UMNS Daily Digest - October 27, 2010 (Religious persecution, Philander Smith, Lake Junaluska.)
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:04:08 -0700
To ensure consistent delivery, please add [1]newsdesk@umcom.org to your contact and/or safe senders list. [2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service Wednesday, October 27, 2010 [5]Prayer for freedom unites sparring groups [6]Philander Smith receives social justice grant [7]Lake Junaluska names new director [8] UMTV: Church Home For Homeless» [9] UMTV: Cooking With Jesus In Ukraine» [10] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [11]Find us on Facebook [12]Twitter Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 âWe urge policies and practices that ensure the right of every religious group to exercise its faith free from legal, political or economic restrictions.â â United Methodist Book of Discipline. Prayer for freedom unites sparring groups NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Board of Church and Society and The Confessing Movement agree on one point: United Methodists need to pray for persecuted Christians. In a joint letter, the frequent adversaries urge âthe Church to prayerfully and publicly stand with the members of the Body of Christ who are suffering right now.â [13]Read full story and post a comment» Philander Smith receives social justice grant LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UMNS) â Philander Smith College, a United Methodist-affiliated, historically black school, received a $1.2 million grant from the Kresge Foundation to establish a Center for Social Justice. The college launched a social justice initiative in 2007 that includes guest lecturers, internships and other efforts to infuse justice issues into the curriculum. The Kresge grant includes a challenge: To receive a matching gift from Kresge, the college must raise $300,000 in private support by Dec. 31, 2012. Lake Junaluska names new director LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) â John L. Ewing Jr., executive director of the Foundation for Evangelism, has been named the new executive director of Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc. 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