YWAM Bloggers on ABC - KLTV 7

KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: Holy Blog!: "'There are also bloggers in East Texas. In fact for some at 'Youth With A Mission' it's become a family affair. 'Someone said, it's publishing in your pajamas.' Explains Janice Rogers who, along with her son Jeff, have started their own blogs in Lindale.

One of Jeff's blogs is YWAMER-dot-TK 'I like getting the feedback from people,' says Jeff.

His mom's is jannyrants-dot-radiate-dot-us. 'The third month I had over 5000 individual visitors from 42 different countries. I was staggered,' says Janice.

Both say blogs are a new way of passing along information not picked up by the main stream media. 'So it's like a democratization of the whole process of information sharing but, at the same time, bloggers need to be as responsible as the media has to be. You have to not pass on rumors. You have to check your sources and you will only be respected as a blogger if you can be trusted,' explains Janice.

Jeff says, 'There was one called Baghdad-is-burning-dot-com and it was an Iraqi person writing about what was going on in Iraq so it's things like that. So if you're just in the right place at the right time you can write a story that can scoop the mainstream media sometimes.'"

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All Omega Zones Prayed For

The Christian Post | YWAM's 50 Days of Prayer Lights Up the World:
"Thursday, May. 19, 2005 Posted: 4:06:19PM EST

The entire world was lit up with prayers for all of the world's 4,379 'omega zones,' ensuring that no people group was left out.

Two days before Pentecost and on the final day of YWAM's 50 Days of Prayer, the International Chairman's Team announced that "all of the omega zones have been prayed for!"

The 50 Days of Prayer initiative, created by YWAM--one of the world's largest youth ministries--created an outpouring of the Holy Spirit onto the world when as many as 1,000 prayers streamed into its interactive website, www.50days.net.

The multi-layered site, available in English, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish, and French, was "flooded with up to 1,000 prayers a day."

A large number of the prayers came from Australia, Germany, Bulgaria and the UK. Jiaxiang Xian, China was the last zone to be prayed for. "

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YWAMers Named "Top Seniors" of San Andreas, CA

The Calaveras Enterprise: "When Asa and Carol Curry were named Calaveras County's Seniors of the Year during a special luncheon at Wendell's, it took county Supervisor Bill Claudino a long time to read off all the contributions these two have made to their community.The San Andreas couple received the award Monday afternoon during a special luncheon at the restaurant in Mokelumne Hill... They were part of a slate of nine women and seven men nominated by their peers and community groups for the honor.Both were nominated by the AARP Chapter 1568.Asa Curry, 77, has worked for Santa's Express for 17 years and served on the group's board for 15 of those, traveling about the county, picking up red donation boxes.He has been active in the Friends of the Library for 18 years, sorting books, working in the book sales room and helping with the library newsletter.He taught the '55 Alive' driving class for five years, volunteered for the Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital auxiliary, is a volunteer driver for the Senior Center, and been active in the Youth With A Mission organization in Barbados and Brazil and worked in a Baja California mission for two years."

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Report of YWAMers Attacked by Hindu Mob

BosNewsLife News: NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- "An angry mob attacked a team of the international Christian organization Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in India's southern state of Karnataka and forced them to bow down for an idol in a Hindu temple, BosNewsLife learned Monday, May 16."

[This story is unverified--if you have information regarding this report, email: jrogers "A T" gmail.com]

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Protests Over Christian Activity - CO Springs Air Force Academy

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"Air Force Academy wrestles with alleged religious bias
By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY

DENVER -- A Pentagon task force will investigate the religious climate at the Air Force Academy after allegations of anti-Semitism, favoritism for born-again Christian cadets and conversion attempts by evangelicals on the Colorado Springs campus.

The investigation, announced Tuesday by acting Air Force Secretary Michael Dominguez, will address the behavior of cadets and the academy's leadership. It comes four days after the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued a 14-page report citing instances of alleged religious bias and preferential treatment toward Christians at the academy...

...Write-in remarks on religion prompted officials to conduct focus groups during the summer. The academy's superintendent, Lt. Gen. John Rosa, told the school's civilian oversight board last month that those yielded complaints of 55 instances of religious bias in the past five years, including proselytizing by Christians, use of Bible quotes in official e-mail and an ad promoting Jesus in the base newspaper, signed by 200 academy leaders.

The Americans United report alleges that non-Christian cadets were harassed by seniors and that Christians were allowed to display crosses in the dorms while cadets were barred from hanging non-religious items.

The academy is in Colorado Springs, a hub of evangelical Christian groups including the International Bible Society, The Navigators and Youth with a Mission. Across Interstate 25 from the academy is the headquarters of Focus on the Family, which reaches millions on radio and is active on conservative social and political issues.

