Churches

Party Crasher At The Church

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D. | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Churches, Solar Power, Green Faith, Death & Dying, Christianity, Religion News

As I shared stories of people planting gardens around churches, installing solar panels on sanctuaries and advocating for renewable energy policies, I saw parishioners nodding in affirmation, even as they grieved a tragic death.

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Serve the Community Instead of Trying to Fill Pews

Carey Fuller | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Interfaith, Homeless, Churches, Homelessness, Faith-Based Initiatives, Impact News

How can say you serve the community if you pick and choose who gets your help? Groups must work together to solve a crisis that affects everybody, not just members of their own churches.

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10 Incredibly Unusual Churches

Oddee | Posted 03.15.2012

Churches may be all about ritual on the inside, but some holy houses are so unconventional that only God knows what the architects were thinking. ...

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A Bright Idea: Invite Worship Groups Evicted From Public Schools To Worship In Shuttered Catholic Churches

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Nostra Aetate, Public Schools and Churches, Roman Catholic Churches, Timothy Dolan, Schools and Churches, Catholic Protestant Relations, Churches, NYC Churches Worshipping in Public Schools, Vatican City, Christianity, Religion News

Although I feel strongly that a public school should never be identified with any one religion, I tend to think a church group has as much right to rent space in a public building as a theater group has.

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Trusting Love Over Fear

Rev. Emily C. Heath | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Religious Violence, Churches, Otherside Lounge, Atlanta, Lgbt, Gay Rights, Inclusion, Eric Rudolph, Religion and Sexuality, Religion News

The people of faith in my life who dared to speak louder than the anti-gay voices around them made me believe that was true.

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Still Seeking 'The Ineffable' in 2012

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Religion, Rumi, Sufism, Organized Religion, Spirtuality, Churches, Enlightenment, Presbyterianism, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there." -- Rumi "If you want special illumination, look upon the h...

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How Does The Faith Community Honor Elders?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Failing Faith, Elderly, Religion, Older Adults, End of Life, Suicide, Churches, God, Caring for Our Elders, Faith, Churches and the Elderly, Christianity, Religion News

How churches care for their elders like Lillian shows how much they value their elders. It also shows where their values are. I can't imagine that Jesus would forget our elders, and neither should we.

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Six Experiences In Montenegro's Loveliest Corner

Jeanine Barone | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Hiking, Walking, Bird Watching, Lakes, Medieval, Montengro, Beaches, Wine, Boats, Wine Country, Europe Travel, Croatia, Travel Blogs, Adriatic, Southern Europe, Churches, Europe, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Chicory, Leopard's bane and other wildflowers dot the landscape. Tiny garden farms are the norm, with many growing patches of potatoes, tomatoes, beets, and green peas.

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Churches Play Key Role In South Carolina Primary

Taylors-Wade Hampton Patch | Carolyn Farr Smith, Chris Winston, Jeff Brush, Lindsay Street, Shiresse Bell and Adam Crisp | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, South Carolina Primary, South Carolina Republican Primary, Religion in South Carolina, Megachurches, Megachurches in South Carolina, Republican Presidential Primary, Religion and Politics, Churches, South Carolina Primary Election 2012, South Carolina Politics, Politics News

Churches are as much a part of South Carolina politics, as making a stop at the world-famous Beacon Drive-In in Spartanburg....

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Federal Judge Is Set To Hear Arguments From Birmingham Latinos

Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Latinos, Immigration Reform, Alabama, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, Latino Politics, Obama Administration, Immigration, Churches, Crossville, Latino Voices News

Fox News Latino As a federal judge is set to hear arguments in Birmingham from Latinos, religious leaders and other opponents of a new immigratio...

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My Job Offer For Millennials

Steve Knight | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, Millennials in the Workplace, Church, Unemployment, Millennials, Church Planting, Jobs, Mainline Churches, Churches, Millennial Generation, Christianity, Religion News

Programs like this are really a partnership between generations. Millennials get to imagine a new kind of Christian community, while older generations get to see their legacy live on.

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Wanted: 1,000 Pastors For the Poor

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2011

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There is a policy myth is that churches and charities alone could take care of the problems of poverty -- especially if we slashed taxes. But this really has more to do with libertarian political ideology than good theology.

