John Piper Offers 7 Reasons Not to Play the Lottery

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John Piper Offers 7 Reasons Not to Play the Lottery

John Piper (Photo: Screenshot/DesiringGod)

Christian Post Report – Theologian John Piper explains what it means to give Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.

With January’s Powerball jackpot estimated at $700 million — the largest in U.S. history, according to ABC News — you just might be tempted to play.

In a post shared Tuesday on DesiringGod.org, Pastor John Piper, chancellor of Minnesota-based Bethlehem College & Seminary, discourages Christians from participating in lotteries, warning, ” … you should not gamble with your money this way.”

Below, the theologian outlines seven reasons why.

1. It is Spiritually Suicidal

Playing the lottery could jeopardize your spiritual wellbeing, explains Piper, who gets right to the point with a quote from 1 Tim. 6: 9-10: “Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction … “

2. It is a Kind of Embezzlement

Just as “faithful trustees may not gamble with a trust fund,” you are a caretaker of your money, which belongs to God, says Piper. “Managers don’t gamble with their Master’s money. All you have belongs to God. All of it,” he writes.

“The parable of the talents says Jesus will take account of how we handled His money. They went and worked (Matthew 25:16–17). That is how we seek to provide for ourselves (1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; Ephesians 4:28).”

3. It’s a Fool’s Errand

People enter lotteries lured by the possibility of winning big, yet their chances of hitting the jackpot are often very, very minute. “You take real money and buy with it a chance,” says Piper. “That chance is so infinitesimally small that the dollar is virtually lost. … The smaller amounts paid out more often are like a fog to keep you from seeing what is happening.”

4. The System is Built on the Necessity of Most People Losing

Piper likens lotteries to Las Vegas casinos “without any of the glamor and glitz,” saying “the ‘house’ controls the action; the players will all eventually lose.”

5. It Preys on the Poor

People in the U.S. with annual take-home incomes of $13,000 or less spend 9 percent, or $645, of their income on lottery tickets each year, according to a report from The Consumerist.

6. There is a Better Alternative

Piper says that Americans who play the lottery are being taught to be “fools” in that 21 percent of people surveyed by the Opinion Research Corporation felt that the lottery was a practical way to accumulate wealth.

“If the $500 a year that on average all American households throw away on the lottery were invested in an index fund each year for 20 years, each family would have $24,000. Not maybe. Really.”

7. For the Sake of Quick Money, Government is Undermining the Virtue Without Which it Cannot Survive.

Here, Piper quotes from the journal on religion and public life, First Things: “A government that raises money by encouraging and exploiting the weaknesses of its citizens escapes that democratic mechanism of accountability.”

Finally, Piper says that if you get rich from playing the lottery, don’t bring your winnings to his ministry.

“Christ does not build His church on the backs of the poor. Pray that Christ’s people will be so satisfied in Him that they will be freed from the greed that makes us crave to get rich.”

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The Little Sisters Have Their Day In Court

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The Little Sisters Have Their Day In Court

The Little Sisters Have Their Day In Court

Christian Post Report – Catholic organization Little Sisters of the Poor pleaded with the U.S. Supreme Court not to force it to choose between helping the poor and abiding by its faith, when it comes to obiding by the HHS birth control mandate.

“As Little Sisters of the Poor, we offer the neediest elderly of every race and religion a home where they are welcomed as Christ,” said Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Little Sisters of the Poor, according to Catholic News Agency.

“We perform this loving ministry because of our faith,” she added, but said that the group “cannot possibly choose between our care for the elderly poor and our faith, and we shouldn’t have to.”

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A Pastor Fleeces His Sheep

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A Pastor Fleeces His Sheep

A Pastor Who Fleeced His Sheep

Christian Post Report – A New York City pastor who was arrested and charged with petit larceny for allegedly pocketing money from his church’s offering nine times complained to police officers after his arrest that the church was not paying him enough, a prosecutor said in court Tuesday.

Rev. Daniel Impaglia, who pastors the Evangelical Rock Church on the Upper East Side and was arrested in November 2015, is still leading services at the church despite calls from some church elders that he step down after members caught him on hidden camera repeatedly stealing from collection envelopes.

