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Mormons, Baptists Assist In Tornado Cleanup

Posted 07.23.2011 | Religion
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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Faith Communities Can Fill The Void For Returning Veterans

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Military, Religion News, Religion, Afghanistan Veterans, United States, Iraq Veterans, Christianity, Faith Communities, David Thompson, Chaplains, Peace Corps, Faith Groups, Veterans, Religion News

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald 2011 Religion News Service Some 2 million Americans have served overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Now, thousands a...

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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Fighting Malaria: The Cure Is Action

Edward J. Murray | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Malaria, World Health, Anit-Malaria Efforts, Faith Groups, Sub-Saharan Africa, Fighting Malaria, Africa, World News
Edward J. Murray

"BedNets Now!" calls to people around the world to listen to the mandates of their own faith and to see the simple fact that ending malaria in the poorest regions of the world is "do-able" and should be done.

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