Newly Renovated Church of Christ in Bayonne to Hold Dedication Service Tomorrow
BAYONNE — After undergoing nearly $800,000 in renovations since last August, the Church of Christ in Bayonne will be holding a special dedication service this Saturday, according to a church press release. The service at the church, known in Tagalog as “Iglesia Ni Cristo,” is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at 280 Ave. E. The […]
Iglesia Ni Cristo to Celebrate Grand Opening in Central Lubbock
Carlos’ Christian philosophy is best summed up in Acts 20-28 of the Lamsa Bible: “Take heed therefore to yourselves and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, to feed the church of Christ which he has purchased with his blood.” He hopes his fellow faithful can take from the […]
Church Group Buys Historic Johnsonville Village
Johnsonville, the eerie, abandoned village situated in a rural pocket of Connecticut, lived up to its nickname Friday, its wooden fences swaying in the wind, rain dripping through cracked ceilings in vintage buildings as dark clouds rolled overhead. But the 62-acre district, an 18th Century community of antique buildings assembled in the 1960s, is about […]
Ghost Town Johnsonville in East Haddam off the Market
Two decades after it was left deserted, a Connecticut ghost town is off the market. Johnsonville Village sits in the Moodus section of East Haddam. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, the village’s owner, Raymond Schmitt, turned it into a Victorian Village tourist attraction, complete with a restaurant, stables, a large lake, and a chapel. The […]
Filipino Mega-Church Buys Ghost Town in Moodus
MOODUS, CT (WFSB) – A small ghost town in Moodus finally has an owner and it’s one that officials said came out of nowhere. A Filipino mega-church has bought the 62 acres of waterfront land on Johnsonville Road. This buyer was a surprise for many because officials said it only took a matter of weeks […]
Church Buys Connecticut Ghost Town, Johnsonville
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (WTNH) — The meeting house in Johnsonville was filled with people hoping to bring the so-called ghost town back to life. There hadn’t been that many people in the historic village in decades. “We don’t like the term ‘ghost town.’ I don’t think anybody likes that. So we would like to bring […]
‘Much More Inspiring’: Park Ridge Church Gets a Makeover
A 50-year-old Park Ridge chapel recently received a roughly $600,000 makeover paid for by contributions from congregants of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), otherwise known as Church of Christ. The INC, a global nondenominational Christian church that originated in the Philippines in the early 20th century, purchased the former Protestant Episcopal Church, located at 1600 […]
Hunger Walk Nets 3 Tons of Food
Church volunteers Saturday helped raise 6,600 pounds of food donations to benefit Aloha Harvest. The donations were collected as part of the Aloha Walk for Hunger community event sponsored by the Iglesia Ni Cristo congregations of Oahu. Donations will be distributed to social service agencies across the state. The free event, which included a 2-mile […]
700 Volunteers to Descend on Lismore for Mass Clean-Up
MORE than 700 volunteers will descend on Lismore this Sunday, April 23 to clean Lismore’s public parks and open spaces, and deliver 2000 relief packages to those in flood-affected areas. Lismore City Council has accepted an offer by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) on the Gold Coast to bring their Aid to Humanity […]
Big Turnout for Blood Bank of Hawaii’s First-Ever Triple Mobile Donation Drive
The Blood Bank of Hawaii teamed up with a church for its first-ever triple Bloodmobile today, saying this couldn’t come at a better time. Lately the blood bank has been struggling with the increased demand for type O blood. The blood bank told KHON2 the hospitals have been using more of that blood type in […]