Spire Network has announced its speaker lineup for the 2021 SpireConference, set for Sept. 14-16 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. The theme will be “Leading Forward.”
Speakers will include Will Mancini, Craig Groeschel, Jud Wilhite, Efrem Smith, Jonathan Pokluda, Dave Clayton, Rich Villodas, Darren Whitehead, Charity Byers, Shodankeh Johnson, John Walker, Tim Harlow, Kevin Queen, and others.
Team discounts on registration and the best housing prices are available through June 30. Learn more at Spire’s website.
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News Briefs
High Hill (Mo.) Christian Camp & Retreat Center is undergoing upgrades as part of its “We Believe” fundraising campaign and expansion project. The project includes adding a multipurpose building, Oak Lodge (which will sleep 60 when completed), a log cabin (which is mostly complete and sleeps 24), and a new maintenance building.
“2020 was a hard year for so many, [and] the camp was no exception to that,” camp director John Hancock said via video at High Hill’s Facebook page. “But the fundraising effort was nothing short of miraculous. We had almost $200,000 given to the We Believe project last year.”
While there is still almost $1 million left to raise, Hancock expressed confidence moving forward. The video shares images and time-lapse photography of several projects that are underway.
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The 2021 XP Summit (for executive pastors) will take place May 25 and 26 at Rocky Mountain Christian Church in Niwot, Colo. Learn more at CDF Capital’s website.
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Room For Doubt at Lincoln (Ill.) Christian University is providing a free Apologetics Boot Camp this June and July. The online video course is designed to help teachers incorporate apologetics (defending Christian faith) in Christian high schools, homeschools, public schools, churches, and camps. Register at the Room For Doubt website.
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Lifeway Research surveyed 1,000 Protestant churchgoers in the United States and found that, when COVID-19 is no longer an active threat to people’s health, 91 percent plan to attend in-person worship services at least as often as they did before the pandemic.
Few regular churchgoers (6 percent) said they will attend less than before; only 2 percent said they will rarely attend, and just 1 percent said they plan to stop attending in-person services completely.
The article, “U.S. Churchgoers Say They’ll Return Post-COVID,” and complete survey results are available here.
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Earlier this month, we shared about Central India Christian Mission’s efforts to combat COVID-19. Those efforts include treating patients at their hospital in the city of Damoh and administering vaccines to thousands of people. In a recent Facebook post, CICM wrote that, for millions in India, “food insecurity is proving to be a bigger struggle than protecting themselves against the deadly virus.” CICM’s website is accepting donations for emergency relief kits for families.
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A new American Experience about Billy Graham debuted on PBS on Monday. The film can be streamed at PBS’s website, where there also are related articles.
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Outreach magazine’s longtime editor James P. Long died April 30. Writer Paul J. Pastor shared a tribute.
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