After Impaglia was arrested on Nov. 24, The New York Post reports that he told a cop that he was underpaid.
“They don’t pay me enough,” a prosecutor quoting Impaglia as saying during an Tuesday court hearing.

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Canadian Law Society Appeals Court Ruling in Favor of Christian University That Opposes Gay Marriage

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Canadian Law Society Appeals Court Ruling in Favor of Christian University That Opposes Gay Marriage

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The Law Society of British Columbia in Canada says it will appeal a Supreme Court decision which overturned its move to refuse accreditation to Christian Post Report – Trinity Western University’s proposed law school due to its stance on same-sex marriage.

A Supreme Court judge last month annulled a referendum held by the law society, in which members voted for not recognizing the proposed law school of Trinity Western in Vancouver, which requires that students sign a Christian covenant that states sexual relations are to be confined within the bounds of a marriage between a man and a woman.

The referendum was held in October 2014, after the law society’s board, known as the Benchers, decided to recognize Trinity Western’s proposed law school. However, the board later allowed the referendum to hear the voice of the society’s members.

The law society filed notice this week saying it is going to appeal the court’s decision.

“We respectfully maintain that it was proper for the Benchers to conclude that the voice of our members is important and we should be guided by that voice on this issue,” CBC News quoted Law Society President David Crossin as saying in a statement.

“The Law Society believes the interests of the public and our profession are best served by our appellate court addressing and resolving this fundamental constitutional issue,” Crossin added.

On its website, the school describes it’s mission: “As an arm of the Church, to develop godly Christian leaders: positive, goal-oriented university graduates with thoroughly Christian minds; growing disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission, serving God and people in the various marketplaces of life.”

In his order, Chief Justice Hinkson said the law society’s board should not have allowed the society’s members to hold the referendum, which amounted to delegation of the decision to the members.

Hinkson also said that the referendum “was made without proper consideration and balancing of the Charter rights at issue, and therefore cannot stand.”

Kendra Milne, director of law reform at West Coast Leaf in Vancouver, issued a statement after the Supreme Court ruling.

“It is unfortunate that this important issue, which engages fundamental rights, was not resolved in the decision and that the procedural issues in the case may cause additional delays in having these important issues determined,” Milne said. “B.C. lawyers voted twice and made it very clear that they want an inclusive profession that respects equality.”

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Islamic Militants Release Priest After Kidnapping Him Twice

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Islamic Militants Release Priest After Kidnapping Him Twice

Syria (Photo: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh)

Christian Post Report – A boy runs in front of damaged buildings in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, November 26, 2015.

Islamist militants have released an Iraqi Catholic priest, who serves as a pastor in Syria, two weeks after kidnapping him. The priest, Father Dhiya Aziz, who suffered from extreme cold and severe exhaustion in captivity, is recovering.

Aziz, a Franciscan priest who was kidnapped from Syria two days before Christmas, has been released and is undergoing medical treatment, according to Catholic Online, which quoted a statement issued by the Custody of the Holy Land, a custodian priory of the Franciscan order in Jerusalem.

The statement said further details could not be disclosed “due to confidentiality reasons,” but “thanked all those who helped us to liberate him.”

Aziz, who was born in Masul, disappeared while traveling from the Syrian city of Lattakia to his parish in Idlib province.

The priest, who had a pre-existing back condition, suffered from extreme cold and severe exhaustion in captivity, but is doing well, the statement said.

Aziz was kidnapped for a second time in December. His previous kidnapping in July left him with a spinal injury and he was scheduled to undergo a surgery, which has now been postponed.

Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Custody of the Holy Land, told AsiaNews after his disappearance in December that “we cannot say who did it or even if he is still alive.”

“If we knew who abducted him, at least we would have confirmation, but until now, we do not know even that. We have tried some contacts, but there is not much more to say,” Pizzaballa added.

Yakubiyah village in Iraq, where the priest ministers, is surrounded by conflict. “Many groups are active in that area, affiliated with various factions and without coordination among themselves, each on its own, so it is difficult to understand who did it,” Fr Pizzaballa explained.

