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By Terry Johnson
Article
February 2017
United States of America
The rise and decline of evangelicalism in the United States (1967-2017)
There can be no question that something extraordinary was happening spiritually at the end of the 1960s and into the early 1970s, just as Evangelical Times was beginning its ministry. Thousands of young people came to Christ, campus ministries exploded with growth, and hundreds of young men flooded into the seminaries. The year 1976…
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By Andy McIntosh
Article
July 2015
United States of America
Creation ministry in California
Professor Andy McIntosh of ACM Creation ministries, recently spent several days in the USA. From 8-14 April, he was in California. He writes: This valuable time in California began with a four-day Alpha Omega conference, where creation themes were presented by Andrew Snelling (Answers in Genesis), myself and Randy Gulliuza of Institute of Creation…
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By Jeff Pollard
Article
November 2007
United States of America
Missionary Spotlight – Chapel Library
Missionary Spotlight Chapel Library a grace-exalting ministry Mount Zion Bible Church (MZBC) in Pensacola, Florida, oversees six gospel ministries. The best known is Chapel Library which reprints and distributes tracts, booklets and paperbacks free of charge. Chapel publishes literature by great preachers and writers of the past, such as Charles Spurgeon, Arthur Pink, the…
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By Phil Jones
Article
February 2006
United States of America
Missionary Spotlight-EP Conference, USA
The first Evangelical Press Conference in the USA took place on 11-13 November 2005 at Berean Baptist Church, Grand Blanc, Michigan, under the title, ‘The gospel of Jesus Christ: defended and proclaimed’. Over the past five years the church has seen several hundred people brought to Christ and the conference had a corresponding evangelistic…
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Article
December 2004
United States of America
Missionary Spotlight-Church alive
We are often told by the media that the Christian Church is losing members and dying on its feet. This is not true either in the UK or internationally. Some churches may be declining, but in others God is working powerfully. We bring you the story of one, a once-small Baptist church in the…
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By Kent Philpott
Article
December 2001
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Missionary Spotlight: Baseball
Sometimes I ask myself ‘What are you doing here, Philpott?’ Playing baseball at San Quentin Prison consumes about fifteen hour of my time each week. Some days are dusty and hot, surrounded by ugly yellow brick. Other days a cold, stinging wind blows in from the Pacific Ocean. That wind picks up the dirt…
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By James Renihan
Article
May 2001
United States of America
Letter from America
To make sense of the religious overtones in the recent American presidential inaugural ceremony, we need to understand four things that are distinctively American. They are (1) American civil religion; (2) American folk religion; (3) American transcendentalism; and (4) American rugged individualism. American culture will remain incomprehensible to those who are unaware of…
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By David Clark
News
August 1999
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Letter from America
I was in the Pentagon, in Washington DC, the day after the war in Kosovo came to an end. Relief was universal, not just because a resolution to the conflict had been reached, but because people would now be able to spend time with their families again! The Pentagon is a vast structure. Built…
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By Kent Philpott
Article
May 1999
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Pastoring in Mill Valley, California
Mill Valley is at the southern end of Marin, which is one of the counties in the San Francisco Bay area. On Easter Sunday somewhat less than 3% of the population there turns out for a church service. As far as I know there is not a Reformed congregation in Marin, apart from Miller…
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By David Clark
News
February 1999
News > International > United States of America
Letter from America
It is very cold outside, as I slowly drive to my office in the Northeast of the United States. So cold, that the windscreen washer fluid has long since frozen, with no regard for the anti-freeze that was added to it. On the radio, the presenter announces that today’s ‘high’ temperature will be around…
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By Kent Philpott
Article
January 1999
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MISSIONARY SPOTLIGHT-California
In season and out of season Paul’s admonition to Timothy needs to be remembered by gospel preachers today: ‘Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season’ (2 Timothy 4:2). These words are reminders that even the clear, strong and consistent preaching of the gospel does not always bring ‘results’. The preacher…
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