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May 12, 2020: People in every corner of the globe have been faced with incredible burden and uncertainty this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. But some in Pakistan have encountered even greater difficulties because of their faith in Jesus.

December 19, 2019: 2019 has been a hairy year for about two dozen men in Franklin County. Many of them haven’t shaved their facial hair since January. Some spent part of the year not even trimming. Beard wax and other beard grooming products became like best friends, and some have been targets of stares and even touches. 

October 15, 2019: The leader of an international radio ministry is calling Christians in America to wake up to the reality of the global persecution that fellow believers are facing on a daily basis. Don Shenk, who serves as the director of The Tide ministry serving the persecuted Church, says that it is important for American Christians to be aware of the atrocities being committed against believers in other parts of the world.

August 10. 2019: Late last year, Story asked friends and acquaintances to volunteer to grow beards for portions or all of 2019 as a fundraiser for the ministry. The beard growers were asked to obtain sponsors with a goal of raising a total of $15,000. The funds will be used to help Christian outlets in 25 nations around the world buy broadcast time on radio stations in their home countries to help spread the Gospel.

November 6, 2018: A local nonprofit is encouraging men in the community to stop shaving and grow big beards to help it reach hundreds of millions of people around the world with its radio ministry. The Tide, a global radio ministry based in Chambersburg, will host a version of No Shave November, a movement where men don’t shave their faces throughout November. 

August 17, 2016: Tide Global Radio Ministry, a locally based Christian radio station, celebrated its 70th anniversary last week at the Roxbury Holiness Camp in Orrstown. The Tide, whose legal name is the gospel Tide Broadcasting Association, was started August 11, 1946, by the Rev. Charlie Byers, a local pastor who was encouraged by members of his congregation to start a radio program. When the station WCHA opened in Chambersburg, Byers booked time on Sunday mornings to preach live on the air. Over time, it became necessary to record the show and have it air later instead of having a live show.