Bank of America Launches Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards Card for Entrepreneurs

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Bank of America Launches Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards Card for Entrepreneurs

Bank of America today announced the launch of the Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards card. This new card allows small business owners to earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on all purchases. Cash rewards don’t expire, and redemption is simple: small business clients can redeem their cash back for any amount, at any time for statement credits or deposits directly into a Bank of America checking or savings account, or for credit to an eligible Merrill account. The Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards card has no annual fee.

“Running a business can be challenging, but earning rewards on your spending should be simple and convenient,” said Chris Wong, Small Business Products executive at Bank of America. “With the launch of the Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards card, we’ve streamlined the way entrepreneurs are rewarded for their spending, so they can focus on running and expanding their business.”

Members of Bank of America’s Preferred Rewards for Business program earn 25% to 75% more cash back on every purchase made with the Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards card, depending on their rewards tier – that means the unlimited 1.5% cash back earned on all purchases could go up to 2.62% cash back. The consumer version of the Unlimited Cash Rewards Credit Card launched in July.

New Payments and Invoicing Solution
Bank of America also announced an innovative bill payment and invoicing solution which runs within Business Advantage 360, Bank of America’s digital platform for small businesses. Clients can choose from two options to enhance their digital experience, depending on the specific needs of their business:

  • Essential Payments and Invoicing has no monthly fee and is best suited for clients with a single user. It allows clients to pay their bills, create and send digital invoices, receive payments, track invoices and payments, and add or manage vendors.
  • Advanced Payments and Invoicing, is $30 per month and designed for larger businesses. Advanced offers all of the Essential features, plus the ability to create approval workflow and policies, delegate authority for multiple users and synch with various accounting software tools.

Over the past two years, Bank of America has created or enhanced a variety of other resources and tools to help business owners navigate the pandemic and simplify their operations, including:

  • Business Credit Score: In spring 2021, Bank of America partnered with Dun & Bradstreet to become the first major financial institution to provide small business clients with free, ongoing access to their business credit score. This offering equips entrepreneurs with a comprehensive snapshot of their finances while providing visibility to help build and maintain healthy business credit.
  • Small Business Resources Site: Launched in December 2020, the Small Business Resources site features tools, insights, and expert advice to help entrepreneurs run and grow their businesses. The educational hub provides tips and solutions for all aspects of business ownership, covering topics including business strategy, customer relations, financing options, optimizing operations, managing cash flow and more.
  • More Flexible Options to Manage Money: Bank of America now enables clients to digitally link their business and personal profiles, and over 200,000 business owners have taken advantage of this feature. To provide clients with even more flexibility to move money, Bank of America raised the limits for businesses sending and receiving money through Zelle, which nearly 800,000 businesses owners have utilized, as well as increasing monthly Mobile Check Deposit limits.
  • Cash Flow Monitor & Connected Apps Enhancements: Bank of America recently redesigned the dashboard for its best-in-class Cash Flow Monitor tool, which provides business owners with a complete view of business cash flow. The tool makes it simple for small business owners to track credit and debits through integrated account information, receive automatic cash flow projections based on scheduled transactions, and easily connect with Bank of America small business specialists for guidance.

Download the Bank of America app or visit bankofamerica.com.

Bank of America

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 66 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,200 retail financial centers, approximately 17,000 ATMs, and award-winning digital banking with approximately 41 million active users, including approximately 32 million mobile users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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North Texas Physicians, Faith Leaders Set the Record Straight on COVID-19 Vaccines

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North Texas Physicians, Faith Leaders Set the Record Straight on COVID-19 Vaccines

Physicians and faith leaders from North Texas teamed up for frank and honest conversations that dispel misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Nine local faith leaders from churches with largely African American congregations sat down with physicians from those communities to record video conversations addressing the most common myths about the vaccines.

“I receive numerous questions about the COVID-19 vaccines from people in my congregation,” said Pastor Patrick Winfield, Campus Pastor of The Potter’s House of Fort Worth, one of the participating faith leaders. “I feel compelled to do everything I can to dispel the myths and build trust with physicians within in our community so that people will feel more comfortable being vaccinated. This kind of information helped me feel comfortable enough to be vaccinated,” continued Winfield,” continued Winfield.

