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Two church aid groups deny Afghan charges of proselytizing: Church World Service and a Norwegian aid group

Malawi president pardons engaged gay couple: Couple had been sentenced to 14 years hard labor

For first time, a majority sees gay relations as 'morally acceptable' Gallup started asking in 2001: Gallup started asking in 2001

Episcopal head rejects a 'colonial' Anglicanism: Fighting words

After flotilla incident, churches call for new Israeli policy on Gaza: Gaza called "a virtual prison"

by John Dart

Miss USA Rima Fakih, Muslim and modern: An interview

House nixes amendment to allow chaplain to pray 'in Jesus' name' Amendment proposed by Michele Bachmann: Amendment proposed by Michele Bachmann

U.S. judge rules against graduation rites in church: Decision followed three years of student complaints

Church support workers affected by gulf oil spill: General gloom and anger

Cash-poor cathedral mulls selling treasures: Washington National Cathedral

Century Marks

Century Marks

Value of words: President Obama reported that royalties from his two books—Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope—netted between $2 million and $10 million in 2009. Vice President Joseph Biden’s 2007 memoir, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics, brought in somewhere between nothing and $200 in 2009 (Christian Science Monitor, May 18).

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Methodist megachurch has deep pockets for Darfur: Congregation has given millions

UMC study proposes ending 'guaranteed' clergy jobs: A culture of mediocrity

Editor decries Pentecostal shrugs over moral failures: J. Lee Grady of Charisma

Hope College stands by its antihomosexuality policy: Board denies alumni petitions

Supreme Court likely to have no Protestants: A historic turning point

Arizona clergy urge U.S. to tackle immigration law: Federal government must take the lead

Evangelical voices for immigration reform grow: An issue that can break through polarization

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