NEWS RELEASE: A Challenge to Pope Francis to Release Hidden Gospel Records (LDCJC)

BRITISH MORMON PROPHET 

CHALLENGES POPE FRANCIS

TO RELEASE HIDDEN GOSPEL RECORDS

Says Vatican Must Reveal the Truth About Early Christian Writings

Thursday, 27 March, 2013
Contact: Elder Phil Gill 01283 585972 (UK); 1-44-1283-585972(from US)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM – The Prophet of a British Mormon sect is challenging Pope Francis to come clean about possible “secret Gospels” hidden in the Vatican’s vaults and release them to the world.

Matthew P. Gill, the Prophet, Seer and Revelator of the Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ, says the new pope should be honest with the world about the Vatican’s contents.

“The new pope has made statements to the effect that he wants to govern a more open church,” he said. “I applaud that effort, but I challenge him to fully live up to his word, and release a list of all materials lying in the dark recesses of the Vatican about early Gospels of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

There were many books not included in the New Testament Christian scriptures by the Roman Catholic Church, and many were unknown until the 20th Century. In 1945, a large cache of Gnostic Gospels were found in Egypt, and last year, a scrap of papyrus was acquired and translated by a Harvard Divinity School professor showing evidence that Jesus was married. Gill says the world should be told about all such writings.

“There are likely to be many such unknown fragments that could shed light on the earliest years of the Christian Church, and we all deserve to know about them,” he said.

Gill’s church, which is not affiliated with the Utah-based Latter-Day Saints, traces its origin to the revelations Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830 and Gill's revelation of the Book of Jeraneck in 2006. Latter Day Mormons believe in ongoing revelation by Gill, the Living Prophet, but do not believe in polygamy, and reject the authority of all Latter-Day Saint prophets after the death of Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844. They are online at www.latterdaychurch.co.uk.

The full statement is below: 

In his first weeks in office, Pope Francis has made statements to the effect that he wants to govern a more open church. I applaud that effort, but I challenge him to fully live up to his word, and release a list of all materials lying in the dark recesses of the Vatican about early Gospels of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gospel fragments have surfaced throughout the last century that have given us new insights into the Lord’s message and teachings. This includes the Gnostic Gospels and the Gospel of Judas, which Catholics have known to have existed since the time of Ireneaus, a Catholic Bishop living around AD 180, but has only been published within the past decade. 

What other Secret Gospels and writings has the Vatican withheld from Catholics and the rest of the world? There are likely to be many such unknown fragments that could shed light on the earliest years of the Christian church, and we all deserve to know about them.

With the greatest of respect, I challenge the pope to immediately release a full list of Gospels and fragments of Gospel writings hidden in the Vatican, whether or not his church will be embarrassed by their contents. Only then will we know Pope Francis is serious about living up to Christ’s words, "The Truth shall set you free."

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Abbott PR Retained to Promote The Jesus Followers

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Contact: Stephen Abbott, Owner, Abbott Public Relations 603.341.0372 www.abbottpr.com
Thursday, January 31, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Abbott Public Relations Retained to Promote

The Jesus Followers

NEW ENGLAND - Stephen Abbott of Abbott Public Relations, a New England-based Public Relations and Reputation Agency, will promote the Jesus Followers, a religious group seeking to form a church denomination within the next five years.

The Jesus Followers are a new organization, laying the groundwork to launch a movement dedicated to Jesus, the Anointed (that is, "Christ") - God's spokesman and Prophet. They plan to launch a revolutionary church dedicated solely to the revolutionary, relevant, timeless teachings of Jesus, and the God he revealed to the world through those teachings and his perfect life.

Along with maintaining an online presence for The Jesus Followers (who can be found on Facebook and their blog) Abbott has been actively writing sermons for the group and has entered the active ministry of The Jesus Followers to extend its mission.

Abbott said the group represents a unique counterpoint to current Christian denominations.

"The Jesus Followers approach Jesus as the sole voice to whom we must listen to obtain salvation and learn how to live," he said. "That alone makes The Jesus Followers unique and stand out as a special witness of Jesus, God’s Anointed One. Drawing attention to him as God's prophet and spokesman is also a different emphasis than many mainline Christians are used to. But there is a dire need for them, and the rest of the world, to hear these differing views, and that's what we will bring to them."

The group stresses the humanity of Jesus, his Prophethood, teachings and life; our ability to fully obey God and our duty to do Good Works; understanding the Scriptures in their historical context; and the use of our God-given Reason.

Abbott said he would promote the group and lay the groundwork for physical locations for church meetings that would eventually lead to churches planted around the world. The Jesus Followers can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/theprophetjesus and their blog can be found at http://thejesusfollowers.blogspot.com.

