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Jews, Evangelicals: Strange Bedfellows

February 6th, 2010

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Israel may have become a punching bag for much of the world, but 50 million Americans back the Jewish state 100 percent, no ifs, buts or maybes.

As portrayed in the striking documentary “Waiting for Armageddon,” these supporters are Christian Evangelicals who are neither rural hicks nor ranting fanatics.

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Ringo Starr attended an Evangelical Anglican Church in Liverpool as a child

February 6th, 2010

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Following the news that former Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr, has announced that at the age of nearly 70, he had “turned to God,” comes the revelation that, as a child, he attended an Evangelical Anglican church in Liverpool.

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US Air Force Academy Wiccan Center desecrated – Examiner.com

February 3rd, 2010

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The US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs CO, has had a long record of complaints about Christian bias for permitting proselytization by evangelical
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Minn. church votes to leave ELCA over gay clergy

February 2nd, 2010

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(AP) – KASSON, Minn. – Another Lutheran church in southeastern Minnesota has voted to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over the group’s policy on accepting gay clergy. The Rev. Mark Schwartz, of South Zumbro Lutheran Church, tells the Post-Bulletin of Rochester that his church voted 74-11 on Sunday to leave the ELCA. The ELCA requires a second vote at least 90 days…

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Haiti earthquake: voodoo high priest claims aid monopolised by Christians – London Telegraph

February 2nd, 2010

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Haiti’s voodoo high priest has claimed believers have been discriminated against by evangelical Christians who are monopolising aid sent to the earthquake-stricken country.

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Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries

February 1st, 2010

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Evangelical churches are embracing mixed martial arts in an effort to appeal to young men.

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Nigeria: Miscreants Burn Church, Mosque in Gombe

February 1st, 2010

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Just as normalcy is returning to Jos and environs after religious crisis in Plateau State, the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) and a mosque at the Government Science Secondary School in Gombe were yesterday torched by youths.

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Imprisoned Cuban Pastor’s Appeal for Freedom is Denied

January 31st, 2010

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A Cuban Evangelical Pastor has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana.

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Cuba – Imprisoned Pastor’s appeal for freedom is denied

January 28th, 2010

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A Cuban Evangelical Pastor has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana.

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CBS Says Gay Dating Super Bowl Ad ‘Under Review’; Pro-Life Christian Ad … – BNET

January 28th, 2010

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Evangelicals Hold Immigration Reform Vigils across U.S.

January 27th, 2010

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Evangelical leaders across the nation on Tuesday participated in prayer vigil events to call for comprehensive immigration reform.

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Bodybuilders will combine strength, faith at Edmond event

January 26th, 2010

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Cinder blocks will crumble and telephone books will split this weekend as muscle men share inspirational stories at an Edmond church. Former NFL players, Olympians and bodybuilders make up Team Impact, an evangelical…

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Christians, Muslims, Jews Worship at Evangelical Megachurch

January 25th, 2010

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It was an unusual Sunday morning worship at Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. Christians, Muslims and Jews sat together in the megachurch to hear an evangelical pastor preach about Jesus.

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Evangelicals shift to gentler tone but not in politics

January 25th, 2010

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Fire and brimstone evangelicalism has simmered down into a broader movement of cooler approaches.

Yet much of what has been said about the expanded political agenda and softer tone of evangelical Christians has missed the point, say observers of the Christian right.

“Every time a Democrat gets elected they say: ‘That’s the end of the Christian conservatives. They’re gone,’ ” said D.C.-based Ethics and Public Policy Center vice president Michael Cromartie. “But they’re not. Broadening their agenda doesn’t mean they are suddenly liberal Democrats.”

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The Third Lausanne Congress to be held in Cape Town

January 23rd, 2010

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The first Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (1974) drew some 2,700 participants from 150 nations, and was described by TIME magazine as ‘a formidable forum, possibly the widest-ranging meeting of Christians ever held,’ reports Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.

The Third Lausanne Congress (16-25 October 2010) in Cape Town, South Africa, will gather 4000 invited evangelical leaders from 200 nations. This unique event will be held in collaboration with the World Evangelical Al… >>

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Gayle Haggard to Discuss on Oprah ‘Why I Stayed’

January 22nd, 2010

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Gayle Haggard, wife of former evangelical leader Ted Haggard, will appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” next week to promote her new book on why she decided to stay in her marriage.

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Chinese Christians are the focus of same-sex marriage case

January 21st, 2010

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Scores of evangelical Christians gathered this week for their regular Wednesday night prayer service at the River of Life Christian Church’s sprawling complex in Santa Clara, closing their eyes and opening their palms skyward as they rocked back and forth to soaring hymns.

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Chinese Christians Are the Focus of Same-Sex Marriage Case

January 21st, 2010

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Plaintiffs in the federal trial in San Francisco presented the writing of an evangelical Chinese community leader as an example of virulent homophobia.

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Ted Haggard's wife explains her forgiveness in memoir

January 20th, 2010

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Almost from the day Gayle Haggard learned in early November 2006 that her famous evangelical husband, Ted Haggard, had a secret life of drug use and homosexual liaisons, she knew she would try to forgive him.

That's what Christians do, she writes in her book, "Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour." The candid memoir, whose official release is Jan. 26, was available Tuesday at the Barnes & Noble store on Denver's 16th Street Mall.

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Little Christian school out-debates them all, again

January 20th, 2010

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Just 10 years old, 350-student Patrick Henry College won its fourth national debate championship in six years.

The Virginia evangelical Christian school, founded by the leading Christian homeschool organization, is the only college or university to win the American Collegiate Moot Court Association national championship more than once.

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