MEDIA ADVISORY, April 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- The proclamations are just one part of the event, which will include tens of thousands of prayer events are planned across the country this Thursday, the 57th annual recognition of the National Day of Prayer.
NDP Vice Chairman Brian Toon said the signing of the proclamations shows just how respected National Day of Prayer Task Force events are. That particularly important to note at a time when the organization has been criticized by some special-interest groups for being too evangelical and non-inclusive of all religions, while others argue the NDP events are not "Christian enough".
"Our focus remains," Toon explained, "on mobilizing the Christian community to intercede for America and its leaders in the seven centers of power: Church, Education, Family, Government, Military, Media and Business."
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service - On the National Day of Prayer, petitions to God will be made from the ground and from the air. Plans for the annual observance, on May 1, include private pilots who intend to fly and pray over all 50 state capitols.
Tens of thousands of events, organized through a Colorado-based task force, will be held in churches, on courthouse steps and in parks.
Organizers range from military members to teenagers.
For the first time, the event will be marked at a memorial chapel in Shanksville, Pa., which commemorates the 9/11 crash site of United Flight 93.
"This is a critical time to be in prayer for our country," said Shirley Dobson, chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and wife of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson.
By Adelle M. Banks
(Religion News Service) Christianity Today, the Illinois-based evangelical Christian magazine, on Tuesday (March 18) announced the winners of its annual book awards. Ten winners were chosen from among 359 nominated titles that were published in 2007.
The awards, which recognize books that focus on people, ideas and events that shape evangelical life, mission and thought, were given in the following categories:
-- Apologetics/Evangelism: "There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind" by Antony Flew with Roy Abraham Varghese (HarperOne)
-- Biblical Studies: "The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition" by Paul Rhodes Eddy and Gregory A. Boyd (Baker Academic)
-- Christianity and Culture: "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite" by D. Michael Lindsay (Oxford University Press)