Pumpelly to lead TLW in Africa
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Sharon Pumpelly, who with her husband Larry spent 25 years as an International Mission Board missionary in Uganda and Kenya, has been named lead consultant for True Love Waits International's expansion in Africa, LifeWay President Thom Rainer announced May 31.
Memorial celebration honors troops
Nearly 100,000 gathered at Stone Mountain, Ga., over Memorial Day weekend to pay tribute to active duty troops, veterans and their families. LifeWay Christian Resources and Holman Bible Outreach International (HBOI) partnered with Task Force Patriot USA, General Motors, O'Reilly Auto Parts and Stone Mountain Park to sponsor the three-day event, a "Task Force Patriot Salute to the Troops."
LifeWay among sponsors of salute to troops
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–LifeWay Christian Resources and Holman Bible Outreach International have teamed with Task Force Patriot USA, the U.S. Air Force, General Motors and Stone Mountain Park to sponsor a Memorial Day weekend tribute to active duty and veteran U.S. troops and their families. “Task Force Patriot Salute to the Troops,” May 26-28 at the […]
Palau ministry to utilize Holman CSB
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The Luis Palau Association has selected the Holman Christian Standard Bible's translation of the Gospel of John for its "Growing Faith" study book for new and recommitted Christians. The resource utilizing the Holman CSB will be launched at the Luis Palau Nashville CityFest outreach May 19-20 and be used in other LPA events throughout 2008 and beyond.
True Love Waits to expand anti-AIDS initiative in Africa
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--True Love Waits International will expand its abstinence-until-marriage message in six African countries, utilizing $950,000 in donor gifts to LifeWay Christian Resources' A Defining Moment capital campaign, LifeWay President Thom S. Rainer said April 11. "Although HIV/AIDS is a concern worldwide, the most concentrated and high-risk area continues to be the continent of Africa, where the life expectancy in some countries has dropped from age 42 to as low as age 30," Rainer said. "We are very pleased to make this announcement today because we believe True Love Waits can be the answer for the AIDS epidemic on the entire continent."
Ridgecrest marks 100 years, touching 3 million lives
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| Thom S. Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources, addresses a luncheon March 6 celebrating 100 years of ministry of LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Photo by Russ Rankin |
Speakers recalled the many ways God had worked in people’s lives at Ridgecrest during the past century while voicing anticipation of things yet to come at the conference center located just outside Black Mountain, N.C., near Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Black Mountain Mayor Carl Bartlett, who attended Vacation Bible School at Ridgecrest in 1948, brought greetings on behalf of the city and read a proclamation recognizing Ridgecrest for 100 years of service. The governor of North Carolina, mayor of Asheville and Buncombe County commissioners also issued proclamations.
Jim Henry reflects on a lifetime of experiences at Ridgecrest
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--Jim Henry first set foot on the grounds of LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center at age 13. Today, the retired pastor of First Baptist Church in Orlando, Fla., looks back on a lifetime of rich memories not only for himself, but also for his wife, children, grandchildren and members of his congregation.
True Love Waits
While True Love Waits was holding its first national event in July 1994, a second smaller but perhaps even more powerful True Love Waits observance was taking place half a world away. On the same day that more than 210,000 covenant cards were being displayed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C, missionaries Larry and […]
HCSB Bibles donated to poor and homeless for Christmas
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Christmas day was a bit brighter for about 130 of Dayton, Ohio’s poor and homeless who received a free copy of the Holman Christian Standard Bible at a Christmas service and breakfast sponsored by Target Dayton Ministries, a ministry focused on meeting intercity needs.
LifeWay’s Ridgecrest turns 100 this year
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP)--Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, N.C., is a place many people are surprised to learn is not only one of the largest religious conference centers in the nation, but also is celebrating a century of ministry this year.
