C-4 PEOPLE FILES
Deb Conklin - Jordan Conley - Carter Conlon - Chad Connelly - James Conrad - Larry Cook - Quentin L Cook - Chris Cookston - Aaron Coon -
==deb conklin======
Will voters reject a troubled prosecutor for an inexperienced one?
In this August's primary, the current Spokane County prosecutor drew challenges from two highly experienced Republicans and one relatively inexperienced nonpartisan candidate. Stephanie Olsen and Stefanie Collins, Republicans with a combined four decades of legal experience, both decried Haskell's leadership. Local pastor DEB CONKLIN entered the race as a nonpartisan who hadn't practiced law since 1987, when she worked for the prosecutor's office in Clallam County on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula.
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In this August's primary, the current Spokane County prosecutor drew challenges from two highly experienced Republicans and one relatively inexperienced nonpartisan candidate. Stephanie Olsen and Stefanie Collins, Republicans with a combined four decades of legal experience, both decried Haskell's leadership. Local pastor DEB CONKLIN entered the race as a nonpartisan who hadn't practiced law since 1987, when she worked for the prosecutor's office in Clallam County on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula.
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Sept 2, 2011: Favs News: Booze, Conversation and God
Church isn’t for everyone. Getting up early, singing songs and being preached at may not be your idea of an enjoyable day off. Rev. Deb Conklin of Liberty Park and St. Paul’s United Methodist Churches knows that (she pastors two churches). For many people, including herself, faith grows out of dialogue, not lectures. That’s why last year she started Faith Conversations, a weekly meetup group. It’s held every week at the Lantern Tavern and anyone of any faith can come
Church isn’t for everyone. Getting up early, singing songs and being preached at may not be your idea of an enjoyable day off. Rev. Deb Conklin of Liberty Park and St. Paul’s United Methodist Churches knows that (she pastors two churches). For many people, including herself, faith grows out of dialogue, not lectures. That’s why last year she started Faith Conversations, a weekly meetup group. It’s held every week at the Lantern Tavern and anyone of any faith can come
==jordan conley======
Over and over again, Moses implores the Israelites to remember. It wasn’t simply a call to rehearse past events. It was an invitation to allow the memory of what God had done to stir their imaginations to what God might yet do. Their collective memory informed their mission, empowered their empathy and gave them the good sense to recognize that none of them were “self-made.” Indeed, without God’s provision, the Exodus would have stopped at the shores of the Red Sea before it ever began. --Jordan Conley; Baptist News Global 7.23.25
===carter conlon======
Carter Conlon (born 1953) is a Canadian-born American pastor and author. He is best known as the outgoing senior pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. Conlon was born and raised in Noranda, Quebec. He graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario where he received a bachelor's degree in law and sociology. In 1987, he left his 12-year career as a police officer to enter full-time ministry. He founded a church, a Christian school, and a food bank in Riceville, Canada. He owned and operated a sheep farm as well. During those years, he also traveled throughout the country—speaking at various churches from Prince Edward Island to Alberta, to the Inuit in the Arctic.
FRC's Tony Perkins, Governor Jeff Landry, & Christian Leaders to Hold Sunday 'Prayer for the Nation' Broadcast Following New Orleans Attack
This Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. CT, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, a Louisiana resident and former state representative, will hold a one-hour broadcast "Pray for the Nation" in response to the terrorist attack in New Orleans. Christian leaders including Pastor Carter Conlon, Pastor Jack Hibbs, Michele Bachmann, Dr. David Goza, Troy Miller, and Pastor Art Reyes will also be a part of the prayer event. Mike Clark, a chaplain with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association who has been in New Orleans ministering to those affected by the attack, will join the broadcast to pray.
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This Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. CT, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, a Louisiana resident and former state representative, will hold a one-hour broadcast "Pray for the Nation" in response to the terrorist attack in New Orleans. Christian leaders including Pastor Carter Conlon, Pastor Jack Hibbs, Michele Bachmann, Dr. David Goza, Troy Miller, and Pastor Art Reyes will also be a part of the prayer event. Mike Clark, a chaplain with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association who has been in New Orleans ministering to those affected by the attack, will join the broadcast to pray.
