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c. 2011 Religion News Service
(RNS) When the Rev. John McCausland crafted his Christmas Eve sermon at his Episcopal church in Weare, N.H., he always followed a basic formula.
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c. 2011 Religion News Service
(RNS) The wife of Bishop Eddie Long, a Georgia megachurch pastor who was
accused of sexual misconduct by four young men, has reconsidered her plans
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(RNS) The cash-strapped Crystal Cathedral's pending transformation from a Protestant megachurch to a Roman Catholic cathedral should teach pastors not to spend millions on ornate buildings, a megac...
It's hard to get young people into the pews on a Sunday morning, but
several seminaries think they have found a way to grab the next
generation: hip-hop.
The Supreme Court says it will not reopen a case in which a lower
court ruled that highway crosses memorializing Utah state troopers are
unconstitutional.
(RNS) Three dozen religious leaders have signed an ad calling on Village Voice Media to remove an adult section of its BackPage.com that they and others claim is a conduit for child sex trafficking...
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a ceremony that blended worship and a call to
action, tens of thousands gathered Sunday (Oct. 16) for the official
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(RNS) For much of his 92 years, Billy Graham has had one main title:
evangelist.
But in a new memoir set in the twilight of his remarkable life,
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(RNS) Marking the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of his
Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson said he will no longer
make political endorsements.
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Military chaplains may officiate at same-sex marriage ceremonies on
and off military bases, the Pentagon has announced, in a move that
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WAHSINGTON (RNS) Religious freedom advocates rallied Wednesday (Sept.
28) around an Iranian pastor who is facing execution because he has
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(RNS) American congregations have grown less healthy in the last decade,
with fewer people in the pews and aging memberships, according to a new
Hartford Seminary study.
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WASHINGTON (RNS) The independent and bipartisan U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom could be forced to shut its doors if the
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Does the Southern Baptist Convention need a new name? The president
of the nation's largest Protestant denomination, Bryant Wright, who is
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(RNS) Don't look for children's Sunday school classes at Ridgewood
Church in Port Arthur, Texas. And forget about scavenger hunts and water
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WASHINGTON (RNS) The State Department on Tuesday (Sept. 13) designated
eight nations as the most serious violators of religious freedom, naming
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