Tag: christianity
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Denver archdiocese announces new archbishop James Golka
The Denver archdiocese announced the appointment of its next archbishop Saturday morning. James Golka, 59, who received the appointment from Pope Leo XIV, will make a move up from Colorado Springs, where he has been serving as the third bishop of the city’s diocese since 2021, church officials said Saturday. He will replace Archbishop Samuel…
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Federal judge sides with Douglas County School District in ex-admin’s discrimination lawsuit
A federal judge concluded last week that a former high school administrator had not proven his claims of religious discrimination against the Douglas County School District. Corey McNellis had worked at Ponderosa High School since 2002 and served as the athletic director and assistant principal at the time of his termination in October 2020. According to…
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The oldest pipe organ in the Christian world sounds after 800 years of silence
After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world has roared back to life at a monastery in Jerusalem’s Old City
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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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Friend of Iranian man seized by ICE says his arrest was based on lies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Mehrdad Mehdipour was arrested on June 22 by federal immigration agents at the home of his Colorado Springs host and friend, Iranian Christian-advocate Mohamad Faridi, Faridi was angered. Mehdipour had been surrounded, cuffed and hauled away based on “lies from the pit of hell,”…
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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
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 gave birth to modern youth ministry and to enduring nonprofits,…
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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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Appeals court finds judge did not punish man for religious beliefs when giving ex-wife parenting authority
Colorado’s second-highest court last month rejected a man’s claim that a Larimer County judge unconstitutionally penalized him for expressing religious beliefs critical of homosexuality when she awarded parental decision-making to his ex-wife. District Court Judge Laurie K. Dean gave Brandon Ribble’s ex-wife broad decision-making responsibility for the couple’s children as a result of their divorce.…
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Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
The U.S. Department of Education says Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes on campus