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Christian worship event Rekindle brings together local and international attendees
An estimated 1,000 people, including Yale students, New Haveners and out-of-town guests, gathered on the New Haven Green at 5 p.m. last Wednesday for a time of Christian prayer and worship. The night began with a set of worship songs led by Yale students, followed by a testimony from Christy Lau ’25, another worship set and a brief message from Pastor Carter Conlon of Times Square Church. Planning for the event began in January when Jeff Walsh, ministry director of the Yale undergraduate Christian fellowship Christian Union Lux, was watching a live stream of Times Square Church’s weekly worldwide prayer meeting. Times Square Church is located in New York City, but the weekly meeting is broadcast to thousands of people across 211 countries. During the live stream, Conlon offered to bring the prayer meeting to listeners; Walsh then proposed to students that they invite Times Square Church to host an event at Yale. (Amelia Dilworth/Yale Daily News 4/24/23)
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An estimated 1,000 people, including Yale students, New Haveners and out-of-town guests, gathered on the New Haven Green at 5 p.m. last Wednesday for a time of Christian prayer and worship. The night began with a set of worship songs led by Yale students, followed by a testimony from Christy Lau ’25, another worship set and a brief message from Pastor Carter Conlon of Times Square Church. Planning for the event began in January when Jeff Walsh, ministry director of the Yale undergraduate Christian fellowship Christian Union Lux, was watching a live stream of Times Square Church’s weekly worldwide prayer meeting. Times Square Church is located in New York City, but the weekly meeting is broadcast to thousands of people across 211 countries. During the live stream, Conlon offered to bring the prayer meeting to listeners; Walsh then proposed to students that they invite Times Square Church to host an event at Yale. (Amelia Dilworth/Yale Daily News 4/24/23)
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Jan 31, 2023: Baptist News Global: Museum of the Bible to host Wednesday morning event to pray for God’s judgment on America, and breakfast is not included
Four keynote speakers will “call us to repentance,” publicity says. Those are Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the late Billy Graham and sister to Franklin Graham; Carter Conlon, general overseer of Times Square Church in Manhattan; Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Presbyterian pastor who was imprisoned in Turkey for two years; and Jonathan Cahn, a Messianic Jew who is a pastor and taught that Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president was prophesied in the Bible.
Four keynote speakers will “call us to repentance,” publicity says. Those are Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of the late Billy Graham and sister to Franklin Graham; Carter Conlon, general overseer of Times Square Church in Manhattan; Andrew Brunson, an evangelical Presbyterian pastor who was imprisoned in Turkey for two years; and Jonathan Cahn, a Messianic Jew who is a pastor and taught that Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president was prophesied in the Bible.
==chad connelly======
Have a question about the Iowa caucuses? Ask your pastor
The group Faith Wins is a nonprofit organization geared toward increasing political engagement among evangelicals. The group’s founder, Chad Connelly, is a former chair of the South Carolina GOP and the Republican National Committee’s first-ever director of faith engagement. In 2016, he helped Donald Trump secure record support from evangelicals nationally. He’s hoping to help evangelical voters have that same influence in every election. (Alex Cochran/Deseret News 1/13/23)
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The group Faith Wins is a nonprofit organization geared toward increasing political engagement among evangelicals. The group’s founder, Chad Connelly, is a former chair of the South Carolina GOP and the Republican National Committee’s first-ever director of faith engagement. In 2016, he helped Donald Trump secure record support from evangelicals nationally. He’s hoping to help evangelical voters have that same influence in every election. (Alex Cochran/Deseret News 1/13/23)
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===james conrad======
Some Georgia pastors push back against spread of Christian nationalism
The way the Rev. Will Dyer sees it, if pastors aren’t speaking out against Christian nationalism, then they’re making a huge mistake. Dyer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, has addressed the ideology in his sermons and in private conversations with members, cautioning against the philosophy that some say calls for the blending of religion and government. His stance cost him about 10 members from his congregation, which has an average Sunday attendance of 1,000.
