http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26416/calvary-chapel-congregation-stunned-as-chuck-smith-announces-that-he-has-lung-cancer http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26416/calvary-chapel-congregation-stunned-as-chuck-smith-announces-that-he-has-lung-cancer#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:55:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26416 The congregation at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, were stunned last Sunday when Pastor Chuck Smith, its senior pastor, announced during his Sunday morning services that he has lung cancer and will have a biopsy on Tuesday and surgery the following week.

Chuck Smith, now in his eighties and the father of the Jesus People Revolution in Southern California, said that he has never smoked in his life.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26416/calvary-chapel-congregation-stunned-as-chuck-smith-announces-that-he-has-lung-cancer/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24005/pastor-chuck-smith-has-suffered-a-%e2%80%98minor-stroke%e2%80%99-and-is-%e2%80%98doing-well%e2%80%99 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24005/pastor-chuck-smith-has-suffered-a-%e2%80%98minor-stroke%e2%80%99-and-is-%e2%80%98doing-well%e2%80%99#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:37:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24005 Pastor Chuck Smith, 82, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, and the father of the “Jesus People” phenomenon in Southern California, has suffered a “minor stroke” and is in a local hospital.

Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Riverside, California, said on his blog “Last night, Pastor Chuck Smith was taken to the hospital and had what was described by his doctor as a ‘mini-stroke.’ His doctor expects him to make a full recovery.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24005/pastor-chuck-smith-has-suffered-a-%e2%80%98minor-stroke%e2%80%99-and-is-%e2%80%98doing-well%e2%80%99/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17612/calvary-chapel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17612/calvary-chapel#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:03:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17612/calvary-chapel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17612/calvary-chapel/feed 0