Tag: Faith and Values
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Impact Christian Church helps build house, church in Mexico
Spring Break this year took 43 members of Impact Christian Church in Woodland Park to Juarez, Mexico from March 21 – 28 to build a house for a needy family and a church for a grateful community. The group was comprised of ages 9-70. According to Impact Pastor Scott Park, this trip was the biggest…
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Former megachurch pastor launches new public religious service
The Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers, which hosts concerts by bands such as Friday night’s Dead Floyd, will be the location of Brady Boyd’s new public religious service that will debut Wednesday night. The venue will host attendees starting at 6:30 p.m. on March 18 for prayer, studying scriptures, “sharing the Lord’s table,”…
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Impact Church making impact one load at a time
Impact Christian Church in Woodland Park has launched another ministry to enhance the lives of Teller County residents. Chad Young was asked to preach while Lead Pastor Scott Park was in Israel with a team. Before his sermon, Young presented to the church a new ministry, “Greater Things.” He said there would be green buckets…
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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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New documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center calls on Christians to show up and fight for traditional values
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With the definition of the word “truth” being hotly debated in these times of turbulent political division and ideological and battlefield clashes, two well-known evangelical Christian ministries have produced a documentary that examines what they view as a crisis facing Western civilization and argues that…
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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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Saved in ink: Colorado Springs tattoo artist blends ministry and artistry
Remembering a dream is unusual for local tattoo artist Tony Montaña (yes, same name as the character in the movie “Scarface”). But there’s one he’ll never forget. Asleep, he recalls seeing a thousand hands reaching up in praise. On them, etched in ink, a cross. Montaña, who works out of Spellbound Tattoo, has started a…
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Colorado Springs company works with Braver Angels to promote civility through training, debates
Reports say rising incivility harms Americans in many ways, including their personal lives (relationships broken over politics), their work (employees reportedly face 190 million uncivil acts per day), and in government (majorities say division keeps it from functioning as it could). Starting this week, founders of a local business named Reclaiming Civility are teaming up…
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Meet the Woodland Park man who restores Bibles to their former glory
Within James Gagnon’s studio, there’s a shelf overflowing with Bibles. From the King James to Easy-to-Read Versions, some falling apart at the seams. The books that rest there have been worn by tear stains, smudges from pen ink, splashes from highlighters and detached by bookmarks. Nearby, a vast array of leathers hang in a nook.…