The initiative teaches officers how to apply biblical concepts to everyday family matters and encourages them to search for biblical examples that give advice, guidance and solutions about family issues, including how to rear children, handle finances and build personal relationships.
Amid concerns about police brutality, Brazilian military police officers are taking Bible study classes during their working hours to help them deal with stress and improve their personal and family lives.
The initiative teaches officers how to apply biblical concepts to everyday family matters and encourages them to search for biblical examples that give advice, guidance and solutions about family issues, including how to rear children, handle finances and build personal relationships.
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Kingstone Media CEO Art Ayris calls it his "Columbus and the New World moment" -- the first week Kingstone Christian comics launched a mobile sales app -- and he saw six downloads from . . . Saudi Arabia. (See a complete list of 93 new nations touched by Kingstone Comics: on.fb.me/15qV3j2) It's just one more example of how a Florida pastor's passion to reach new audiences with the Gospel through comics and graphic novels has exploded into worldwide demand, taking the Christian message to multitudes of people around the globe, often in hard-to-reach nations. "Last March, Brazil's Higher Court of Justice ruled that adults having sex with children was not necessarily a crime. Since 2009, the age of consent in the country (Brazil) has been 14." Palosh Ghosh -- International Business Times "With the World Cup on the way, Brazilian authorities are concerned about a boom in child prostitution, particularly in host cities in the sun-kissed but often poor north-east such as Recife and Fortaleza." Tom Phillips -- The Guardian, UK A San Francisco Bay Area Film Crew to Document the Harsh Realities of Child Prostitution & Sex Trafficking in Fortaleza, Brazil in Fall of 2013. |
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