Abbott Public Relations offers affordable written communications and social media services that build, strengthen and repair reputations. They can be found online at http://www.abbottpr.com and at 603.341.0372.

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Former Caseworker Rips the Mask Off Welfare Fraud, Calls for Reforms in “An Eye into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Deb Shorter, deb@debshorter.com; 603-523-9549; www.debshorter.com

Former Caseworker Rips the Mask Off Welfare Fraud, Calls for Reforms in “An Eye into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars”

Author Deb Shorter is proud to announce the publication of her first book, "An Eye Into Welfare - Giving Away Your Tax Dollars,” exposing the games, tricks and fraud used by many seeking welfare, and answers why some who truly deserve it are denied.

Shorter, who worked as a case worker for ten years, brings her many valuable, first-hand insights to the topic of welfare, which she considers in urgent need of reform.

In “An Eye Into Welfare,” Shorter delves into the twisted, turbulent and troubled world of the Welfare System, exposing who gets help, and who doesn't, and the reasons why.

In the interview room of a caseworker, she hears client’s troubles and works her way through the government policies that determine if aid will be distributed.

“Readers will run the gamut of emotions as they read this book,” she says. “They’ll laugh, they’ll cry, and they'll get angry. Then, they’ll want to fix the system.”

This entertaining and informative book offers ways to do just that, and spells out Ten Easy Solutions to America's budget problems within Human Services, especially Social Security.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Shorter now lives in New Hampshire's beautiful North Country with her husband, Ron and two Red Bone Coonhounds. She writes in lovely a cabin in the woods called "The Pen Den." She is a grandmother of seven.

Shorter loves to hear from her readers, and enjoys their reactions to her work.

“They are my enthusiasm,” she says. “It’s weird how so many people love the emotional roller coaster I send them on - and that is EXACTLY what I wanted!”

An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars is available in an affordable print edition from Amazon Createspace for $12.99 at https://www.createspace.com/4067938

and as a Kindle eBook for $2.99 at http://amzn.com/B00AQ3KRRM. For more information, visit www.debshorter.com.

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Author Deb Shorter Secures Abbott PR to Promote Career, First Book, "An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012

Abbott Public Relations is pleased to announce it has been secured by author Deb Shorter of New Hampshire to promote her first and upcoming books.

Shorter, a native of New Hampshire's North Country, has just released her explosive first book, "An Eye Into Welfare - Giving Away Your Tax Dollars,” exposing the games, tricks and fraud used by many seeking welfare, and answers why some who truly deserve it are denied.

Shorter worked as a case worker for ten years, and brings her many valuable, first-hand insights to the topic of welfare, which she considers in urgent need of reform.

In “An Eye Into Welfare,” Shorter delves into the twisted, turbulent and troubled world of the Welfare System, exposing who gets help, and who doesn't, and the reasons why.

Abbott PR Owner Stephen Abbott said he is honored to be representing Shorter.

"Deb is a unique talent, and her experiences have prepared her for an incredibly successful writing career, of which I am thrilled to be a part at the start of her journey as an author," he said. 

Shorter is already preparing her next works, he said. "An Eye Into Welfare" officially launches on Dec. 24, 2012, but was given a "soft release" Friday, Dec. 21, and has already been selling well in both print and Kindle e-book formats, said Abbott.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1961, Shorter now lives in New Hampshire's beautiful North Country with her husband, Ron and two Red Bone Coonhounds. She writes in lovely a cabin in the woods called "The Pen Den." She is a grandmother of seven.

Shorter said she loves to hear from her readers, and enjoys their reactions to her work.

“They are my enthusiasm,” she said. “It’s weird how so many people love the emotional roller coaster I send them on - and that is EXACTLY what I wanted!”

An Eye Into Welfare: Giving Away Your Tax Dollars is available in an affordable print edition from Amazon Createspace for $12.99 at https://www.createspace.com/4067938

and as a Kindle eBook for $2.99 at http://amzn.com/B00AQ3KRRM. For more information, visit www.debshorter.com.

Abbott PR is a New England-based PR firm. They can be found online at www.abbottpr.com.

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Abbott Media Launches World Politics News MicroBlog

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Contact: Stephen Abbott 603.341.0372; stephen(at)abbott-media.net

Abbott Media Launches World Politics News MicroBlog

Abbott Media, a New England-based company that innovates and inspires micro-businesses that serve others, has launched World Politics News (worldpoliticsnews.blogspot.com) a MicroBlog dedicated to expanding our knowledge of politics around the world.

Each day, World Politics News seeks out links to news stories that inform readers of the vital political and cultural stories that are shaping the world, but are under-reported (and sometimes completely ignored) by American media companies.

