, Graham said his 87-year-old wife, who has degenerative...