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NAE Launches Campaign to Bless Your Pastor

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1 Aug 2019
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The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) launched a new national campaign in July to help congregations “show and share God’s love” for their pastors in creative and practical ways. The Bless Your Pastor (BlessYourPastor.org) campaign is part of a larger initiative to address financial challenges faced by pastors and is funded by a $1 million, 3-year grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The Bless Your Pastor campaign will encourage and equip churches to consider creative ways to bless their pastors and to take up a special appreciation offering for their pastors. Some churches may decide to extend this campaign to church […]

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Students Share Their Faith in the South Pacific

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Students and leaders from Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church traveled to the island nation of Fiji for two weeks in July on their 2019 Fiji Student Missions Trip. After two semesters of enriching Evangelism Explosion (EE) training, students were encouraged by this opportunity to respond to our Savior’s Great Commission and share their faith in the South Pacific coordinated through the D. James and Anne Kennedy Center for World Evangelism in Fiji. Director of Student Ministry Caleb Koornneef, said, “The highlight of the trip was seeing God use our students to help equip local pastors and lay leaders be able to […]

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4KIDS and Calvary Chapel Named Among Best Christian Workplaces in the Country

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Christian Workplaces Institute honored eighty-nine organizations, churches, and Christian-led businesses as “Certified Best Christian Workplaces” from January-June 2019. Of the 89 new honorees based primarily in the U.S. and Canada, three are from South Florida: 4KIDS of South Florida, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale and Calvary Christian Academy. Two additional employers in Florida included Celebration Baptist Kinderschool, in Tallahassee, and St. Matthew’s House, in Naples. Since 2002, more than 300,000 employees from 1,000 organizations, churches and Christian-led businesses have completed BCWI’s Employee Engagement Survey. This online instrument provides an objective, quantifiable measure of a flourishing workplace culture based on eight factors: […]

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Good News Wants to Know… What was your life like before cell phones?

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30 Jul 2019
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In today’s world if you forget your cell phone, you’re likely to panic. Good News Wants to Know… What was your life like before cell phones?   When I started my career thank goodness there were beepers and pay-phones. If you were calling back long distance, you had better have a pocket full of quarters and good eyes to spot a payphone as you drove down the street, and hopefully there was not too big a line to use the phone and it worked. Don Campion, Founder/CEO, Banyan Air Service   Wow! Life before a cell phone…? I remember having a […]

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Coach Rick Honored for Serving Others

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22 Jul 2019
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Coach Rick Andreassen, founder and president of SAINTS of Florida P.E. and SAINTS International Sports Ministry was selected as one of the top ten people in the country recognized for his dedication to serving others. #A01LeaveYourMark Andreassen was recognized by the Carson Wentz foundation (audience of one foundation) #AO1LEAVEYOURMARK and the Philadelphia Eagles football team during a presentation at a celebrity charity softball game at Phillies stadium in Philadelphia Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz is partnering with Saints International Sports Ministry to build a sports stadium at “Mission of Hope” in Haiti. It’s a great partnership in the Lord!!! SAINTS […]

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Kanell Encourages Fathers at Men’s Breakfast

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17 Jul 2019
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Former NFL Athlete and ESPN sportscaster Danny Kanell was the quest speaker at a Father’s Day Men’s Breakfast hosted by Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, June 15. Kanell shared his testimony about growing up in Fort Lauderdale where he attended Westminster Christian Academy, then Florida State University where he was coached by Bobby Bowden. More than 200 men were inspired by his message of putting family first.

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CBMC Featured Kwame Hylton in June

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Kwame Hylton spoke as the featured guest at the Christian Business Men’s Connection CBMC luncheon at The Tower Club in June. A portrait artist and recent graduate of Lifework Leadership, Kwame shared his personal testimony of life challenges and the guidance of his mother that helped lead him to a personal relationship with Jesus. When asked what Moms could do to replicate this in their own families, Kwame replied, “Love is spelled T-I-M-E! His Mother’s Christian faith, plus spending time with him, resulted in an overflow of faith and guidance that helped set him on the path to the Lord. […]

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Urgent Care Partnership Expands PBA Student Health Services

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Responding to a growing trend among independent colleges, Palm Beach Atlantic University has established a partnership with Jupiter Medical Center to provide all students with enhanced urgent care services featuring extended operating hours, on-site imaging and testing facilities, and access to top health care providers in the area. Located about a mile from campus at 625 North Flagler Drive, the facility operated by the prestigious Jupiter Medical Center will serve campus residents, commuters, athletes, evening and graduate students, according to Dean of Students Bob Lutz. Free valet parking is available, and the center can be reached by foot or bike within minutes. Jupiter […]

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Can I legally make my business a Christian Workplace?

Stuart Rosenfeldt
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Many of my clients have inquired whether they, as Christian businessmen, can declare their business to be “Christian” without risking a charge of religious discrimination. The answer depends in large measure on what they mean by the term “Christian workplace.” If the intention is to only hire persons of the Christian faith then in most cases the employer would be violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which not only forbids such discrimination but also requires employers to accommodate the religious views and practices of employees unless such accommodation would create an undue hardship. Churches are excluded from the religious discrimination […]

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The Sweet Satisfaction of Hard Work

Tommy Kiedis
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“From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him” (Proverbs 12:14 ESV). Saturday night, just before sundown, Shannan and I arrived back to our place in Arkansas. For my part it was with a skip in my step, a sigh of relief and gratitude in my heart to God. We had just traveled 2956 miles across Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, and then trekked back to the Natural State, completing the entire jaunt in our 1936 Chevrolet (aka The Octogenarian). If you wonder […]

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