Articles tagged:faith outreach

Posted: Thu Jul 15 5:42 a.m. by Brian Vernellis
Catholic Urban Project attracts young missionaries to Ypsilanti's St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

Looking to make his summer productive, Will Murphy of Williamsburg, Va., discovered a unique church program in Ypsilanti on a website for volunteer services. The idea behind Catholic Urban Project, a blend of performing community service and working in ministry outreach programs, appealed to him so much he decided to ...

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Posted: Tue Jul 13 11 a.m. by Pam Stout

On Monday, four Christian missionaries were arraigned in Dearborn's 19th District Court for disturbing the peace while handing out Christian literature at the city's Arab International Festival last month, according to the Detroit Free Press. The missionaries, who are members of a group called Acts 17 Apologetics, said the charges ...

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Posted: Fri Jun 18 12:34 p.m. by Pam Stout
Faith, evangelism and social justice issues at the 2010 World Cup

As we watched Team USA battle Slovenia in the AnnArbor.com community space Friday morning, I came across Trevor Persaud's Christianity Today post about issues surrounding faith and evangelism in South Africa during the World Cup.

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Posted: Tue Jun 1 3:41 p.m. by Anna Kangas Community Contributor
Healing the Haitians: A journey of faith and fortitude

As Bridget Holtz and her medical teammates arrived at Port Jacmel, Haiti, on Jan. 23 via the Dominican Republic Navy, they put their face masks on prior to attending any victims of the earthquake that occurred a mere few days prior.“We weren’t sure if it was going to smell like ...

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Posted: Thu Apr 29 1 p.m. by Pam Stout
Ann Arbor connection draws three families to mission life in Africa

The McCropder clan, from left to right: Jason, Abi, Heather and Anna Fader; Rachel, Eric and Maggie McLaughlin; John, Elise, Micah and Jessica CropseyAt first, it was a casual joke. It made sense that four physicians-in-training who happened to all attend the University of Michigan, go to the same church ...

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Posted: Wed Aug 26 6:09 a.m. by Michael Rothstein Sports Reporter
For two University of Michigan soccer players, Mormon mission's a time of challenge and growth

Chase Tennant struggled with the decision. It was midway through his freshman season at Michigan, and he had been playing well as a defender for the men’s soccer team.He started. He eventually made the Big Ten’s all-freshman team. And he wanted to play professional soccer. One thing stood in his ...

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