By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueSeptember 2, 2020 CHARLOTTE – Various reports say that Sam Bethea, a street evangelist in Charlotte, was in and out of jail twenty-nine times before giving his life to Christ. But since his conversion, which made all things new for him, Sam relishes every opportunity to share the Gospel, even when […]
Rev. Mark Creech
Operation: Church Body Edition
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “A man had visited church after church trying to find a congenial congregation, and finally he stopped at a little church just as the congregation was participating in a responsive reading with the minister, ‘We have left undone those things we ought to have done, and we have done […]
Mental Health Data during COVID 19 Alarming, But There Can Be Peace
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 27, 2020 According to recent data, the coronavirus crisis is taking a tremendous toll on people’s mental health. That’s certainly to be expected in an environment of draconian lockdown orders, failing businesses, high unemployment rates, drops in the stock market, people having to play additional roles with which they […]
Five Speakers with Strong NC Ties Give Powerful Remarks during the RNC
By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueAugust 28, 2020 This week, five great Americans with strong North Carolina ties, spoke at the Republican National Convention. Each one provided much-needed remarks to a national audience. They spoke of religious liberty, the need for perseverance and faith in the American way, the power of peaceful protests for racial justice, […]
CAL Legislative Wrap-Up for 2020
CAL StaffChristian Action LeagueAugust 28, 2020 It was Plato who once said, “Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods…And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and a fool.” The Christian Action League’s primary purpose as a public-policy organization is […]
The Murder of 5-Year Old Cannon Hinnant, The Media, and The Truth
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 20, 2020 His mother described him as having the most prominent eyes and smile. He “touched everybody he knew,” she said. She hopes his death will somehow change the world. These are the words of a grieving mother who lost her five-year old son, Cannon Hinnant, in a senseless […]
Black Souls Matter
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Toons “Some folks don’t realize the commandments of God aren’t multiple-choice. Jesus said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt […]
Survey Reveals Most Church Members Hope to Get into Heaven by Being Good Enough
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 14, 2020 The late and renowned evangelist, Dr. Billy Graham, once said: “There are many who sit in churches week after week, year after year, without hearing the whole Gospel and knowing what it is to be born again. They hear a gospel which is incomplete, and consequently not […]
CAL Dir. Delivers Fiery Message on Rise of Socialism, References Spiritual Significance of 5.1 Earthquake on Sunday
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueAugust 13, 2020 Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, was the guest minister for the morning worship service at Tar Landing Baptist Church in Jacksonville, NC, last Sunday. Tar Landing is a Southern Baptist congregation affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Onslow […]
Rev. Mark Creech Voices Concerns to ABC Commission about Liquor Tasting Events
By Graham McDowellChristian Action LeagueAugust 12, 2020 The Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission held its September meeting virtually on Wednesday. During the meeting, the Commission held a public hearing on proposed permanent rules for ABC Store Spirituous Liquor Tasting events. A provision for liquor tasting events was included in an alcohol reform measure that passed by […]