The most recognizable building on the academy's campus is the chapel, a non-denominational house of worship. The main-floor chapel is for Protestant denominations, which include 60% of Air Force cadets. Rooms downstairs include a chapel for Catholics (30%), a synagogue for Jews (1%), a prayer room for Muslims (less than 1%) and spaces for others."

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Million Leaders Mandate

Christian Today > EQUIP Brings Evangelical "Million Leaders Mandate" Training Drive to Europe:
EQUIP Brings Evangelical 'Million Leaders Mandate' Training Drive to Europe

"The international Christian leadership training initiative Million Leaders Mandate sponsored by the US-based ministry EQUIP is driving into Europe this spring. It is the vision of an American leadership specialist John Maxwell, the founder of EQUIP, which gears at setting up one million new Christian leaders with basic leadership skills across the world by 2008 so that they can help change their countries in a fundamental way.

The goal is currently being fulfilled step by step under the concrete development plan laid down by Maxwell. From 2003 to 2005, the program has been introduced in Asia and the Middle East, with the aim to raise 15,000 trainers in India, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Egypt and Lebanon.

Since last year, the program has pioneered Africa, where 11,000 trainers are to be found in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.

Now, the time for Europe has come in 2005. From UK, Germany, Ukraine, Romania and Russia, 2,000 trainers will be raised.

More than 100 US leaders from EQUIP, called Associate Trainers, will help lead training workshops for the 35 European countries participating in Million Leaders Mandate.

Each Associate Trainer has committed themselves to use their personal time for the three-year training program, which involves a live training session in their assigned country every six months. Workshop topics include Cultivating people skills, Strategic planning, Fostering effective teamwork as well as Building successful partnerships.

Over 24-25 May, a US Associate Trainers Team will be travelling to Romania to officially launch the initiative in that country.

The Million Leaders Mandate is backed by many evangelicals. As the program was started in London in February, the Evangelical Alliance UK has hosted the launch event in association with YWAM and Premier Radio. 2,000 church and business leaders in the UK and Ireland are expected to sign up for the Million Leaders Mandate training course in October 2005."

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YWAMer's Saipan Music Tour

Saipan Tribune:
Touching nations through music

By Marconi Calindas

Friday, May 13, 2005

"A modified guitar with two 'bongos' comprises his entire ensemble but this musician still manages to capture the hearts and ears of listeners wherever he goes in the world.

K. Benny Prasad is on the island for a brief tour and mini concerts at the invitation of special assistant for youth affairs Florence Kirby, with the help of Youth with a Mission director Rengesuul Yobech.

Kirby introduced Prasad to Cabinet members and guests from University of Hawaii and Northern Marianas College yesterday morning at the Office of the Governor, during which he performed one song.

Prasad, 29, has been to more than 72 countries to spread his music. At the moment, he is finishing up his Pacific Islands tour. He has been to 11 Pacific islands already and he had just come from Guam, Norfolk Islands, East Timor and Palau.

He is also a member of the Youth with a Mission, where he said his mission is to inspire people through his music and tell them that there still is a chance for change."

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Viva Latin America Conference Uniting YWAM

Christian News - The Christian Post:



"Youth With A Mission (YWAM) will be holding the 2005 Viva Latin America Conference, which combines the YWAM International Staff Conference and the University of the Nations biannual Workshop. The global YWAM staff will be attending this event held in Contagem, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September 1– 9, 2005...

'We want to see a new apostolic movement and new beginning for YWAM come out of this global prayer time' John Dawson, YWAM’s president said in the statement. 'Our YWAM leadership wants to see the fire of God revealed in Latin America. We want to see Latin America lead out on the strategic pathway of world evangelism. We want YWAM staff from all over the world to come and be renewed with a fresh vision from the Lord.'

The Viva Latin America Conference will be led by both the YWAM Global Leadership Team (GLT) and the U of N International Leadership Team (ILT)...

Top plenary speakers will be present, including YWAM founder, Loren Cunningham.

The conference will also include a variety of activities and seminars, including a Regional Arts Festival, highlighting performances by artists from different nations...

More information can be found here: www.vivalatinamerica.org."

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YWAMer Awarded Scholarship

SpokesmanReview.com: "Daniel Baker, a 2004 graduate of Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy and the son of Bob and Chris Baker of Coeur d'Alene, has received a President's Scholarship at Pacific Lutheran University and will receive more than $52,000 over a four-year period.

He also received a music scholarship in cello from PLU, and plans on playing basketball there in the fall.

Baker also recently returned from a three-month mission in Thailand after serving as a volunteer with Youth with a Mission. During his service he worked in orphanages and refuge camps to aid tsunami survivors .Through participation in the outreach program he received college credit through University of the Nations..."

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