Fri. 9-10-04 FreeGoodNews.com E-Letter No. 4

1 Timothy 4:16

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Contents:

1. TV schedule playback for Portland Westside

2. TBN info

3. Webcasting

4. Financial Update.

5. Future topics

6. Looking for callers

Hi friends-

TV schedule playback for Portland Westside. The first three shows (about the Israeli/Palestinian crisis) that we taped a few weeks back are now playing in the Portland west-side. In November, these will be edited/polished, and shown in the Portland, Gresham, and Vancouver areas.

TBN Info. I'm doing a little investigation on other ministries to see how their finances are. Something interesting... I asked TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) for their Form 990. They replied that they are behind schedule and still working on it for the year ending Dec. 2003. Boy, that sounds like a serious problem to me. I can't imagine a large organization like that, pulling in millions of dollars, and they are still trying to get their 2003 taxes done! Sounds like a major malfunction to me... Anyway, I'll ask them to send me what they have, for 2002 if necessary... this should be interesting (nonprofits need to provide their federal tax form 990 to the public upon request by law).

Webcasting. I will be putting my TV shows on the internet for free downloading and viewing with oneplace.com . This will start probably around early Dec. 2004 (just a few months). It's going to cost in the neighborhood of $300 per month, so I need to get some supporters.

Financial update. Since I'm in the start-up phase, I running in the red (I'm personally financing this ministry in the hopes that it will take hold). My goal is to make my finances known on the web monthly. See the "how to support us" tab on the main page for this info (I hope to post it soon, not there yet).

Future topics. Oct. is the month to discuss the role of women in the Church... a hot topic (I think the church needs to empower women a lot more). Nov. is the month to talk about tithing (too many churches have it wrong... it's not the rule for today's church). Dec. is the month to talk about "Secular Humanism," the belief system that includes the belief that there is no God, or if there is, He and it are irrelevant.

Looking for callers. I just scheduled a special show for Sept. 29th, 8-8:30 pm, LIVE in the Portland area on cable channel 11. It will be "all about Islam," with my guest and friend Mohammad Rahman (a practicing Muslim and Quran Study Leader). I'm looking for people who would like to call-in and ask questions... interested? If so, email me (Bernie@FreeGoodNews.com). You'll be famous... you'll be on TV! (That's my lame attempt to motivate you to volunteer...) More on this show later; I don't even have info on the web about it yet (it was confirmed just today).

...Bernie

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