Fr. Pizzaballa noted that Pope Francis proclaimed 2015 as a Jubilee Year, and said that the region “is in dire need of mercy.”

“It is clear to anyone who knows the region that it will be impossible to escape from such spiral of hatred, resentment, and revenge unless we have the courage to move on, forgive and be merciful. Otherwise, it is a vicious circle that will get worse.”

Islamist groups involved in the Syrian conflict and the Islamic State terror group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, have abducted many prominent Christian leaders.

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Boko Haram, ISIS, Al-Shabab: Christians Must Pray Without Ceasing, Pastor Says

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Boko Haram, ISIS, Al-Shabab: Christians Must Pray Without Ceasing, Pastor Says

Nigeria (Photo: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)

Christian Post Report – Members attend a memorial church service for victims of a suicide bomb attack at St. Theresa’s Church in Madalla, on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja, December 23, 2012. Boko Haram has killed hundreds in its campaign to impose sharia law in northern Nigeria and is the biggest threat to stability in Africa’s top oil exporter.This Christmas, the police and military are expecting more trouble in the north. They’ve ordered security to be tightened, people’s movement restricted and churches to be guarded.But such is the commitment to religion in a country with Africa’s largest Christian population that millions of people will pack out thousands of churches in the coming days. It is impossible to protect everyone, security experts say. Picture taken December 23, 2012.

As Nigeria’s conflict with terror group Boko Haram looks set to continue throughout 2016, the executive director of the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans has said that only repentance and the fear of God can win the war.

The Islamic extremists have been attacking government buildings, civilians, Christians and people of all walks of life in various raids, shootings and bombings throughout almost six years of insurgency, where they have killed over 20,000 people.

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to drive out the militants, even as his previously set deadline for doing so in December passed with the attacks still continuing. The extremists killed close to 100 people over the holiday period in a series of suicide bombings and village raids.

Pastor Ade Oyesile, who previously served as the founding National Financial Secretary of CANAN, before being named as executive director, told The Christian Post in an interview on Friday that at the end of the day, a strong spiritual response is needed to combat such terror.

“Boko Haram, ISIS, Al-Shabab is evil. Until we all stand together to condemn it, it will continue to spread. We Christians can help the government, with our fervent prayers without ceasing,” Oyesile said.

“The right strategy to drive this evil people out of Nigeria, God will give to people in government. World leaders may come together and all that, but repentance and fear of God is the sure way forward.”

Buhari has received support from U.S. President Barack Obama, with the government donating $11 million in mine-resistant and armour-protected vehicles to Nigeria’s army, as The Associated Press reported on Thursday.

“The equipment donation represents part of the continuing U.S. commitment to Nigeria and its neighbours to counter Boko Haram’s senseless acts of terror and promote regional security,” Temitayo Famutimi of the U.S. Department of State said.

There has been some frustration with Buhari’s suggestion in December that his army had “technically won the war” against Boko Haram, however, with members of the #BringBackOurGirls movement planning to march to the State House in Abuja on Jan. 14 to speak with the president.

The movement is compromised of families of the over 200 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from the town of Chibok in April 2014, which made international news headlines. The girls, most of them Christians, make up only a small portion of the thousands of women and children Boko Haram has kidnapped over the years, often selling them off as brides.

Premium Times reported that the group has taken issue with Buhari failing to specifically mention the kidnapped girls in his New Year address to the nation.

The group said in a statement that it was “shocked” that Buhari claimed that Boko Haram has been “technically defeated,” given that the girls have still not been rescued.

Chibok (Photo: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye)

Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaigners hold banners as they walk during a protest procession marking the 500th day since the abduction of girls in Chibok, along a road in Lagos August 27, 2015. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram kidnapped some 270 girls and women from a school in Chibok a year ago. More than 50 eventually escaped, but at least 200 remain in captivity, along with scores of other girls kidnapped before the Chibok girls. Akinleye

“We are extremely disappointed that seven months after his strong promise at inauguration and six months after his pledge to the parents, Chibok community and our movement that he would rescue the 219 daughters of Nigeria, his statement was lacking in urgency and assurance of strategy for result,” the movement declared.

