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Christian leaders in Nigeria have called on Islamic clerics to educate their youths on the dangers of violence.
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Ex-pastor accused of kissing, fondling 14-year-old
Kansas City Star (blog) From Joe Lambe: A 45-year-old former church youth pastor in Overland Park was arrested this week on a charge of molesting a 14-year-old girl he met at the … OP Youth Pastor Charged With Sex Crime With TeenKCTV5 News Wayne Huston, youth pastor, accused of kissing and fondling 14-year-old girlPitch Weekly (blog) Former Metro Pastor Charged with Abusefox4kc.com KMBC.com all 7 news articles » |
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SIOUX FALLS, SD, Feb. 1 /Christian Newswire/ — A new study released today shows that abstinence education is highly effective in reducing sexual activity among youth. It also showed contraceptive sex ed programs to be ineffective.
The decrease is noteworthy; the study followed students a full two years after completion of the abstinence class. One third of students showed a decrease in sexual activity, compared with tho Source: Abstinence Clearinghouse
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Al-Qaida offers to arm and train Nigerian Muslims
Washington Post According to a state police commissioner, skirmishes began after Muslim youths set a Christian church ablaze, but Muslim leaders denied that. … North Africa Qaeda offers to help Nigerian MuslimsReuters South Africa all 129 news articles » |
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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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Arguments have moved to the appellate court level in a California case in which a man talking to two willing strangers in a shopping mall was arrested because the subject of the conversation was God.
The case developed several years ago when a youth pastor was arrested at the Galleria Mall in Roseville, Calif., for having a conversation about religion with two other people.
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A youth pastor in California has made a feature film, released in theaters around the country this past weekend, that is literally saving lives.
Jim Britts of New Song Community Church in Oceanside has worked in youth ministry for more than 10 years, while his wife, Rachel, has been a high school English teacher for the same amount of time. Their experience with youth prompted Jim to write a movie script (which has also been turned into an award-winning novel) based on the real-life struggles many students face – including teen suicide.
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The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, YOUTH CAN, in Plateau State has faulted the mass burial given to supposed Muslim victims of the crisis in the state capital, saying some of them could be Christians.
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A group of 30 radical Hindus belonging to Shiva Sena (Army of Shiva) and Bajrang Dal, a right-wing Hindu organization which is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), attacked a prayer meeting at Korba in Chhattisgarh…
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Homosexual advocacy groups have pooled resources and are vying for a $1 million prize to promote homosexuality to American children online and in public and private schools across the nation.
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Trevor Project – three homosexual advocacy organizations geared toward youth – are competing in a contest hosted by Chase Community Giving on Facebook.
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Mother says she forgives former pastor who killed her daughter
Associated Baptist Press Several people who knew him as a youth testified that he was a compassionate Christian actively involved in mission trips. One said he did not believe Baker … Former Baptist pastor sentenced in wife's murderAssociated Baptist Press all 1,006 news articles » |
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Quito, Ecuador, Jan 22, 2010 / 06:02 am (CNA).- A Planned Parenthood partner in Ecuador is using youth as young as 11 to deliver the contraceptive injection Depo-Provera as part of a “peer-to-peer” model. Critics said it was a “dangerous” program that undermined parental authority, corrupted youth and would be illegal in the United States.
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Abuja, Nigeria, Jan 22, 2010 / 03:15 am (CNA).- Responding to the violence in the Nigerian town of Jos, the local archbishop has said the media is further inflaming the conflict with “counter-productive” false reporting. He also said the Nigerian government has failed to provide for its people, especially its youth.
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Fee has been involved in worship at national conferences and with local youth groups for years. The GMA Dove-nominated Fee has brought a new level of talent and abandon to rock worship, gifting today’s church with riveting songs of praise. Last fall, Fee released its sophomore project, Hope Rising.
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(AP) – HONOLULU – A Salvation Army youth pastor and Sunday school teacher has been sentenced to six months in prison for trying to ship 9,000 pounds of illegal fireworks to Hawaii. Thirty-four-year-old Christina Everett faced up to 21 months in prison for trying to ship the aerial fireworks from China into Hawaii in 2007. She pleaded guilty in September to…
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KARACHI, Pakistan (UCAN) — A Catholic youth group in this southern archdiocese is offering counseling through social networking and cell phone text messages.
Soldiers of the Christ, the youth group of St. Jude’s parish, launched a page on Facebook with a small ceremony after Sunday Mass recently. Holy Family Sister Samar Joseph placed the first biblical [...]
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According to Compass Direct News (CDN), gunshots and smoke continued to alarm the residents of Jos in central Nigeria today (Tuesday, January 19, 2010), with the Christian community fearing further violence from Muslim youths…
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According to Compass Direct News (CDN), gunshots and smoke continued to alarm the residents of Jos in central Nigeria today (Tuesday, January 19, 2010), with the Christian community fearing further violence from Muslim youths who on Sunday, January 17, 2010, attacked a Catholic church and burned down several other church buildings, reports Dan Wooding, founder of ASSIST Ministries.
The CDN story said, “A 24-hour curfew imposed yesterday in Jos and the suburb of Bukuru by the Plateau state g… >>
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The rioting began Sunday after Muslim youths set a Catholic church ablaze. Witnesses said rioters armed with knives, homemade firearms and stones attacked passers-by and fought with security forces, leaving bodies in the street and stacked in local mosques. The state government called for more military units and issued a curfew.
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JOS CAME under a dusk to dawn curfew on Sunday, imposed by the Plateau State Government, after the city returned to the boil when Muslim youths attacked Christians on their way to Saint Luke’s Church in the Nasarawa Gwom neigbourhood.