Author: Steve Rabey
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0.3.0 EP TEST – CSI’s ‘Every Student – Every State’ campaign promotes new tax credit
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent America’s K-12 students — and the adults who support them — might receive bonuses next year thanks to a new tax credit that Colorado Springs-based Association of Christian Schools International backed. ACSI helped persuade the Trump administration to create the tax credit for school expenses. Now ACSI’s “Every Student – Every…
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International ministries based in Colorado Springs are facing higher costs as well as declining stability
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent Global tensions that are raising costs for American consumers are causing pain for Christian ministries that work around the world. Colorado Springs-based international ministries have delayed or limited travel, canceled events due to threats of violence or terrorism, and seen the people they serve face financial distress and war-related trauma. Navigators,…
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Two Colorado Springs ministry leaders running for governor
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent Scott Bottoms and Victor Marx, two Christian ministry leaders from Colorado Springs, are among the leading GOP candidates for governor. And both say it’s time for the godly to root out wickedness in Colorado government. Bottoms, now in his second term in the Colorado lLgislature, is an Assemblies of God pastor…
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Colorado Springs group is organizing America Reads the Bible event in April
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent Nearly 500 U.S. political and ministry leaders will participate in a weeklong Bible reading event organized by Christians Engaged, a Colorado Springs nonprofit that works to get evangelicals to the polls. For 12 hours a day from April 19-25, leaders will read the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation at Washington’s…
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Temple Shalom class examines the history of Jewish humor
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent For a century, American Jews have had an outsized role in American comedy. From Groucho Marx to Jerry Seinfeld, Jackie Mason to Jon Stewart, Joan Rivers to Gilda Radner, and Jerry Lewis to Seth Rogen, Jews have used jest to make fun of both themselves and the world, and to keep…
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Super Bowl broadcast to feature the latest ad from Colorado Springs ministry
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent The Denver Broncos are not playing in this year’s Super Bowl, but Colorado will be represented during the broadcast of America’s most watched event. A new ad from a Colorado Springs-based ministry designed to make viewers reconsider Jesus will air Sunday. The title of the 60-second “He Gets Us” ad is…
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Colorado Springs’ largest religious nonprofits still growing
By Steve RabeyReligion Correspondent Colorado Springs is home to dozens of religious nonprofits that work around the U.S. and/or the world. The 10 largest of these groups have grown significantly since The Gazette last ranked them in 2016. One of the biggest gainers was Biblica, which grew by 156% over the past nine years. The…
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Colorado Springs volunteers serve international Christmas gift program
Operation Christmas Child has been gathering gifts and delivering them to needy children worldwide for 33 years. Amanda Koldenhoven figures that this year marks her 24th volunteering for the program. “It’s the best return on investment I have found,” said the member of Rooted Church. “One box shares the gospel with five to nine people,…
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‘Jesus Springs’ book explores spiritual history of Colorado Springs
It took a decade, but historian William J. Schultz’s study of Colorado Springs’ evangelical community is done. “Jesus Springs: Evangelical Capitalism and the Fate of an American City” comes out Oct. 7. “Will’s book brings together religion, capitalism, the Cold War and the growth of Colorado Springs after World War II in a powerful way,”…
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Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute charts new course as thoughtful, student-centered think tank
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 Hunt left in early 2024 to do talk radio full time, Centennial Institute canceled the 2024 Western Conservative Summit, a…