Oyesile told CP, however, that the frustration the movement feels cuts across all of Nigeria, and said that Buhari himself also shares in the disappointment.

“In Africa and Nigeria in particular, we have a communal culture where we are our brother’s
keeper. Children are essentially seen as belonging to the community not just to their biological parents,” the pastor said.

“The president, if you follow events, has severally expressed his frustration of inability to locate and free those girls, just as the parents and everyone else. A lot of progress has no doubt been made in curtailing Boko Haram, and everyone would be happier when the girls are freed.”

At the end of December, CANAN also spoke out on the ongoing corruption crackdown in Nigeria concerning a number of politicians, stating that the scandal is a “tragedy to the nation.”

“We are particularly miffed by the heartlessness exhibited by all the accused individuals in the manner they allegedly withdrew and shared millions of dollars while the average Nigerian is wallowing in abject poverty,” the association said in a press release, noting that although Nigeria is Africa’s top oil producer, as much as 68 percent of its population continues living on less than $1.25 a day.

“Never in the history of the nation have those in government been discovered to have either withdrawn or cornered public funds with such impunity without an iota of empathy for the generality of the people, and disappointingly, even members of the media, the supposed watchdogs, are reported to be actively involved in the loot sharing,” the statement continued.

Oyesile argued that greed and failing to trust God are at the heart of such corruption, and said that the ongoing conflict with Boko Haram is not the cause, but only a window of opportunity for the alleged funds misappropriation.

“Some people in leadership positions steal with impunity because their conscience does not prick them, they want to amass all the wealth they can imagine, forgetting that money cannot buy them peace and joy — only the salvation of our Lord Jesus Christ can,” the pastor said.

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ISIS Blows Up 4-Year-Old Boy With Suicide-Belt After Executing His Father

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ISIS Blows Up 4-Year-Old Boy With Suicide-Belt After Executing His Father

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Christian Post Report – Militant Islamist fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. The fighters held the parade to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic “caliphate” after the group captured territory in neighboring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot previously known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, posted pictures online on Sunday of people waving black flags from cars and holding guns in the air, the SITE monitoring service said.

The Islamic State terror group in Iraq strapped a bomb to a 4-year-old boy and blew him up after killing his father, who was accused by its militants of participating in an attack that killed two of its gunmen, according to an official of an Iraqi militia.

IS militants murdered the boy with “a bomb that was attached to the child through a remote-controlled device so that his organs would be blown apart,” Jabar el-Maamouri, a senior official with an Iraqi government-backed Shiite militia, the Popular Mobilization Forces, said, according to AhlulBayt News Agency.

“ISIS executed the boy’s father a week ago who they accused of participating in an attack on one of their outposts a month ago that killed two IS gunmen,” el-Maamouri added.

The Al-Shirqat district, where the two incidents took place, is controlled by IS, which has captured large territories in Iraq and Syria.

The news agency also reported that the Sunni terror group, which seeks to establish a caliphate in the Levant region and beyond, recently “wiped out a village after its residents rebelled against the group” in the Nineveh Governorate.

In a recent propaganda video, titled “To the Sons of Jews,” IS showed child soldiers executing shackled prisoners in a “game” of hide-and-seek.

A group of young IS trainees were then shown studying and practicing martial arts with an instructor. The next seen showed the selection of six of the young recruits, all masked and apparently below the age of nine, by the instructor to play the “game.”

They were shown as stalking six tied-up victims in an ancient fortress, shooting five of them in the head from close range and then beheading the sixth one. The prisoners were all accused of spying in the IS territory.

In its English propaganda publication, IS earlier sought to justify its barbarity, saying it is “Islamic” to capture and forcibly make “infidel” women sexual slaves.

“Before Shaytan [Satan] reveals his doubts to the weak-minded and weak hearted, one should remember that enslaving the families of the kuffar [infidels] and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Shari’ah that if one were to deny or mock, he would be denying or mocking the verses of the Qur’an and the narration of the prophet … and thereby apostatizing from Islam,” stated the IS’ propaganda magazine “Dabiq,” named after a site in Muslim apocalypse mythology.

