By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 19. 2019 ASHEBORO – Pastor Johnny Henderson (64), former executive director of the Christian Action League from 1996-99, passed away Friday, December 13th. Henderson suffered from congestive heart failure. Henderson served as pastor to three churches, Western Avenue Baptist Church, Rocky Hill Baptist, both in Statesville, and Victory […]
Rev. Mark Creech
NC Filing Period for Seeking Public Office Underway, Christians Should Run
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 4, 2019 The filing period for those seeking public office in North Carolina started on Monday and will run through December 20th. Numerous lawmakers and other would-be public officials showed pictures of themselves on their Facebook pages filing with their local board of elections for various elective offices. […]
Andrew Brunson: Get Ready to Be Tested By Persecution
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 4, 2019 “You are going into a hostile world. You will be challenged. I guarantee it,” the Rev. Andrew Brunson warned a group of teenage missionary kids at Black Forest Academy on Nov. 20. He said loving God with all they’ve got will be the only way they […]
One Excuse is as Good as Another
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 3, 2019 Back during the early 1980s, I pastored the First Baptist Church of LaGrange, North Carolina. The late Ed Denmark was a prominent individual in both the church and community, and he was markedly good-humored. He was Chairman of the Board of Deacons and Lenoir County […]
Gov. Cooper Disparages People Who Stand Against Infanticide, Ensure Rights to Privacy and Religious Liberty
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 21, 2019 “North Carolina is an open and welcoming place for all kinds of people,” Gov. Roy Cooper told attendees at the NC IDEA Ecosystem Summit on Tuesday, while at the same time making clear his disdain for the kinds of people who stand up against infanticide or […]
Westboro Baptist Church and Counter Protestors Square Off: ‘Both Sides Wrong,’ says Creech
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League November 20, 2019 Protestors from Westboro Baptist Church — known across the nation for its inflammatory hate speech against Catholics, Jews, LGBT people, U.S. soldiers, politicians and others — showed up on four campuses in central North Carolina this week and found their message less than welcome. “Westboro Baptist of […]
For N.C. Christians Wanting to Be Informed, Engaged and Prayerful about Social Issues: No Better Resource than The CAL Insider
Christian Action League Staff Christian Action League November 19, 2019 For Christians who want to pray for their state and nation, for Christians who wish to stay abreast of the latest news about social issues, for Christians who desire to be educated about the issues from a strong Christian worldview, for Christians who want to […]
Impeachment Hearings Began: Native North Carolinian, Evangelist, Urges Evangelicals to Pray for the President
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League November 15, 2019 This week the first of the U.S. House impeachment hearings began. The impeachment inquiry is focused on President Donald Trump’s phone call on July 25th with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Democrats say the President pressured Zelensky to find damaging information on Democratic front runner for President, […]
Creech Addresses NC GOP Prayer Breakfast for Third Year in a Row
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 14, 2019 Few people think of freedom as a “dead-end street,” but when divorced from truth it can lead nowhere. That was the main point of a speech given Sunday by the Rev. Mark Creech at the NC GOP Prayer Breakfast. “Rev. Creech challenged our hearts by reminding […]
Rev. Creech Assails Alcohol and Universities Bill
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League June 14, 2019 RALEIGH – A bill that would authorize North Carolina’s public colleges and universities to sell beer and wine at stadiums, athletic facilities, and arenas located on their property, cleared its last committee on Thursday morning. The measure now goes to the Senate floor for consideration. It […]