Texas | April 30, 2021
National Day of Prayer to be recognized on May 6
Texas | April 30, 2021
Mayor Rachel Proctor and the DeSoto Pastors Coalition will recognize the 70th annual National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
The first Thursday in May is traditionally designated every year as a National Day of Prayer in a proclamation by the president. While it dates back to colonial times, the day was formalized in 1952 and is set aside as a day for people to pray and meditate in churches and individually.
The DeSoto event will be held at the DeSoto Outdoor Amphitheater located at 211 E. Pleasant Run Road. Should rain become a factor, service will move into the DeSoto City Hall council chambers…
(Excerpts from The Dallas Morning News)
Texas | April 30, 2021
New faith-based restaurant opens in Dallas, honoring its preacher who died of COVID-19
Texas | April 30, 2021
Walking in to The Five Experience in the Cedars, you can’t help but notice that this bar-turned-restaurant feels like a church. There’s a stage at the front, with concert-style lighting. In shiny letters, the stage says “Bishop Omar Jahwar,” and nearby, there’s a photo of the smiling preacher, dressed in a bright red shirt with a cross around his neck.
It is a restaurant, but with a mission: The Five is a place built on Christian values and serves Southern brunch dishes like chicken and waffles and Italian favorites like chicken Alfredo pasta. Customers don’t have to worship, but it’s hard not to feel some kind of spirit.
“It will always be a positive place,” says Jahwar’s younger sister, Fayth Jefferson…
(Excerpts from The Dallas Morning News)
Texas | April 22, 2021
Robert Morris urges church to vote in local elections
Texas | April 22, 2021
Robert Morris, founder of the multi-campus Gateway Church in Texas, which draws some 36,000 worshipers weekly, urged his congregants on Sunday to get active in local government elections and vote to protect their communities while highlighting a raft of members running for office.
“I’m asking you, as your pastor, to vote. It’s very important that we vote in these elections because there’s a lot being decided for our communities and for our schools and for our children and grandchildren,” Morris said during a broadcast of his church service on Facebook.
Morris told his congregants that he recently gathered with leaders of his church campuses in Southlake, Colleyville and Grapevine, along with a number of other local church leaders, to discuss mobilizing the church community to participate more effectively in the political process. During these meetings, they learned that several church members are running to become mayors, members of the local city council or positions at the school district…
(Excerpts from The Christian Post)
Texas | April 19, 2021
Basketball coach credits ‘Christ-centered program’ after winning championship
Texas | April 19, 2021
Fostering a Christ-first, others-second team model, the Baylor University Bears won their first NCAA men’s basketball national title earlier this month, completing a championship turnaround over 17 years after scandal and murder rocked the program.
But unlike many other Division I basketball teams, the Bears took steps to ensure Christ was at the center of their program, not selfish ambition.
Moments after clinching the national title and being presented with the national championship trophy, Baylor Coach Scott Drew told CBS’ Jim Nantz that his team plays with a “culture of J.O.Y.,” which stands for “Jesus, Others and then Yourself.”
Drew, who has been the men’s head basketball coach at the Waco, Texas-based university since 2003, told The Christian Post in an interview last Friday that the “culture of J.O.Y.” motto factors into how the team seeks to honor God and love others.
“J.O.Y., it’s pretty simple, ‘Jesus, Others, Yourself. [Its] very easy to remember and ..
(Excerpts from The Christian Post)