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WASHINGTON (RNS) Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is the top
Republican pick of evangelical leaders, according to an informal survey,
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Are U.S. evangelicals losing their influence on America? A new poll
from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life seems to say just that,
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(RNS) Jack Van Impe, a popular End Times broadcaster, has ended his
decades-long run on Trinity Broadcasting Network after a dispute over
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(RNS) Southern Baptists adopted a resolution Wednesday (June 15) that
supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants but clearly
states they reject "amnesty."
Southern Baptists delivered a group rebuttal to Michigan pastor Rob
Bell for writing a book that questions traditional views of hell.
(RNS) Southern Baptists meeting in Phoenix adopted a plan Tuesday (June
14) to try to boost minorities in their top leadership posts as they
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(RNS) The National Association of Evangelicals is siding with Jews and
Muslims in opposition of a proposed ban on infant male circumcision in
San Francisco.
Significant majorities of Americans say it is possible to disagree
with their religion's teachings on abortion and homosexuality and still
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Four months after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak, a new Gallup survey says a majority of Egyptians want religious
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Roughly two out of three Americans say it makes no difference to them
if a presidential candidate is Mormon, according to a new Pew Research
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her
new ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom on Thursday
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(RNS) Religious leaders are hoping to hit a home run in a campaign to
get Major League Baseball players to ban tobacco use on fields and
dugouts of the national pastime.
WASHINGTON (RNS) As evangelicals and other social conservatives gather
here this weekend (June 3-4) to take the measure of a number of
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(RNS) The Rev. Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr., announced Tuesday (May 31) that she is leaving an Atlanta-area
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Bishop Eddie Long, an Atlanta-area megachurch pastor, has settled
suits out of court with four young men who accused him of sexual
misconduct, his church has announced.
(RNS) The Crystal Cathedral has announced plans to sell its iconic
glass-walled church in Southern California to pay back creditors and
overcome bankruptcy.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say same-sex relations between
consenting adults should be legal—the highest percentage ever recorded
by Gallup.
(RNS) Radio evangelist Harold Camping, who predicted the Rapture would
occur on May 21, now says his calculations were off by five months.
(RNS) On Sundays, C. Elizabeth Floyd, shows up for worship at Trinity
Baptist Church of Metro Atlanta, with her Bible in hand.
WASHINGTON (RNS) First lady Michelle Obama has asked religious leaders
to join her initiative to assist military families by increasing
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