Here's What Patricia Heaton Did Right After 'The Middle' Finale - Her Prayer Request Goes Viral - CBN News Amber C. Strong

Here's What Patricia Heaton Did Right After 'The Middle' Finale 

- Her Prayer Request Goes Viral

04-22-2018

CBN News Amber C. Strong

After nine years on the air, actress Patricia Heaton just wrapped up production on the series finale of her hit ABC show The Middle.

But instead of taking a little time off, Heaton headed to Uganda to meet with refugees on behalf of World Vision USA. 

Before leaving the US, Heaton had posted a picture of 14-year-old Victor, a Sudanese refugee, and asked her followers for prayers.

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And she got them. In fact, she received 700 prayers in 24 hours.

Heaton met up with Victor and shared some of those prayers in person.

“I pray for the healing of Victor and his family’s hearts as well as the hearts of the leaders of his country,” read one prayer.

“God, please let Victor know that you are with him. You will never leave him,” read another.

According to World Vision, Victor fled war-torn South Sudan with his siblings. After getting separated from his parents, World Vision assisted the youth in finding a foster family in Uganda.  

Heaton was joined by Jen Ray, fellow actress on The Middle, and the two did a little cooking for the Imvepi refugee camp.

Years of war and conflict have forced millions of Sudanese people to flee to neighboring Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.

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Memo to Mark Zuckerburg: Church is More than Just a Community - CBN News

Memo to Mark Zuckerburg: Church is More than Just a Community

07-09-2017

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Dr. Corne Bekker: "What makes the Church the Church...is the presence of God."

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg stirred some controversy earlier this summer when he seemed to suggest that Facebook communities can serve the same needs as traditional communities, including churches.

He noted that more people are dropping out of those communities, including churches, and seeking new ways to connect with others.

Zuckerburg says he wants "Facebook's whole mission" geared towards creating "meaningful communities" on the giant social media platform which has two billion users.

However, Christians who understand the role of the church will never accept a substitute, Dr. Corne Bekker, Dean of Regent University's School of Divinity told CBN News.

"When we simply build communities of interest, those communities cannot last. There's not enough there to keep people together," he said.

He says Zuckerburg misunderstands the "nature of the Church."

"What makes the Church the Church, is not community," he said. "It is the presence of God."

Bekker says this presence is what "brings the Church together, what binds the Church together, what gives the Church the ultimate meaning."

He reiterated Christ's own words in Matthew 18:20

"When two are gathered together, 'I am there,'" he said.

He agrees with Zuckerburg's claim that church membership is dropping, but says it is because congregations are not focusing on this key factor.

Bekker also said that the Church is different than other "community organizations," not only because of God's presence, but because "it is where we worship Him (God) and the beauty of holiness; where all meaning is ultimately communicated to the people."

"It's what gives us purpose" he added.

And although Bekker believes Zuckerburg misunderstands the Church, he welcomes the CEO's desire to form "meaningful communities."

He added, "I think we as a Church should go to Mark and say 'yes, we'll take hands with you, we can work together, we can indeed do this together.'"

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Millennial Pastors See Israel through 'Fresh Lens' - CBN New Chris Mitchell

Millennial Pastors in Israel

Millennial Pastors See Israel through 'Fresh Lens'

03-28-2017

CBN New  Chris Mitchell

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JERUSALEM, Israel – For decades, the term "generation gap" has been used to define how younger people see the world compared with their parents. Those differences range from culture to politics to relationships, and as we found out, it also applies to Israel. That's why one ministry is introducing millennial pastors to the land of the Bible.

In their first visit to Israel, these young pastors got a special look at the country and its history.

"We need to represent Israel in a fresh lens and in a new way and cultivate that heart so that's why these trips are so important," Robert Stearns, founder and executive director of Eagles' Wings told CBN News.

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Stearns believes Israel is too often portrayed as a villain by the media, the U.N. and movements like BDS, which calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the Jewish state.

"Too often in a narrow first-glance look, Israel can be painted as the Goliath and the Palestinians as the David, and so it's really vital to come here and understand the realities on the ground," Stearns explained.

Those realities include seeing an Israel beyond the headlines and other noise.

"So many in my generation are saying 'I don't know what to believe any more,'" said Full Life Assembly of God Lead Pastor Nick Serban. "I'm going to have to see it to believe it. So coming here you see the truth and you connect with people. You talk with people. You do find out what actually is going on here."

Some felt that as millennials motivated by social justice, they need to hear the Jewish side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"Taking the journey really of the Jewish people and being able to walk that with them and then being able to now say, 'I stand with Israel,'" said Pastor Christian Aranza with Church of the Highlands. "After seeing their journey there's no other side to stand on. You can't grasp that unless you're here."

Rabbi Pini Dunner, one of America's leading young rabbis, joined this group of evangelical pastors.

"I think that they get it and I think that the more that Jews realize that they have brothers and friends in the evangelical world, particularly with the emerging generation of millennials, I think the greater the chances for the success of the State of Israel and for the coming of the Messiah," Rabbi Dunner said.
Many felt it was time to make the trip to Israel.

"I would challenge everyone to do whatever it is, whatever sacrifice they have to make, whatever they have to set aside, to make this trip because it's life changing," said Pastor Terrell Snead with Worship Center Community Church.  

"For me, it's completely opened up my eyes for God's plan here for the Jewish people and for Christians this partnership that's starting to come together," Pastor Serban said. "It's history in the making." 

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