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Fast Food Marketing And The Local Church

Brady Boyd | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Marketing, Christianity, Churches, Pastors, Megachurches, Fast Food, Church Attendance, Church Marketing, Religion News

Have we, as American pastors, given up our calling as shepherds and unknowingly become fast food entrepreneurs who are building a religious business and not a church?

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Five Predictions For The Future of the Local Church

Brady Boyd | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Christians, Mega Churches, Churches, Local Churches, American Christianity, Christianity in America, Religion News

While the ancient sacraments will remain, everything else is up for debate. I have five predictions for the next decade of local church in America.

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Mormons, Baptists Assist In Tornado Cleanup

Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Torndado Cleanup, Tornado Volunteers, Service, Mormon Helping Hands, Mormons, Churches, Religious Groups, Mormonism, Tornadoes, Good News, Faith Groups, Religion News

By Greg Garrison c. 2011 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Mormon missionaries are often unwelcome guests when they knock at local fron...

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Churches Asked To Share Pulpits With Muslims

Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Muslim-Christian Solidarity, Interfaith, Christianity, Islam, Churches, Religious Tolerance, Christian-Muslim Relations, Quran Burning, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Religious and human rights activists are asking U.S. churches to invite Jewish and Muslim clergy to...

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How To Choose A Church

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Church Shopping, Churches, Christianity, San Francisco Churches, Choosing a Church, Finding a Church, Religion News

Whether one is simply curious about Christianity or has been steeped in church culture for a lifetime ... it is difficult to choose a church without getting a little overwhelmed by the possibilities.

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Can an Orange Bracelet Turn Hearts in Washington?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cutting programs that help the most vulnerable isn't going to get us out of financial trouble, or reduce the deficit in ways that we now need.

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Huckabee Swings And Misses Regarding Islam

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Religion, Christianity, Islam, Prayer, Mike Huckabee, Southern Baptist Convention, Evangelicals, Huckabee Islam Comments, Huckabee on Islam, Infidels, Muslims, Churches, Church Muslims, Religion News

Like all strike outs, there will always be a later opportunity to step up to the plate, but for now, Mr. Huckabee should be sitting in the dugout reflecting on just how wrong he got it.

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Religious Groups Fight Obama On Tax Deductions

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Income Tax, Tax Deductions, Barack Obama, Tax Deductible, Charitable Contributions, Nonprofits, Deficit Reduction, Churches, Religious Organizations, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service For the third time in three years President Obama's proposed budget will attempt to reduce tax deductions fo...

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The Most Beautiful Italian Churches (PHOTOS)

Paolo Rossi | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Europe Travel, History, International Destinations, Slidepollajax, Architecture, Italy Travel, Travel, Italy, Churches, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Culture, Travel News

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States Caught In Crossfire Over Guns In Churches

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Control, Gun Laws, Second Amendment, Second Amendment Rights, Concealed Carry, Guns in Church, Churches, Guns, State Legislatures, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the righ...

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10 Radical Ideas for Getting Kids to Read

Donna Marie Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Juvenile Delinquency, Literacy, Reading, Books, Ebooks, Youth Illiteracy, Ebook, Churches, Video Games, Alfred Coach Powell, Books News

Our children don't like to read, and their abysmal reading scores reflect this disdain. It's time to think out of the box.

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Call on Obama: Tell Mubarak to Leave Now

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

By all journalistic reports, it was the Egyptian government of President Hosni Mubarak that sent thousands of armed thugs into Tahrir Square and the streets of Cairo yesterday to bring violence to what had been a peaceful and nonviolent protest for democracy. Some think many of those who were attacking the protesters were police in plain clothes. Others are believed to have been hired and bused in to foment violence with machetes, clubs, and razors -- some riding in on horses and camels into the peaceful crowds. A call for peace now must mean a call for Mubarak's immediate resignation.

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BLOGWATCH> Churches Like You've Never Them Seen Before On 'Daily Bread'

inqmnd.ca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Religious-Architecture, Christmas, Architecture, Religious Art, Churches, Stained Glass, Dirk Wiedlein, Interior Design, Interiors Photography, Arts News

Considering that Christmas was originally a Christian holiday, it is only appropriate that we take one day to observe the interiors of a few churches....

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