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Justin Bieber ‘Has a Heart of Gold,’ Says Pastor Rich Wilkerson

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Justin Bieber ‘Has a Heart of Gold,’ Says Pastor Rich Wilkerson
Rich Wilkerson Jr., pastor of Vous Church in Miami, Florida, has described celebrity pop artist Justin Bieber as having a “heart of gold.”

Wilkerson, who has been described by some as a “celebrity preacher” after officiating the wedding of reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West, told “Entertainment Tonight” that Bieber is trying to find his spirituality while on his celebrity journey.

“He’s been thrown into a whirlwind that I’ll never know and so I think on his journey he’s always trying to figure it out,” Wilkerson told “ET” in a report that aired on Tuesday.

“Anybody who gets put into that limelight gets a bad rap,” the minister, who stars in his own reality show “Rich in Faith,” added. “When you do something good, that gets exploited. When you do something bad, that gets exploited.”

“People aren’t projects, people are people. Projects have a start date and a finish date — that’s not people. People are eternal beings and our job is to love, encourage, affirm,” he continued, adding, “[Bieber’s] got a heart of gold.”

After facing a rash of negative media attention during the past few years, some have suggested that 21-year-old Bieber is turning over a new leaf and focusing on growing his Evangelical Christian faith.

Along with Wilkerson, Bieber has made friendships with other well-known Evangelical pastors, including Judah Smith of The City Church in Seattle, Washington, and Carl Lentz of Hillsong Church in New York City, New York.

Smith appeared alongside Bieber at a recent event held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles angled at previewing Bieber’s new aalbum, Purpose. The two men sat alongside each other on stage and discussed spirituality and music.

Smith previously told Fox 411 that he’s “very proud of Justin,” adding, “What’s amazing about Justin and many young men today [is] it’s not easy to be a man of faith.”

“It’s not easy to make good decisions,” Smith continued.

“I think people would be surprised to discover that their challenges and struggles are not too dissimilar to us, average ordinary people. We’re all looking for essentially the same thing and I think that’s faith and hope and love and meaning, and of course satisfaction, peace, joy,” Smith said.

Wilkerson has also spoken out in defense other celebrities, recently telling “ET” that Kardashian and West “work hard” at their marriage.

The pastor performed the marriage of Kardashian and West in May 2014, and said of the couple: “They’re friends of mine and I love them. I believe in them and I think they’ve got an amazing, amazing relationship. I think that they work hard to continue to make it happen.”

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Christian Rapper Jahaziel Renounces His Faith in Post Bashing God

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Christian Rapper Jahaziel Renounces His Faith in Post Bashing God
Rapper Jahaziel says he’s renounced his Christian faith, writing in a December social media post that realizing the “negatives” of the religion has turned him away from its values.

Jahaziel, who is based in the United Kingdom and known for such rap songs as “Help Me God” and “Father I Turn,” shared in a Facebook post that he’s no longer a believer in Jesus Christ after being a Christian for 20 years, due to “the brutal nature of its God,” among other reasons.

The rapper begins his Dec. 22, 2015, Facebook post by saying that although he has chosen to turn away from his religion, he has “met some great people in church and learned some great principles from Christianity/the Bible.”

“I had a good job with a church organization, a house provided by the church, a large social circle of likeminded people, a career in gospel music, a worldwide fan base, a respected reputation [and] status within Christian and non-Christian circles,” the rapper adds.

He goes on to list the so-called negatives of Christianity, which he says include, among other things, “the brutal nature of [the Bible’s] God, [the Bible’s so-called] second class view of women, [and Christianity’s] financial corruption. …”

“I will not be silent as some have asked — my integrity will not allow me to be so passive against mass corruption,” the rapper continues.

Jahaziel followed his extensive Facebook post with a series of tweets, at one point suggesting that just because he has left Christianity as a religion does not mean he has lost complete faith in God.

“Turning from religion is not turning from God,” Jahaziel tweeted on Jan. 5.

Jahaziel’s record label, XIST Music, which is Christian-based, announced that it would be ending its business relationship with the Christian rapper shortly after the Facebook post surfaced.

The record label represents other Christian acts including Gemstones and Sean Simmonds.

