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Missionary David Meadows Succumbs to Cancer

October 31, 2007

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (WGN)- After months of fighting cancer of the pancreas and lung, David Meadows, long-term missionary and elder in the Guarulhos church, died October 1 around 8:30 a.m., according to Sergio Nascimento, secretary of the Mt of Olives Christian Camp. Read more

Written by J. Randal Matheny · Filed Under Obituaries | 2 Comments 

GBN: Irate Caller Repents

October 30, 2007

by Chad Dollahite
GBN Production Manager
This report has been slightly edited

gbnlogoDALTON GA (WGN)- The Gospel Broadcasting Network (GBN) sponsors an hour of programming on both Dish Network (ch. 9407 at noon EST) and DirecTV (ch. 323 at 8 a.m. EST). That hour of programming is the “Good News Today” program hosted by Jim Dearman, which includes various segments, highlighting the various programming featured on the full 24/7 network program schedule.

Just a few days after the start of GBN’s programming on DirecTV and Dish Network, an irate lady called the GBN Direct Line and spoke with Barry Gilreath, Sr., Executive Director of GBN. In the process of several angry phone calls from her, in which she spoke to Barry, Sr., the secretary and Janis Dearman, we found out that she was a member of Read more

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Forthright Press publishes Glover Shipp on marriage

October 24, 2007

WINONA, MS (WGN)- Glover Shipp’s book for couples has found new life in a second edition published by Forthright Press. Edited and enlarged with an entirely new chapter, the book also gained a new, shorter title: Covenant Marriage: God’s Blueprint for Couples.

The book contains Shipp’s premarital counseling material and bases the approach to marriage on the concept of covenant, not a contract.

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