Washington's Bethany Community Church Gives Former Strip Club a Holy Purpose

By Michael Gryboski , Christian Post Reporter

(Photo: Bill Brammer) A former strip club turned coffee shop and office space for the multisite Bethany Community Church, based in Seattle. The shop, known as One Cup, is located in Shoreline, a city north of Seattle.

A church in Washington state is converting a former strip club into an evangelistic facility that's serving the community seven days a week.

Bethany Community Church, a Seattle-based multi-site congregation founded in 1900, acquired the former strip club called "Sugars" and has turned it into a site for missions.

The strip club was located in the city of Shoreline, which is north of Seattle. The facility will serve as part of Bethany Community Church North.

54 Percent of Republicans Believe 'Deep Down' Obama Is a Muslim, Survey Finds

Only 45 Percent of Democrats Believe He Is Christian

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter

(Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2015.

As many as 54 percent of Republicans have said in a survey that they believe President Barack Obama "deep down" is a Muslim, and only 9 percent trust that he's really a Christian.

Alex Theodoridis, an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Merced, described the results as "staggering" in an article for The Washington Post on Wednesday.

Assyrian Christians Cry Out as ISIS' Relentless Horror Escalates in Syria (Interview)

Is History repeating itself?

By Sami K. Martin , Christian Post Reporter

(Photo: Gwendolen Cates) Assyrian Christians are seen in Iraq during a service, in this still image taken from “Mourning in the Garden of Eden,” a feature-length documentary film by Gwendolen Cates currently in post-production.

 

More than 200 Assyrian Christians have been kidnapped by the terrorist organization ISIS, and prayers have gone out around the world for their safe return. Two members of the Assyrian Church of the East spoke with The Christian Post about the situation in Syria and the loss of several religious artifacts at the hands of ISIS.

How Libya's Martyrs Are Witnessing to Egypt

Murders spark largest outreach ever amid new freedoms and new threats.

Jayson Casper in Cairo


Image: Bible Society of Egypt
Covers of the English and Arabic tracts.

Undaunted by the slaughter of 21 Christians in Libya, the director of the Bible Society of Egypt saw a golden gospel opportunity.

“We must have a Scripture tract ready to distribute to the nation as soon as possible,” Ramez Atallah told his staff the evening an ISIS-linked group released its gruesome propaganda video. Less than 36 hours later, Two Rows by the Sea was sent to the printer.