As students return to school, people from churches throughout South Florida are uniting in prayer at their local elementary, middle and high schools on the Saturday before school starts to pray for the local campuses. Initiated by First Priority, a ministry passionate about connecting the church to reach the campus for Christ, Back to School Prayer 2016 simply encourages every person from every church to meet at their school’s flagpole at 9 a.m. and spend an hour in prayer. If you cannot access the flagpole, gather by the main school sign along the road. For Palm Beach County public schools […]

Just as Jesus sent out the 12 disciples to serve in his name, 12 churches are working together to build a house for a family in need in Oakland Park in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity of Broward’s Apostles Build program. 12 churches like 12 Apostles Reaching across denominational lines for a common goal, the twelve churches building together include Living Word Open Bible Church, Parkridge Baptist Church, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Church of the Holy Spirit Song, Christ Church United Methodist, Christ the Rock Community Church, First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale, Plantation United Methodist […]

Contemporary Christian Artist Chris Tomlin is bringing Worship Night in America to Miami at the American Airlines Arena at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19 featuring musical guests Matt Redman, Steven Curtis Chapman, Matt Maher, Phil Wickham and Bryan & Katie Torwalt. Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion Movement, and Bestselling Author Max Lucado will also speak at the event. Now in it’s second year, the Worship Night in America tour performed in five major cities in it’s inaugural year, uniting people across the country for a time to worship and pray for the nation. “It’s obvious that we’re in […]

On any given day, there are more than 415,000 children in the foster care system in our nation and more than 2,000 children in our region alone who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, abandonment or neglect. In Broward County, at least nine children wait each night for foster home placement. And there is a great need for loving, Christian homes to take in these children.   “Last year there were 332 kids waiting for homes who did not get placed in a foster family in Broward County,” according to Tom Lukasik, vice president of community engagement […]

The high cost of living in South Florida leaves people more vulnerable to financial crisis than most anywhere else in the nation. In fact, a United Way ALICE Report found that 50 percent of South Floridians are only one financial emergency away from poverty with 3.2 million households, (45 percent) struggling to support themselves.  These are not people sitting home doing nothing. These are the working poor, who get up every day and go to work – some working two or more jobs to try and make ends meet, explained Germaine Smith-Baugh, president and CEO of the Urban League of […]