Author: Steve Rabey Religion Correspondent
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Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute charts new course as thoughtful, student-centered think tank
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Centennial Institute is back after a leadership change, a pause in major activities and a period of self-examination to determine if Colorado Christian University’s conservative think tank lost its way. After former director Jeff…
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Colorado Springs-based Navigators releases free discipleship app
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For 92 years, Navigators, a quiet, $170 million, Colorado Springs-based international ministry, has focused on discipleship: helping believers deepen their faith and become committed disciples of Christ who reproduce such faith in others. But research conducted with nearly 5,500 people in 2020 and 2021 showed…
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Group behind ‘He gets us’ Super Bowl ads has roots in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ken Calwell enjoyed a long, successful career as an executive with Domino’s Pizza, Wendy’s, Papa Murphy’s and Pizza Hut, where in 1995 he led the national launch of a phenomenally popular item: the stuffed crust…
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Colorado-based Youth For Christ still reaching out at 80
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 19th century saw the rise of ministries targeting young people, including England’s Young Men’s Christian Association, founded in 1844. In the 1930s, Christian groups in Britain and North America organized energetic, entertaining evangelistic rallies designed to attract and evangelize young people. These youth outreaches…
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Colorado Springs ministries host hundreds of thousands of guests each year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Navigators make a bold claim about Glen Eyrie, calling their historic home “the most awe-inspiring location in Colorado Springs.” Every year, about 60,000 people visit the Glen, near Garden of the Gods, for its “soul-stirring views,” photograph its herd of bighorn sheep and flock…
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Colorado Springs author’s most personal book sheds light on depression
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 2020 had it all: Disease. Death. Lockdowns. Economic despair. Social isolation. Poisoned politics. Racial strife. Street protests. “An unprecedented convergence of crises has created one of the most difficult periods I can ever remember,” said Denver Seminary President Mark Young last fall. These pressures have…
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Group Rebrands: Association of Gospel Rescue Missions is now Citygate Network
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gospel rescue missions arose a century and a half ago to help urban men who were jobless, homeless and hopeless. Now, the Colorado Springs-based national association for hundreds of these ministries has dropped the words “Gospel” and “rescue” from its name as it prepares for…
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Jewish students keep the faith at college
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As students head to college, some parents wonder if their children will continue to embrace the religious traditions they experienced back home or if faith will be pushed to the sideline. Studies show that secularism…
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Three churches merge in Colorado Springs, bringing together new and old
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pastor Eric Sandras of The Sanctuary Church got much more than he bargained for in March when he approached another west side church about renting space. Last Sunday, leaders of 125-year-old Bethany Baptist Church gave…