Sunday, March 22, 2009

Bishop Paul Holt's Father Passes

Bishop Paul Holt, International Director of Heritage Ministries for the Church of God of Prophecy, lost his father in death this evening about 8:00 PM.

Charles Holt had been ill for some time and was hospitalized in the Cumberland County Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee.

We will post the arrangements as soon as we know them.

STDs a growing trend among America's youth

A government report reveals a strong need for more attention to abstinence education.

Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America has seen the report on sexually transmitted diseases which comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It's just very appalling because the sexually transmitted diseases syphilis and Chlamydia now are continuing to rise," she notes. "And Chlamydia is at an all-time high, an historical high, with over a million new cases a year, which is an increase over last year of some seven percent." Since many of the new reports involve young people, Crouse says the figures suggest comprehensive sex education -- which she believes encourages young people to be intimate -- is not working. "We have said to a whole generation, almost two generations now, of young people, 'Just be careful and use a condom,' and that's the only advice we are giving them," she adds, "and I think that's so unfair and it's so misleading for our young people because we're downplaying the consequences of casual sex." The only way to prevent STDs and pregnancy, says Crouse, is abstinence.

[from One News Now]

Church Member Burns His Own Church

DIXON MILLS, Ala.-- Authorities have arrested and charged 50-year-old Ronnie Lee Watkins with arson in a blaze that heavily damaged a rural Marengo County church.

State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk says the March 15 fire was discovered in the Angel Temple Church on Magnolia Church Road in Dixon Mills.

In a statement, Paulk says Watkins of Magnolia is a member of the church.

He was charged Friday with second-degree arson and held in the Marengo County Jail. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney.

[from the Associated Press]