The nine video-recorded conversations cover an array of topics, including: fertility and childbearing, the inclusion of African Americans in vaccine clinical trials, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, and building trust between African American and medical communities.

“We have a long history of African Americans distrusting medical institutions because of unfortunate past events,” shared Pastor Richie Butler, Senior Pastor of St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church in East Dallas. “The conversations we put together in these videos should give our congregations and people in the community a high level of trust in the vaccines and doctors that are serving our families and neighbors. Ultimately, we want to dispel all of the terrible misinformation that is out there,” continued Butler.

The video outreach project was created by the North Texas Medical Society Coalition, representing approximately 12,000 physicians in the Collin–Fannin, Dallas, Denton, Grayson, and Tarrant County medical societies. In April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Texas, physicians in these county medical societies came together to provide education, outreach, and science-based information to residents about all aspects of COVID-19. Most recently, the Coalition has looked for ways to increase vaccine uptake in communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

“Physicians have been on the front lines of this pandemic and have seen the horrendous toll it has taken on individuals, families, and entire communities,” says John Flores, MD, an internal medicine specialist from Kittle Elm and Chair of the Coalition. “After the vaccines were approved, we began looking to do everything we could to promote vaccination. It is our best way out of this pandemic,” continued Dr. Flores.

“Across North Texas, we know that many residents live in one county but may work, engage in social activities, or attend church in a different county,” added Beth Kassanoff-Piper, MD, an internal medicine specialist from Dallas and Vice-chair of the Coalition. “We did not want people to get mixed messages across the region, so the Coalition came together to share the same science-based information so that residents received consistent messages from the medical community,” added Dr. Kassanoff-Piper.

The faith leaders participating in the project include:
Caesar Rentie, Vice President of Pastoral Services, Methodist Health System, Dallas
Marcus D. King, Senior Pastor, Disciple Central Community Church, DeSoto
Lamont Ross, Senior Minister, Marsalis Avenue Church of Christ, Oak Cliff
Richie Butler, Senior Pastor, St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church, East Dallas
Deborah Morgan, Senior Minister, East Dallas Christian Church, Dallas
Kwesi R. Kamau, Lead Pastor, IMPACT Church, North Dallas
Julian Hobdy, First Methodist Church, Mansfield
Irie L. Session, Co-pastor, The Gathering, A Womanist Church, Dallas
Patrick Winfield, Campus Pastor, The Potter’s House of Fort Worth

The Coalition hopes to record additional faith leader and physician conversations throughout North Texas in the coming months in order to further support COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

All nine video conversations can be viewed online at bit.ly/PhysiciansAndFaith

Contact Information: 
Dallas County Medical Society
Pamela Lowery
[email protected]
ph. 214-948-3622

Last Days – by Echo Messiahh

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Last Days – by Echo Messiahh

Watch and Listen to Echo Messiahh new single Titled  ” Last Days ”

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Joel Osteen’s Megachurch Repays $4.4 Million in Pandemic-Relief Loans

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Joel Osteen’s Megachurch Repays $4.4 Million in Pandemic-Relief Loans

America’s largest megachurch, led by a celebrity pastor who’s the target of frequent criticism, says it has fully repaid $4.4 million in pandemic-related loans. Joel Osteen‘s Houston-area Lakewood Church became a “viral villain” last year for accepting federal funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A spokesperson is now providing bank statements to prove the church has repaid the money, even though that wasn’t required.

Churches, despite being tax-exempt, were eligible for these loans, intended to help institutions and businesses weather COVID-19 shutdowns. Recipients didn’t need to repay the money if it went toward expenses such as salaries and mortgages.

Lakewood Church, which has an average weekly attendance of 43,000 and receives yearly donations of more than $40 million, says it didn’t apply for aid initially, “believing the shutdown would only last a few weeks.” But the seven-month halt of in-person worship during 2020 led to “economic uncertainty” and impacted the church’s “ability to collect substantial donations,” it states. Read more …

Pakistani court rejects Christian father’s petition seeking recovery of his daughter forcibly converted, and married to her abductor

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Pakistani court rejects Christian father’s petition seeking recovery of his daughter forcibly converted, and married to her abductor

On 24th September, the Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected a petition filed by a Christian man, Gulzar Masih, for the recovery of his underage daughter Chashman Kanwal who was allegedly forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man, Muhammad Usman.

