American Minute with Bill Federer August 16 - A budget rivaling the Federal Government - the Benevolent Empire

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American Minute with Bill Federer August 16 - A budget rivaling the Federal Government - the Benevolent Empire Join Bill Federer on a fact finding trip to Israel. Click Here       Charles Finney died AUGUST 16, 1875. An attorney, Finney saw so many Scripture references in Blackstone's Law Commentaries that he bought a Bible and came to faith. Charles Finney's 1835 Revival Lectures inspired George Williams to found the YMCA-Young Men's Christian Association-in 1844, and William Booth to found The Salvation Army in 1865. Charles Finney formed the Benevolent Empire, a network of volunteer organizations to aid poor with healthcare and social needs, which in 1834 had a budget rivaling the Federal Government. Concerning the Kingdom of God, Charles Finney wrote "Every member must work or quit. No honorary members." While Charles Finney was president of Oberlin College, 1851-1866, it was a station on the Underground Railroad smuggling slaves to freedom and it granted the first college degree in the United States to a black woman, Mary Jane Patterson. Charles Finney wrote: "The time has come for Christians to vote for honest men, and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to their country as a part of their duty to God." Charles Finney concluded: "God will bless or curse this nation according to the course Christians take in politics." News from AmericanMinute.com Join Bill Federer on a fact finding trip to Israel. Click Here  Exciting new book MIRACLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY     Receive the daily American Minute on your Facebook wall, Twitter feed, or RSS reader.    Visit the American Minute archive    Watch Bill Federer's TV program Faith in History Visit our website to download an MP3 version of the American Minute suitable as a radio PSA.     Click here to shop AMERICAN MINUTE store    Daily Reading: http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/readingplans/index.php/2012/08/16 Get a great book and help a great cause: James Nyondo's Absolute Integrity:   The Bridge to Your Destiny http://www.nasaf.net/book/  Please support the American Minute.  Click here to make a donation. Thank you! Use the Send to a Colleague link below to tell others about the American Minute or click Join Our Mailing List to sign up. American Minute is a registered trademark. Permission is granted to forward. reprint or duplicate with acknowledgement to vwww.AmericanMinute.com

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