The site not only links to stories, in the format pioneered by Matt Drudge, but will feature short MicroStories^TM of up to 250 words or less that encapsulate vital world events and bring them to readers in a smart, efficient and easily understandable way.

Abbott Media founder Stephen Abbott, a former newspaper reporter and public relations consultant, will serve at the project’s administrator and chief editor. He says the project will fill important gaps in American news coverage.

“News media in the United States are dropping the ball by not delivering world news effectively and in a way that informs us about the political currents shaping our world,” he said. “These currents could, as they reach our shores, turn into tidal waves or Tsunamis that effect our quality of life. To be ill-informed about politics in Asia, Europe, Latin America or Africa is to be blind to what’s going to happen to us in the next decade, or even next week.”

Abbott says the project will seek out guest reporters and will accept advertising, grants and donations to fund a full-time staffing operation.

Abbott Media innovates and inspires micro-businesses that serve others in a positive way. Abbott Media is located online at www.abbott-media.net.

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News Release: Abbott ePublishing Publishes First Five Chapters of Each Tyndale21 Version Bible Book Online

NEWS RELEASE

Abbott ePublishing
Original, affordable electronic books.

Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011
CONTACT: Stephen Abbott, Publisher, Abbott ePublishing,  603-341-0372; publisher@abbottepublishing.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Abbott ePublishing has published online the first five chapters of each completed book of the New Testament they have completed in their groundbreaking Tyndale21 Version.

The Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels, which was released July 1, 2011, is an updated, modern English version of the first printed English Gospels translated by William Tyndale in 1526.

It is the first stage of a planned full New Testament revision of Tyndale’s 16th Century New Testament translation.

Now, Abbott ePublishing publisher and owner Stephen Abbott says the company has decided to release work on the second phase of the project as it’s completed on its website at http://www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21first5.html

“Due to overwhelming interest in this project, we’ve decided to release a large part of the revision project to the public at the time the other books of the New Testament are completed,” said Abbott, who is overseeing the revision process. “The first five chapters of each book will be published online.”

For many of the Letters of Paul and the General Letters, that means entire books of the New Testament are now posted online free of charge.

Completed books include the Four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as, in their entirety, the Pauline Letters to Titus and to Philemon and the General Letters of James, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.

The electronic book containing the full four Gospels is being sold for $2.99 on the company’s website, www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21gospels.html in Adobe Portable Document (.pdf) format, which can be loaded onto most e-reader devices such as the Amazon Kindle and Microsoft’s iPad.

Abbott ePublishing was launched in 2009 as a New England-based publisher of original, affordable electronic books. They can be found online at http://www.abbottepub.com.

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RELEASE: Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels Published

NEWS RELEASE

Abbott ePublishing - Original, affordable electronic books.

http://www.abbottepub.com http://www.abbottepublishing.com

Friday, July 1, 2011

CONTACT: Stephen Abbott, Publisher, Abbott ePublishing, publisher @ abbottepublishing.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Abbott ePublishing announces the publication of the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels, an updated, modern English version of the first printed English Gospels translated by William Tyndale in 1526.

Also known as the Abbott ePublishing Version, this is the first part of a proposed full New Testament revision of the New Testament translation made by William Tyndale in 1526.

The electronic book is being sold for $2.99 on the company’s website, www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21gospels.html in Adobe Portable Document format (.pdf.) The eBook contains the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

General editor and Abbott ePublishing principal Stephen Abbott says the new version is not a “translation,” but rather an update of the16th Century text that Tyndale produced.

“It was a remarkable and important text in the history of translations,” said Abbott. “It was the first New Testament printed in English, it laid the foundations and gave much of the familiar wording to the King James Version of 1611, and was the first English Bible to be translated directly from the Greek language.”

All the English Bibles up until that time had been translations from the Latin Vulgate, but Tyndale's New Testament was taken from the compilation of all Greek manuscripts known at that time.

The scholars who created the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 relied heavily on Tyndale's translation. Some estimate that nearly 83 percent of the King James Version New Testament contains Tyndale’s wording.

“His renderings are unique and sometimes more starkly beautiful than many, many versions that have come after, as will be readily seen in this translation,” said Abbott ePublishing

Tyndale’s early 16th Century language is updated in this edition for 21st Century ears.

“The thought, ‘What if William Tyndale’s 1526 version was the only one Christians had used for the last 400 years, and it now needed to be updated into more modern English?’ was constantly considered,” said Abbott. “It was, in fact, the theoretical basis for this revision. Words and phrases that have clearly changed meaning were updated to 21st Century English.

The Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version is not a word-for-word update of Tyndale’s translation, and discretion was used when called for, he said.