Masih, a rickshaw driver from Samanabad, Faisalabad, stated in court that his daughter had been kidnapped by Usman and his accomplices. She is a minor and on September 13, she turned 14 years old. Therefore, according to the law, her marriage cannot be solemnised.

However, Mr Justice Tariq Nadeem ignored Masih’s argument and rejected his petition ruling that Muslim jurists give more importance to the mental capacity of the child instead of their age.

Justice Tariq Nadeem further said that Ayesha Bibi (Chashman’s Islamic name) is 17-years/old and she had given her statement in front of the magistrate that she is accepting Islam of her own free will and she has not been kidnapped. Giving Islamic reference, he also stated that Hadrat Ali (R.A) accepted Islam at the age of 10, so why then couldn’t a girl aged 17 accept Islam.

In this judgment, the court used a measuring scale of the mental age, not the age described in the Nadra’s birth certificate for the conversion of Islam.

Chashman was kidnapped on 27th July 2021, according to Masih’s statement on the same day. He dropped her at school on his own rickshaw, but she never came back. He said he searched for his daughter everywhere but couldn’t find her.

When we couldn’t find her, registered a first information report (FIR) at the police station in Samanabad, Faisalabad under section 365 B. The police were able to trace the girl, but they never gave us custody, saying she is Muslim as she had embraced Islam and also willingly married Usman.

Justice Nadeem remarked the Supreme Court had earlier ruled that Article 20 of the Constitution gives rights to citizens to propagate their faith but that does not mean a person can be forcibly converted to another religion by coercion or inducement.

The judge was of the opinion that neither the Holy Quran nor the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH)saying determined the minimum age for conversion to Islam.

Masih told, my family is very sad and disappointed by the court’s decision. His daughter is only 14 and this is according to Nadra’s (National Database & Registration Authority) birth certificate, and according to the law she cannot be married before the age of 16 but the judge is not willing to accept the fact.

He said: “I am not going to stop here but we will appeal against this decision.”

Nasir Saeed, Director of CLAAS-UK, has expressed his grief over the recent judgment and said it is very unfortunate that secular courts are making their decision under the Islamic law, while shariah law is not fully implemented in the country.

He added: “The issue of abduction, forced conversion to Islam, rape, and forced marriage remain an imminent threat for religious minority women and children, especially to the Christian and Hindu women and girls, and we are committed to supporting such cases and raising awareness about their persecution because of their religion.

“It is a very serious matter and is an open violation of the human rights treaties ratified by Pakistan. Pakistan is under pressure from the Islamic groups but the world is very concerned and taking this matter very seriously.

“Separating underage children from their parents in the name of Islam  cannot be accepted at any cost.”

Mr Saeed said that in more than half the countries around the world, the legal age of maturity is 18 while in Pakistan it is 16 in Punjab, and 18 in Sindh, and the court and other law enforcement agencies should respect and implement it.

He added that this is a serious issue for the religious minorities as their minor daughters continue to be taken away from them in the name of religion. Such judgments are not doing any service neither to the country nor to Islam and this practice has to be stopped, Mr Saeed said.

He continued: “We have recently launched a new campaign to double our efforts to raise awareness and to stop this inhuman practice which cannot be acceptable in the 21st century anywhere in the world.

“Instead of turning a blind eye, Pakistan must pay attention to this festering issue and bring all the perpetrators to justice.”

This New Church in Missouri Introduces People to Jesus With Beer

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This New Church in Missouri Introduces People to Jesus With Beer

The Well, a United Methodist Church in Defiance, Missouri, meets in a place some Christians believe is wrong to even step foot into, let alone be seen worshiping in.

