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Los Angeles Blade to Celebrate 2024 ‘Best of LGBTQ Los Angeles’ Awards

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Friday, January 26, 2024
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The Los Angeles Blade , LA’s only LGBTQ newspaper and nation’s only LGBTQ Media member of the White House Press Corps, partner newspaper of the venerable Washington Blade in DC, will present the 2024 Best Of LGBTQ Los Angeles Awards at Heart Weho on Saturday, January 27 from 8:00 p.m.

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  • The Los Angeles Blade , LA’s only LGBTQ newspaper and nation’s only LGBTQ Media member of the White House Press Corps, partner newspaper of the venerable Washington Blade in DC, will present the 2024 Best Of LGBTQ Los Angeles Awards at Heart Weho on Saturday, January 27 from 8:00 p.m.
  • In 2021, Los Angeles Blade publisher Troy Masters honored Los Angeles based philanthropist Ariadne Getty for her landmark donation to Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) community.
  • In 2022, the Los Angeles Blade honored David Geffen and presented him with the award.
  • With over 30 prestigious categories, the Los Angeles Blade “Best of LGBTQ LA” Awards will shine a spotlight on diverse stories and artists, activists and community notables and others who have championed critical LGBTQ issues and connected so powerfully with the community.

The Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Calls All Christians Who Love Israel to Rise Up! Stand With and Defend Israel and the American Jewish Community…Before It's Too Late!

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
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In the United States alone Reuters News Agency reports that antisemitic incidents are up 400% since the onset of the Israel-Hamas War.

Key Points: 
  • In the United States alone Reuters News Agency reports that antisemitic incidents are up 400% since the onset of the Israel-Hamas War.
  • For the first time in the history of the United States, Jewish people are generally concerned for their physical safety.
  • Will the tens of millions of American Israel-loving Christians remain silent against the rise of this new and dangerous Nazi-like anti-Semitism or will Christians RISE UP!
  • and stand with our Jewish people and Israel against this irrational, demonic and deadly hatred.

Nebraska Professors Allegedly Handpick Holocaust Scholars from Twitter

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
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LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A public records lawsuit filed by Jewish Legal News, Inc. ("JLN") against the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) show that the University's Holocaust Symposium held in March was more of a platform to target political rivals rather than an educational event.

Key Points: 
  • Jewish Legal News uncovers that UNL professors allegedly chose Holocaust symposium scholars based on Twitter interactions.
  • According to the lawsuit, emails exchanged between Professors Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher, responsible for the event, revealed that scholars were chosen based on their affiliations with Professor Kohen's Twitter account.
  • An email from Professor Steinacher showed that the professors selected scholars for the Symposium because they were "Twitter Followers" of Professor Kohen's Twitter account, @kohenari.
  • The University of Nebraska's Holocaust Symposium held in March was allegedly more of a platform to target political rivals rather than an educational event.

empty tomb®, inc.'s Mission Match® Offers a Tool to Churches to Reverse Long-Standing Trends Found in New Edition of The State of Church Giving Series

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Contents summary of this press release:

Key Points: 
  • As church membership and giving trend downward in the U.S., Mission Match offers a tool for churches to counter the trends.
  • The 32nd edition in empty tomb's The State of Church Giving series finds membership and giving trends continued through 2020, the first year of the COVID pandemic.
  • The new book, The State of Church Giving through 2020: A Theology for an Age of Affluence, is being released in April 2023.
  • In addition to documenting church giving and membership trends, empty tomb also offers congregations a tool to reverse those trends.

US Journalist Hunger-Strikes for India's Persecuted Christians

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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Friedrich, consuming only water, tea, and coffee, was on hunger-strike from the morning of January 5 to the morning of January 12.

Key Points: 
  • Friedrich, consuming only water, tea, and coffee, was on hunger-strike from the morning of January 5 to the morning of January 12.
  • Besides Open Doors USA, the Voice of the Martyrs has recently labeled conditions for Indian Christians as "hostile."
  • According to United Christian Forum for Human Rights, an India-based watchdog group, Christians throughout India suffered over 500 attacks in 2021.
  • "The American Christian Church, sadly, and I think it's due to ignorance, is almost entirely silent on this issue."

Pastor Alph Lukau Shines at the Most Majestic IVP in France

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Monday, November 1, 2021
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211101005840/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211101005840/en/
    Alph Lukau addressing the spellbound attendees at France IVP (Photo: AETOSWire)
    Delayed a year by the virus, IVP 2021 has visitors across 20 countries taking part in the event.
  • Thursday nights ceremony grand opening was done by Pastor Alph Lukau followed by spectacular Celeste Lukau with a host of associate Pastors.
  • Pastor Alph Lukau is the senior Pastor and General Overseer of Alleluia Ministries International which he founded in February 2002 in Johannesburg.
  • Known as the apostle of faith Alph Lukau is also a renowned Author and power Televangelist with hundreds of thousands of men and women under his direct leadership.

Handbook for congregations helps the faithful increase vaccinations

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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is the title of a new handbook that will help congregations reach out to the unvaccinated, offering information and support for getting the COVID-19 shot.

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  • is the title of a new handbook that will help congregations reach out to the unvaccinated, offering information and support for getting the COVID-19 shot.
  • Congregations are uniquely poised to help, as many of them are located in areas that are under-vaccinated or "socially vulnerable."
  • This handbook takes a different tack, advocating compassion, curiosity, and a willingness to listen in talking with the unvaccinated.
  • This handbook helps congregations take a more compassionate approach."

United Church of God assembles worldwide to celebrate coming time of Christ-centered peace

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
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Church members follow the historic example of Jesus Christ and the first century Church in observing this time of celebration.

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  • Church members follow the historic example of Jesus Christ and the first century Church in observing this time of celebration.
  • A modern understanding of the Hebrew Festival biblically portrays the coming Kingdom of God, as foretold by Jesus Himself.
  • "As described in the Bible, the coming Kingdom of God will be a marvelous time of unmatched, exceptional happiness and gladness," said Mr. Kubik.
  • About the United Church of God, an International Association: More information about the United Church of God is available at http://www.ucg.org .

St. Augustine and John Wesley Would Not Be Happy with Numbers in empty tomb's 30th Edition

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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And St. Augustine and John Wesley, who lit into church members of their own time, would not be happy with the trends found in The State of Church Giving through 2018.

Key Points: 
  • And St. Augustine and John Wesley, who lit into church members of their own time, would not be happy with the trends found in The State of Church Giving through 2018.
  • Meanwhile, near the end of his life, John Wesley, the founding leader of the Methodist Church, stated, "I know not what to do."
  • St. Augustine and John Wesley were not happy with the way church members handled giving in their own day.
  • They would also not be happy with these facts from the 30th edition in The State of Church Giving series.

Christian Pastor Reflects on the Readiness of the Church for the Second Coming of Christ in New Book

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Monday, February 8, 2021
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Guobadia begins Bringing the Church Back to Christ with an exploration of how the Churchs standing has changed throughout time and place.

Key Points: 
  • Guobadia begins Bringing the Church Back to Christ with an exploration of how the Churchs standing has changed throughout time and place.
  • Through thorough analysis, he identifies how the contemporary Churchs teachings have become diluted and the body has fractured and divided.
  • To prepare for the second coming of Christ and the union between bride and groom, he explains that the Church must recognize its blind spots and recenter their focus to serving the Lord.
  • There is a need for the Church to make right the wrongs of her past and adjust to societal changes, said Guobadia.