“There’s definitely no love lost between myself and Sean, and our brother Jahaziel,” XIST CEO T. Black said in a statement. “Every one of us has to take their own path when it comes to their relationship with God, and Jahaziel’s is simply taking him in a direction which is different from the one we claim here at Xist Music. But, we definitely wish him all the best, and he and his family are in our prayers.”

The Christian rapper had previously been outspoken about his faith, telling Cross Rhythms that he was given the “gift” of his rapping ability “for a purpose.”

“God took me from nothing to something and he wanted to do something with this,” Jahaziel told the music media outlet, adding, “I would be a sell out to now just take it like it’s mine and try and use it for my gain.”

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Urbana ’15 Raises $940K for Missions Partners, Announces 2018 Dates

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Urbana ’15 Raises $940K for Missions Partners, Announces 2018 Dates
Following its five-day student missions conference which drew Christian Post Report – 16,000 attendees, Urbana Christian Post Report – 15 released figures on New Year’s Day summarizing major milestones reached by the organization and its participants — among those accomplishments, raising over $940,000.

Urbana announced the fundraising feat via Twitter, sharing the good news with more than Christian Post Report – 1Christian Post Report – 1,000 followers. “$940K+ Raised for our missions partners around the world,” read the graphic posted to the social media site on Jan. Christian Post Report – 1.

The funds were raised “the old fashioned way,” said InterVarsity Internet editor and media relations liaison Gordon Govier in an email shared with The Christian Post Wednesday.

During a single night of Urbana Christian Post Report – 15, donations were deposited into collection buckets dispersed throughout the Edward Jones Dome where the conference was held, Govier explained. “Of course, some people also gave online.”

Funds raised from Urbana Christian Post Report – 15 surpassed totals collected during Urbana Christian Post Report – 12 when $800,000 was donated by attendees, according to the InterVarsity website.

Govier said the funds raised will go to Urbana’s many missions partners, in both the U.S. and abroad. At least Christian Post Report – 12 organizations were listed on the Urbana website, from the Boys and Girls Club located in Ferguson, Missouri, and Wycliffe Bible Translators with offices worldwide, to organizations overseas in the Middle East, such as Elam Ministries in Iran and Jerusalem Evangelistic Outreach situated in Palestine.

For each organization, Urbana provides details on its website as to how the funds it donates will be put to use. For example, monies donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis will be used to ” … strengthen and bring healing to specifically the Ferguson community through youth mentoring, leadership development, and educational programs.”

For the Jerusalem Evangelistic Outreach “the Urbana Christian Post Report – 15 offering will go towards production of audio visuals and multimedia Christian material that will be used to teach the people that Jerusalem Evangelist[ic] Outreach encounters.”

Generous monetary donations were only one of the many positives that resulted from the triennial conference. Along with the fundraising milestone, Urbana Christian Post Report – 15 also announced that there were 68Christian Post Report – 1 “decisions of faith,” 5,058 students who had committed to short-term missions, 9,524 students who had committed to pray for the global church, and 5,4Christian Post Report – 18 students committed to “taking the book of Matthew back to campus.”

“InterVarsity places a high value on Bible study,” Govier said in regards to students taking the book of Matthew back to campus. “It was emphasized at Urbana and it’s emphasized on campus.”

Govier shared a statement from Urbana Director Tom Lin about his hopes for conference attendees and for furthering God’s global mission.

“At Urbana Christian Post Report – 15, we challenged participants to tell Jesus’ story with their own lives, and to learn from stories that are different than theirs,” said Lin. “I pray that this generation will give their whole hearts to Jesus and surrender their lives for God’s global mission.”

On New Year’s Day, Lin tweeted that the next Urbana student missions conference will be Dec. 27-3Christian Post Report – 1, 20Christian Post Report – 18, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Urbana is co-hosted by InterVarsity/USA, Inter-Varsity Canada, and Groupes Bibliques Universitaires et Collégiaux du Canada.

Founded in Christian Post Report – 194Christian Post Report – 1, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is an inter-denominational, Evangelical campus ministry that establishes and promotes witnessing communities of students and faculty.

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