Every year KICC hosts the International Gathering of Champions! This exciting 5 day convention features a Daytime School of Ministry that is attended by some 30,000 people and also special free events just for teenagers,
young adults and children. visit the website
International Gathering of Champions (IGOC) 2020
TAKE 2 by Christopher Ervin and Abraham’s Descendants
In times past when there were seasons of distress, God would often raise up someone to deliver a word of encouragement to his people.
Christopher Ervin and Abraham’s Descendants are duly deputized to carry the message of hope encapsulated in their new single, Things Are Looking Better. With a love for God and Gospel music, Christopher Ervin called together gifted singers and musicians with similar interests and organized a choral aggregation which was christened Abraham’s Descendants Ministries .
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Today, the choir (affectionately known as AD) boasts of a roster of singers from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. In just a few, short years, AD has amassed a huge following. Well known for precision in their delivery as well as their unmistakably inimitable sound and artistry, AD made their national debut during Bishop Hezekiah Walker’s Choirfest in 2013. They were featured on John P. Kee’s VIP New Artist
Showcase CD in 2016. That event would serve as the precursor to their first live
recording The Process, which made its debut in 2018. The album was a choir favorite,
finding its way into the top 20 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums charts.
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The infectious new track encourages people to boldly walk by faith, and to trust God
even in the midst of the hard trial. Its equally important that victors see themselves and
their situations from a different perspective.
Their new EP entitled “TAKE 2” distributed by Enon Music Group/Sony/The Orchard is now available on all digital outlets and streaming platforms.
India Predicted to Have 6.8 Million Fewer Female Birth by 2030 due to Sex-Selective Abortions
A study shows that India could see about 6.8 million fewer female births between 2017 and 2030 because of sex-selective abortions.
The PLOS ONE study from Fengqing Chao at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and her colleagues said there is an “intensity of son preference” in the Indian culture, The Christian Post reports.
“The masculinized SBR (sex birth ratio) for India is a direct result of the practice of sex-selective abortions at the national level,” the paper, titled “Probabilistic projection of the sex ratio at birth and missing female births by State and Union Territory in India.”
“Some states, such as Punjab, have experienced an early and rapid rise in birth masculinity since the 1980s, whereas in North Indian states, the masculinized SBR started to increase later.”
The Uttar Pradesh area could lose the most female births with researchers estimating about 2 million less from 2017 to 2030.
“Our study highlights the need to strengthen policies that advocate for gender equity and the introduction of support measures to counteract existing gender biases that adequately target each regional context,” they concluded.
“Future work may include additional sources of heterogeneity, such as education, religion, and ethnicity, for projecting the SBR in India and extending the SBR predictions for longer-term…
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LA County Court backs John MacArthur, says Grace Community Church can worship indoors
The Los Angeles County Superior Court announced Thursday that there’s no court order prohibiting Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church from holding indoor worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are pleased with the outcome today,” Jenna Ellis, special counsel for the Thomas More Society and one of the attorneys representing MacArthur and his church, said in a statement to The Christian Post.
“Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff correctly found there is no court order prohibiting Grace Community Church from holding indoor services,” she added. “LA County continues to harass and target Pastor MacArthur. Having failed to get a court order to shut down the church they have sought three times, they’re going to try again by hauling us back into court. Ironically, LA County said in its application for contempt that, ‘Grace Church cannot thumb its nose at the court when decisions don’t go its way,’ yet that’s precisely what LA County is now doing themselves. We will simply continue to defend our client’s constitutionally protected rights because church is essential.”
Officials with Los Angeles County had wanted…
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Trump administration furious with Europe refusal to back US over Iran – Business Insider – Business Insider
The Trump administration is on a collision course with its European allies after they refused to back a controversial move to reimpose sanctions on Iran.
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Behind the scenes at the weirdest NBA draft lottery ever – ESPN
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California Fires Live Updates: Blazes Burn Through 500,000 Acres – The New York Times
A state fire official described it as a historic lightning siege the nearly 11,000 bolts of lightning that struck California over 72 hours this week and ignited 367 wildfires.
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Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results – The New York Times
To bolster the effort, Facebook invited those in government, think tanks and academia to participate and conduct exercises around the hypothetical election situations.
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Google Pixel 5 leak hints at dual cameras and a fingerprint reader – Engadget
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Postmaster General DeJoy: Postal Service “fully capable” of delivering election mail on time – CBS News
Washington — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured Congress Friday that the U.S. Postal Service will be able to process the nation’s mail-in ballots in November.
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