“This is neither a ‘thought-for-thought’ nor ‘word-for-word’ rendering of the Gospels from ancient Greek texts,” he said. “It is instead an adaptation of an earlier English translation. Phrases are not deliberately put into over-casual speech. The majesty, dignity and grace of the English of Tyndale’s era remain.”

Sample Scriptures in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21Version:

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For whoever asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened. Is there any man among you who, if his son asks him for bread, would offer him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he gives him a snake?” Matt. 7:7-10

“And he looked around at them angrily, grieved at the blindness of their hearts. And he said to the man: Hold out your hand. And he did. And his hand was restored just as healthy as the other one.” Mark 3:5

“They worship me in vain, teaching doctrines that are nothing but the precepts of men. Because you lay aside the commands of God and instead observe the traditions of men - like baptizing pitchers and cups, and many other kinds of things you do.” Mark 7:7-8

“Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over, will men put into your lap. For the same measurement with which you are measuring, that same will be used to measure you.” Luke 6:38

“And he said to them, Give, then, to Caesar the things which belong to Caesar, and to God the things that which pertain to God.” Luke 20:25

“For God so loved the world, that he has given his only Son, that none who believes in him would die, but would have eternal life.” John 3:16

Abbott ePublishing was launched in 2009 as a New England-based publisher of original, affordable electronic books. They can be found online at abbottepub.com.

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Your business has done something good. So, what? - Telling others about the good you do, the right way

Your business has done something good.

So, what?

That may sound harsh, but if you don’t tell anyone about what you’ve done - and tell them effectively - your actions have not effectively built the reputation of your business.

To do that, you must effectively tell those who NEED to know about it, and they must be told in just the right way, using the right medium.

Sounds complicated, huh?

Well, luckily, there’s a tool to accomplish this task, and there are people who know just how to do it.

It’s called the news release, and it’s a tool public relations professionals use to accurately get the word out about what you’ve been doing - be it a good deed or a new way of serving your customers.

But like any tool, if it’s used poorly, or used improperly, it can actually backfire and cause harm.

For example, someone may wish to dabble in road construction, but if a person jumps onto one of those trucks and starts laying pavement incorrectly, they may injure themselves or others, not to mention waste some expensive road-building materials.

That’s why it’s best to trust a Public Relations professional to craft a news release.

But why not simply dabble in writing a news release yourself? After all, how hard can it be?

Turns out, it’s pretty hard, and like most things in life, it requires skill and experience to do it correctly.

A PR pro can get it to the right audiences using the right channels - be it online, via email blast, to specific news media outlets or in a corporate newsletter. Some channels are better than others for certain messages.

A PR pro will use the right wording to attract news media, or whomever the target audience happens to be. This is a technical skill that PR pros have honed over many years.

A PR pro will know what is acceptable to include in a release and what isn’t, and won’t fill it with “red flags” that will prevent it from reaching its audience (a release is not a pure advertising tool, something that most people don’t fully understand.)

By crafting and using news releases the CORRECT WAY, PR professionals can help you gain goodwill from your clients and customers, as well as your future clients and customers (and if you don’t know who THOSE are, you also need to talk to a PR professional.)

Please consider hiring Abbott Public Relations to deliver your professional public relations services.

I offer years of news release writing and public relations experience to all varieties of clients - to small firms, start-ups and individuals.

I stand ready to build and/or enhance your reputation.

Stephen Abbott
http://www.abbottpr.com
stephen(at)abbottpr.com

Media Release: Launch of Abbott Resume Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Info Sheet:
The Launch of Abbott Resume Service
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Contact: Stephen Abbott, owner, also president of Abbott Media. 603-785-7796; abbottmedia@comcast.net

The Story? The recently launched Abbott Resume Service offers the "21st Century Resume", a bold, two-column resume format with introductory boxes that set off topics to gain added attention - but in a dignified and professional manner. Prices start at $60. That undercuts other resume preparation services, which can charge up to $500 for an ordinary resume. The service will also prepare the standard, 20th Century format resume.

Why is this Newsworthy?: As the economy softens, more and more people are out of work. Job search stories are relevant, timely and important. Stories about resumes and job searches in general are important to your readers. This resume service offers a unique, two-column resume that isn’t offered by any other resume service.

Quotes:
"The launch of an innovative resume service was timed just right for the job market. The economy is in a bad place right now and there is a great need for affordable, effective resumes to help job-seekers. A bold resume that’s also complete and factual will be more likely to get results for those seeking fast re-employment or a second job." - Stephen Abbott, owner, Abbott Resume Service

Online:
www.21res.com and www.21stcenturyresume.com
www.abbott-media.net

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