Real Life Issues

Real Life Issues | Apr. 14 2021
Headline News from around the Southeast for April 15
Arkansas Since its launch in October 2014, Crosspointe Church, Bryant, Arkansas, has learned, grown and adapted. Today, the church, located between…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 14 2021
Church to stream services into jail
By Brian Koonce The Pathway COVID-19 has changed the way many churches do ministry, and that goes for jail ministries as well. Now, after…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 14 2021
Mother expelled from village after asking pastor to pray for harvest
Chhattisgarh, India — Villagers kept a tribal Adivasi mother from reaping her fields because she asked a Christian pastor to pray for the harvest.…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 13 2021
Views on life’s purpose, meaning changing
More than 80% of Americans believe each person’s life has an ultimate purpose, according to a recent survey from Lifeway Research. “During…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 9 2021
Arkansas bans gender transition procedures for minors
On Tuesday, April 6, Arkansas became the first U.S. state to prohibit doctors from providing gender transition procedures for children. The legislation,…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 8 2021
Prison Fellowship set to expand ministries
Prison Fellowship announced March 31 that the ministry is in the planning stages to start Alabama’s first Tier 2 Prison Fellowship Academy…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 7 2021
Churches can raise awareness of post-incarceration issues, help people unlock a better future
Alabama has an incarceration crisis. In 2018, 946 out of every 100,000 residents were incarcerated, placing the state in the top five within…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 6 2021
Christian colleges face difficulties
In the past five years, some 65 public and private nonprofit colleges have closed, merged with other schools or announced plans to close in the…

Real Life Issues | Apr. 6 2021
Rashional Thoughts: What if it were your brother, mother, child or even you needing a second chance?
Is it really possible for people with a past to have a productive, positive future? Are we willing to give others a second chance when they make…