Author: Steve Rabey

During the bummer summer of 2020, COVID-19 caused many of the nation’s Christian camps to limit or cancel sessions, and three camps that stayed open spawned major outbreaks. Now, camps are welcoming 2021 as a chance to return to near-normal. “I expect the rebound for camps to be powerful, and I am convinced that families…

When local businessman Ken Harrison resurrected Promise Keepers in 2019, one of his goals was a return to the inspiring stadium rallies pioneered by former Colorado University football coach Bill McCartney, who founded the men’s ministry in 1990. But COVID-19 had other plans for 2020, and last year’s event went virtual, reaching over 1 million…

“King of Kings.” “Jesus Christ Superstar.” “Godspell.” “The Passion of the Christ.” There have been dozens of films about Jesus but never a multiseason series. Dallas Jenkins is changing that with “The Chosen,” which offers a free premiere of the first episode of season two on Easter Sunday via the show’s app at thechosen.tv. “A…

Tyler Etheridge, a 2017 graduate of the Practical Government School at Andrew Wommack’s Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, was among the crowd of Trump supporters who illegally entered the Capitol, filming himself amid the chaos and posting his video on Parler. “Just to let you know, I’m not involved in this,” he says in…

The African preacher was delivering a sermon on prayer to a small congregation in a remote village when he used a popular illustration he had found in American religious materials. “Prayer is part of a relationship with God,” the preacher told his flock. “Prayer is not like a vending machine, where you insert money, and…

“Chaotic” and “unstable” is how Nina describes growing up with a single mother who worked three jobs to keep her five children clothed and fed. “My childhood life was not beautiful,” says Nina, who lost a hard-drinking brother to suicide. She blames a lack of love and structure for her hard-headedness, inability to cope with…

Andrew Wommack says 1968 was when “God rang my bell.” “God’s love consumed me,” says the Woodland Park preacher, who says God has led him, step by step, ever since. After his Army service in Vietnam, God called him to preach. He married his wife, Jamie, and the two ministered in small churches until Wommack…

Andrew Wommack says 1968 was when “God rang my bell.” “God’s love consumed me,” says the Woodland Park preacher, who says God has led him, step by step, ever since. After his Army service in Vietnam, God called him to preach. He married his wife, Jamie, and the two ministered in small churches until Wommack…