United Methodist Pastor Danny Lybarger leads a church that literally meets at a bar, specifically at Good News Brewing. But this isn’t your typical brewery. The concept behind Good News Brewing originated after a group of friends went through Hugh Halter’s book Flesh: Bringing the Incarnation Down to Earth in their Bible study where they learned the power of sharing the good news.

Halter, who has been a pastor, church planter, missions trainer, and author, says his mission is to “encourage the church to be less churchy and instead work on creating social, personal, & spiritual ventures that serve our cities in ways that make God smile.”

It appears the owners of Good News Brewing weren’t the only ones following Halter’s missional words. Halter wrote in the book: “If you want a safe faith, you will never really know God because he doesn’t hang out in the shallow end much.” Pastor Lybarger took those words to heart. The new church plant now calls the brewery home.

“As a part of this church, our goal is to see lives truly transformed and the way we believe that happens is through understanding that each and every one of us belongs as we are,” Lybarger said in an interview on KSDK 5 On Your SideNews. “Indeed, open and honest and vulnerable to each other where we are.” Read more …

Yogurt Worth Celebrating

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Yogurt Worth Celebrating

Shrikhand is one of India’s simplest, sweetest desserts made with yogurt. There’s a flavor for every mood—from saffron to mango to rose.

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God is Good – by Visions of Songs featuring Felix Ohis

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God is Good – by Visions of Songs featuring Felix Ohis

God is Good – is Visions of Songs debut album. Each of the songs in the Album was nominated at the just concluded International Christian Film and Music Festival (ICFF) for 2019 and one of the songs (‘Oh the Lord’) was selected.

Anne Odion, has been called by God to produce music under the name “Visions of Songs.”

Anne receives her songs through dreams and visions given directly from God to deliver to His people and to reach the world with a message of hope. Her gifts are transforming these inspirational dreams and visions to nurture souls through refreshing worship.

God is Good by Felix Ohis - The Christian MailVisions of Songs debut album, “God is Good,” just happens to be one of those visions that have now come to fruition.

“God is Good”

In 2014, Anne released her  is an uplifting Gospel album of hope and praise comprising of eight songs, which has also been made into a movie titled “Disentangled”.

 

single track “Have Mercy Oh Lord,” and in 2015, she released her book entitled, Treasures in Heaven.

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Anne explains, “My sound and styles are a collision of Gospel, Christian, inspirational, and soul. They are unique from other musicians’ because they are messages directly from God.”

Originally from Nigeria, Anne Odion’s love of music started as a child. As a young adult, she began singing in the choir and throughout the years, her faith and music pla


Watch below & Listen to –   ” Lord I Lift Up My Hands “yed an integral part in her spiritual life. Read more …

John Piper Denounces Sexual Role-Playing, Calls It ‘The Way of the Fool’

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John Piper Denounces Sexual Role-Playing, Calls It ‘The Way of the Fool’

Church Leadres report – In a recent episode of his Ask Pastor John podcast, pastor and theologian John Piper weighed in on whether it is permissible for married couples to engage in sexual role-playing.

The discussion came in response to three anonymous listener questions, which included some sensitive details. One listener explained her moral dilemma, saying, “My husband likes to use role-playing in the bedroom, and various levels of bondage and dominance…To the far extreme, he likes to fantasize that he is raping me.”

The listener went on to say, “But he’s a very nice person outside of the bedroom. He only asks if he can play out the fantasy in bed. What should I do?” . Read more …

New World Order: The End Has Come – MOVIE

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New World Order: The End Has Come – MOVIE

The End Has Come!

The end has come, and a New World Order has arisen. Demi Holloway and Christen Brooks, find themselves living in the apocalpytic era, foretold in the Holy Bible.

Now three years already, since the inception of the New World order. Its tyrant general known as the Supreme Chancellor sets out to bring the world under the rule of his mater Lord Aldo De Luca. The Supreme Chancellor demands that all people of the world pledge their allegiance to Lord De Luca’s ideals by registry of a global census and that they should receive a mark to distinguish them as legal citizens of the order. Fixated with passion for his lord, the Supreme Chancellor orders all who fail to register themselves as citizens to be terminated. Demi and Christian are forced to make a choice to live under the New World Order of the Antichrist, Aldo De Luca or die for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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