(Sheila Poole/Frederick News Post 12/17/22)
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The way the Rev. Will Dyer sees it, if pastors aren’t speaking out against Christian nationalism, then they’re making a huge mistake. Dyer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, has addressed the ideology in his sermons and in private conversations with members, cautioning against the philosophy that some say calls for the blending of religion and government. His stance cost him about 10 members from his congregation, which has an average Sunday attendance of 1,000.
(Sheila Poole/Frederick News Post 12/17/22)
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==larry cook======
North Minneapolis church buys neighboring gas station in effort to curb crime
MINNEAPOLIS — At the Real Believers Faith Center church in north Minneapolis, church leaders are taking community safety into their own hands with a unique investment. They bought the neighboring Marathon gas station back in November, where there have been more than 60 911 calls in just the last year, according to call logs from Minneapolis police. (Deevon Rahming/Kare 11 1/25/23)
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MINNEAPOLIS — At the Real Believers Faith Center church in north Minneapolis, church leaders are taking community safety into their own hands with a unique investment. They bought the neighboring Marathon gas station back in November, where there have been more than 60 911 calls in just the last year, according to call logs from Minneapolis police. (Deevon Rahming/Kare 11 1/25/23)
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==Quentin L Cook======
Quentin LaMar Cook (born September 8, 1940) is an American religious leader and former lawyer and business executive who is currently a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Currently, he is the seventh most senior apostle in the church.
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May 27, 2015: Mormon News: Elder Cook Calls for Global Effort to Protect Faith and Religious Freedom
Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took the Church’s effort to protect and strengthen religious freedom to a global audience Wednesday. Aug 16, 2013: Youtube: Elder Quentin L. Cook on Same Gender Attraction |
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==chris cookston======
Chris Cookston is the pastor at Prineville Community Church in Prineville, Oregon.
Chris Cookston
These are the words of Jesus Christ to the church of Laodicea, which was self-sufficiently affluent. History tells us that after an earthquake damaged their town, the Roman government offered them funds to rebuild. They were so rich they declined. Although they possessed a veneer of success, inwardly they were dead and dying. The Laodiceans could not see themselves as they truly were: "wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked." They stupidly left their first love. They loved their precious wealth instead of the gospel. They served the wrong master, and they rested on the delusion that financial affluence insulated them from any need. --Chris Cookston; Pastor at Prineville Community Church
==aaron coon======
Christian schools: Exempt us from certifications and licensure
Leaders of private christian schools clashed with legislators Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee over a bill that would require licenses and certifications for religious early education centers. Senate Bill 69, sponsored by Sen. David Wilson, R-Lincoln, would exempt sectarian or religious institutions from the Delaware Child Care Act. aron Coon, head of school at Dover’s Calvary Christian Academy, said if the legislators don’t pass SB 69, all 335 students at Calvary will be put at risk of not having a school. “The facility requirements in the regulation are not possible in our facility, which means we would have to buy a new facility or used facility and make a large move,” he said. “That is not possible right now financially or within the timeframe allotted.” He also said the regulations in the Delaware Child Care Act conflict with some of Calvary’s religious beliefs as a church and a school, especially in the hiring process. He did not expand on that comment. “These points among others will force us to close our doors, contributing to Delaware’s child care and unemployment crisis,” he said. (Jarek Rutz/Town Square Live 4/5/23) READ MORE>>>>>
Leaders of private christian schools clashed with legislators Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee over a bill that would require licenses and certifications for religious early education centers. Senate Bill 69, sponsored by Sen. David Wilson, R-Lincoln, would exempt sectarian or religious institutions from the Delaware Child Care Act. aron Coon, head of school at Dover’s Calvary Christian Academy, said if the legislators don’t pass SB 69, all 335 students at Calvary will be put at risk of not having a school. “The facility requirements in the regulation are not possible in our facility, which means we would have to buy a new facility or used facility and make a large move,” he said. “That is not possible right now financially or within the timeframe allotted.” He also said the regulations in the Delaware Child Care Act conflict with some of Calvary’s religious beliefs as a church and a school, especially in the hiring process. He did not expand on that comment. “These points among others will force us to close our doors, contributing to Delaware’s child care and unemployment crisis,” he said. (Jarek Rutz/Town Square Live 4/5/23) READ MORE>>>>>
