Falwell's insurance policies pay off Liberty University debt
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The televangelist's son, Liberty Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., said his father had named the university and the Thomas Road Baptist Church as beneficiaries to protect their future.
The policies left $29 million to Liberty; its debt had reached $82 million in 1992, but the school had succeeded in paying off a significant amount before the elder Falwell's death.
Another $5 million went to the 22,000-member Thomas Road congregation, which Falwell had led, according to the News & Advance of Lynchburg.
Falwell Jr. said his father used to joke that when he ``kicked the bucket'' the school would get a windfall. Falwell, a founder and leader of the Moral Majority, died last May.
http://www.liberty.edu/
'Giants' film nets $855,000 for church from DVD release
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) _ A south Georgia church that made the inspirational movie ``Facing the Giants'' has netted $855,000 from the film's DVD release and plans to use the money to reduce debt and help complete an 82-acre sports complex, the church's pastor says.
The Rev. Michael Catt told the congregation of Sherwood Baptist Church on Aug. 19 that the church had received an initial advance royalty check for $855,000 from Provident Films.
Catt said $600,000 of the royalty payment will be applied to church debt. The remaining $255,000 will be used for the sports complex.
Made by Sherwood with an amateur cast and crew at a cost of about $100,000, ``Facing the Giants'' played at theaters nationwide but showed no profits from the theatrical release after distribution expenses, officials said.
The movie focuses on a chronically losing high-school football team and the personal problems of its coach. The coach turns to God to resolve his problems and persuades the team to become winners by doing the same.
The DVD has been translated into 10 languages and is being used as a motivational tool by churches, groups and schools, church officials said.
http://www.facingthegiants.com/
The Bisbee Center for Spiritual Living will host Rev. Sandra Jeanon
The Bisbee Center for Spiritual Living (formerly The Science of Mind Center of Cochise County) will hear the Rev. Sandra Jean on Sunday at 10 a.m. as she offers insights into making our lives better and happier and she concludes this month's topic, "Generosity," with an inspiring and motivating sermon followed by a spiritual mind treatment (affirmative prayer). Signing is available for the music for hearing impaired.
Jean is the minister of the Bisbee Center for Spiritual Living. She has led the center since February 1996. She was ordained in the Science of Mind ministry in 1989, and facilitates classes in personal growth through the teachings of the Science of MInd. The Science of Mind is a spiritual philosophy, a faith and a way of life dedicated to awakening the conscious experience and expression of every person's divine nature.
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