Perfect Harmony Shaped by Go Fish Quartet Story
Jason Folkmann from Marengo left college to join the Go Fish quartet. The group, with founder Jamie Statema and members Jared Dove and Paul Burmeister, tours the Midwest and coasts, using a cappella with vocal percussion to spread Christian messages. They balance ministry with a growing concert schedule and CD sales.
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Liege
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Marengo
Go Fish
Twin Cities
Midwest
Jamie Statema
Jared Dove
Paul Burmeister
Jason Folkmann
Churches adopt business marketing to spread the word
In Des Moines area churches pursue saleslike tactics to reach congregants. Pastors such as Rev. Michael Hurst and Rev. Ary Hoyt say targeting audiences, branding, and outreach events help grow membership while others warn against treating the gospel as a product. They emphasize faith and word of mouth as key.
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Vest Des Moines
Michael Hurst
St. Pa
African Methodist Episcopal A
Des Moines
Jesus
Hurst
Ary Hoyt
Jordan Creekited Methodist Church
West Des Moines
Tim Diebel
First Christian Church
Diebel
Mike Housholder
Lutheran Church of Hope
Housholder
Hoyt
Christ
Interfaith Alliance leader elected to national board
Alicia Claypool executive director of the Interfaith Alliance of Iowa and a founder of the Iowa Alliance was elected to the national Interfaith Alliance board. She joins two new members representing chapters nationwide and serves on the Affiliates Advisory Committee. The Interfaith Alliance, founded in 1994, promotes religion in the political process and opposes religious manipulation for partisan ends.
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Alicia Claypool
Interfaith Alliance of Iowa
Iowa Alliance
Interfaith Alliance
Claypool
World Prayer Center links prayer to global outreach
A Colorado Springs facility at a vantage point near Pikes Peak acts as a nerve center for targeted global evangelistic prayer. Using email and church networks, the $5.5 million World Prayer Center aims to mobilize millions of volunteers to pray by name for requests worldwide, coordinated with leadership from New Life Church and Global Harvest Ministries.
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Colo
Pikes Peak
Air Force Academy
New World Prayer Center
Joseph Thompson
Thompson
Bertha
New Life Church
Ted Haggard
New Life
Steve Chavis
Promise Keepers
Washington
World Prayer Center
Haggard
C. Peter Wagner
Global Harvest Ministries
Global Harvest
Wagner
India
China
Southern Baptist Convention
Birmingham
England
Tokyo
Shirley Dobson
Bob Peters
International Bible Society
Christian Ministries
Churches adopt direct debit offerings at Trinity Lutheran
Congregants at Trinity Lutheran Church Edwardsville can now donate by direct debit from checking accounts. Pastor Terence Groth says many of the 1900-member congregation will use the option, noting similarities to mortgage payments. The shift aims to simplify giving for parishioners.
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Edwardsville, Ill
Trinity Lutheran Church
Terence Groth
Trinity
Groth
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