From the front bedroom of his Fort Worth home, Brian Oakes can enter a Christian mission field. With the flip of a switch on his computer, Oakes can join a gathering of about 300 Christians from a registration list of 15,000 to discuss everything from Jesus Christ to the latest trends in Christian music to the politics of a church youth group."People don't think this type of ministry is relevant," said Oakes, 23, a self-described computer geek and...
LONG BRANCH - The founder of the Lighthouse Mission on Broadway has been arrested on sexual assault charges after authorities allege he used a Christian chat room on the Internet to lure a Pennsylvania woman here. The Rev. Kevin Brown, 51, of 162 Broadway remains in the Monmouth County Jail, Freehold Township, in lieu of bail originally set at $35,000 but subsequently raised to $75,000, according to county Prosecutor John Kaye.Brown, who in 2000 filed a lawsuit charging that the city was...
One of the first evangelical Web sites, and still one of the best, Gospelcom has revamped its homepage for ease of navigation. Down the left-hand coluumn is a hyperlinked list of GCN's signature features: A Christian 'chat" area, columnist is Quentin Schultze and Terry Mattingly, and the Bible in 14 versions and languages.There are also several ways to search among Gospelcom's 89 allied organizations: by name, category and keyword. A search...
Jacob Nash and Erin Barr already share a home, and they want to get married. Whether they can depends on a judge's becoming convinced that Nash is a male."We want a white picket fence with our dogs and eventually children running in the front yard . . . just like any other couple," Nash said. With invitations mailed and other wedding arrangements in the works, the couple paid $44 to apply for a marriage license several weeks ago.But on Aug. 2,...