Joo Heon Lee Articles
"Rise Up": A Christian Dance Exhibition to Revive the Art of Dancing as a Form of Worship
On June 6, Kumran United Methodist Church in Gardena, California hosted “Rise Up,” a Christian dance showcase during which multiple Christian dance groups gathered together to perform and show that dancing is an expression of worship to God. This is the third year that the church has hosted this ... Church of Joy Hosts Outreach Night with Music and Art to Share the Gospel
On May 30, Church of Joy, located in Koreatown, Los Angeles, hosted “New Life Festival,” a gospel outreach night, to bring the love of Christ to the unbelieving and the unchurched. With the help of a parachurch organization, Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC), and various artists, the night ... President of Boy Scouts of America Suggests Leadership Should Be Open to Gay Members
Robert M. Gates, former Secretary of Defense and the current President of the Boy Scouts of America, spoke on the topic of gay leadership for Boy Scouts of America at the annual meeting of Boy Scouts in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday. He warned the group that "we must deal with the world as it is, ... International Mission Board Changes Decade-Old Policies on Requisites for Missionary Candidates
The missions organization for the largest Protestant denomination has recently changed its policies on qualifying missionaries. The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board (IMB) has decided to lift a decade-long ban on candidates who spoke in tongues or belonged to a church that ... Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Calls Church to Pray for the Sanctity of Marriage to Be Preserved
Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention, has called for the national Church to dedicate itself to prayer for the sanctity of marriage on a Supreme Court hearing that will be happening on April 28. On that day, the Supreme ... ‘Huruma’ Benefit Concert Takes Place at UC Irvine to Raise Funds and Awareness of Orphan Crisis in Africa
On April 12, Beloved International, a para-church ministry dedicated to the work of fighting against the orphan crisis in Africa, held a benefit concert at the University of California, Irvine. The benefit concert was titled, “Huruma,” which is the Swahili word for compassion. The goal of the ... 147 Killed and Dozens Injured in Kenya Attack
Another terrible act of violence by Islamic fundamentalists happened on the morning of April 2 at Garissa University College in Kenya. Armed terrorists who associate themselves as part of an Islamic terrorist group, al-Shabaab, stormed into the university. The attack lasted for over 15 hours. ... The Truth Matters Conference: Knowledge, Wisdom, and Character Are Key Qualities of Being Christ's Ambassador
From March 27-29, Church Everyday in Northridge, California hosted The Truth Matters Conference featuring speakers from Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and Stand to Reason. The goal of the conference was to “to help young people think about the credibility of the Christian faith, and to ... Faith and Our Future: Aligning Personal Aspirations with God’s Holy Calling
On March 8, Christian collegians gathered at New Life Community Church in Artesia, California to attend SOLA Conference. In the breakout sessions, many speakers continued on the topic of “Becoming What We Behold” in different aspects of the Christian walk. One such breakout session was “Faith and ... 'Huruma' by Beloved International: A Benefit Concert to Help the Orphan Crisis in Africa
“Most recent statistics report that every day, nearly 5,760 children become orphans, accumulating to over 2.1 million orphaned children each year in Africa alone. 12% of all children in Sub-Saharan Africa are orphans and of those children, 5.7 million were orphaned in just 2010. The growing number ...